Slashdot linked up this article discussing yet another tiny bit of science fiction that may enter our lives... beer glasses that tell the waiter when you need a refill. Now if they could just figure out how to tell it which waitress you want to bring it to you...
"Next we are developing the USB Beer Keg. The keg will continuously monitor the temperature of the beer, the amount remaining, and how ugly that girl you're hitting on really is. The bundled software displays the information in a large easy-to-read-even-while-hammered font. The software can also be set to ring an audible alarm if the beer is going flat or the guy doing a keg stand is about to hurl, like so..."
"*DING* You've got barf!"
Hmm... better attribute that, considering how rampant accusations of plagarism are these days.
The above came from a PCXL magazine sidebar (I have no idea which one).
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on July 30, 2003 02:20 AM