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Beer Stein Goes Hi Tech
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CmdrTaco
on Thu Apr 04, 2002 01:10 PM
from the well-its-about-time dept.
from the well-its-about-time dept.
Spudley writes "Beer is a subject close to many slashdot-readers' hearts, so you'll be pleased to learn that Mitsubishi has invented a glass that can tell when it's empty, and order a refill from the bar. Of course, it'll still have to be filled the old fashioned way, but at least the bar staff will know which ones need refilling - the... ehm... empty ones." I
like that it's dishwasher safe. Drunk people can't be trusted to hand wash
glass.
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If only... (Score:3, Funny)
... and in related news..... (Score:4, Funny)
Says Mrs B Sober:"My boy, Larry (37), was such a nice boy. Sure he couldn't talk to people so never went out. When he drank at home I would switch to serving him warm milk after the third glass and send him off to bed. Then MBG came along and he could sit in the corner of the pub and the beer kept coming. The MBG didn't know when to stop, didn't order milk after the third glass or snuggle him into bed. MBG killed my son. MBG is responsible because they should have a warning label that says it can enhance addictive behaviour and won't order milk or put you to bed."
Next thing on the list (Score:3, Funny)
Strap a keg on it's back, give it a serious collision avoidance and guidance system, and let it roam the bars, filling empties.
drunk tasks. (Score:3, Funny)
this might be more useful... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:this might be more useful... (Score:5, Funny)
-Ben
Re:this might be more useful... (Score:4, Funny)
*Real* High Tech: Larry Niven's Glass (Score:4, Insightful)
One of the narrator's comments was "A glass like that could destroy a man"
Re: *Real* High Tech: Larry Niven's Glass (Score:5, Funny)
SF author Larry Niven proposed a beer mug that [...] automatically, silently refilled itself from the keg.
Hmm, in that case, the obvious course of action is to eat the mug.
Interesting, but. (Score:5, Insightful)
Like people that work at bars (or the bars themselves) are organized enough to guarantee that:
a. somebody will keep track of who, at which table, has which glass.
b. waitstaff will actually use this.
Come on. You look at a table. Glass is either full or empty. Or, if you are smart, you sold them a pitcher. That was probably the last technological update that any beer pouring establishment needed.
Fill glasses, fill pitcher, deliver to table. Periodically monitor the pitcher mechanism until you no longer detect an amber, or red, or dark, frothy content. When content is empty, fork a process to your waitress. Have her deliver a new pitcher of frothy goodness.
Electronic beer glasses, heh. Are they going to assign individual addresses to every glass made? Where there is one bar, there are more bars. Talk about miscommunication.
"OH! That must be glass 716 from across the street"
Heh,
-S
Good idea? Maybe... (Score:4, Informative)
Need a new bar (Score:3, Funny)
Either the bars you go to are staffed by drunks.. or they make you clean your own glasses.
Either way I'd find a new bar.
Price per glass? (Score:3, Informative)
It has to be comparable to the price of a regular glass, or bars and restaurants simply won't buy them. Broken dishes happen in these places. There is simply no denying it, and no way around it. Damn near everyone has been in an establishment and heard it happen. I can understand an owner shying away from these if they turn $100 in broken dishes into $1000 in broken dishes.
Whats next? (Score:3, Insightful)
Not quite... (Score:4, Insightful)
This might be kinda interesting for Oktoberfest, but the cost for more than 1M of the 1-liter mugs would be incredible. Speaking of Oktoberfest, I'll let you all in on how it all works here:
- Put your butt on a bench and they'll bring you a beer. You will NOT be served at Oktoberfest unless you are seated. Everyone will let you sit down for the two or three minutes necessary to order a beer if you ask nicely and tell them that's what you're doing.
- Tourists go to the HB (Hofbräuhaus); the best beer is Augustiner.
- To be sure to get faster service, fuller beer steins and better food, tip 15% or more. The women work HARD (and if you had to listen to the "Hey, Baby" song 3 times an hour, 13 hours a day for 2 1/2 weeks straight, you'd understand).
woof.What I need is not a beer mug that tells the staff I need another. I need one that tells me I don't!
Japanese "to do" list (Score:4, Interesting)
Bars are too chaotic (Score:3, Interesting)
A better use of this would be at a restaurant where there's assigned seating and people stay in the same place.
Costs more, but works just as well (Score:5, Funny)
"Keep this Guinness full"
Then leave a nice tip.
Works every time.
Where the beer really is (Score:4, Funny)
Prolly closer to their guts.
Future Upgrades (Score:5, Funny)
Application: karaoke bars. (Score:4, Informative)
Now many of these places offer bottled beer because there isn't a good way to offer draft beer when you don't have a bartender in the room. And putting a tap in the room would be an invitation to massive floods when a drunken salaryman (or woman) accidentally forgets that he needs a glass for all that beer he's drinking.
But with this solution, problem solved! The manager simply looks at the beer status display, and when enough glasses show up as empty on the display, he sends a waiter back to the room with freshly poured Super Dry. [asahibeer.co.jp] Happy customers, more revenue, perfect!
Half empty? (Score:5, Funny)
Beer? Whisky glasses are more important. (Score:3, Interesting)
This is the type of glass that needs to have a loud "I'm not empty, leave me alone" sensor. Bar staff are just blind when it comes to whisky tumblers!
Privacy Alert! (Score:3, Funny)
Won't someone think of the children?!?! er...