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An Open Source Coffee Machine

Posted by timothy on from the quite-entirely-unlike-tea dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Open Source Coffee Machine [video link] is a recycled coffee machine, controlled by a PC running Beremiz, and using some MicroMod CANopen I/O nodes from Peak-System. This machine have been prepared by Peak-System and Lolitech for SCS-Paris-08 exhibition. It served free coffee during four days at Peak-System's booth, and has been donated to IUT of Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, so that students can have fun practicing automation."

4 of 99 comments (clear)

  1. Gratis by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

    Free as in coffee?

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  2. Huh by illumastorm · · Score: 5, Funny

    I thought a open source coffee maker would be running on Java

  3. Why? by Jabbrwokk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, why? It's simple. Open machine. Put in coffee and water. Flip switch. Wait. Enjoy. Why build a convoluted contraption to do something so simple? I know that's not the slashdot way, but c'mon. What's next? An open-source potato peeler that allows you root access to your root vegetables?

  4. Re:LoLi by oodaloop · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks for the NSFW tag there. Much appreciated. Now when I'm asked why I was checking out that page on wikipedia, I'll have to explain what slashdot is, what an open source coffee maker is, what a lolcat is, and what icanhascheezburger.com is to justify why I went there on company time. Should be fun.

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