Smart Glass Knows When It Needs Another Beer
By: PortaJon	Published: 04/04/2002
LONDON - Drink up that beer -- another will soon be whisked to the table thanks to a hi-tech pint glass that tells bar staff when it needs refilling. Developed by a Japanese electronics company, the intelligent glass is fitted with a radio-frequency coil in its base and emits a signal to a receiver set in the table when it's empty, New Scientist magazine reported Thursday. The iGlassware system works by coating each glass with a clear, conducting material, enabling it to measure exactly how much liquid has been sipped or guzzled. When empty, the glass sends an electronic cry for more beer from the table to waiters equipped with hand-held computers on frequencies similar to those used by mobile phones. A team from the Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories working in Cambridge, Massachusetts has made the first prototypes, but may find it hard to sell the idea to Britons. "It sounds like a fun idea, but I don't think it would work in our pubs," said a spokesman for J.D. Wetherspoon, which runs over 500 pubs in Britain. "The tradition in Britain is to get up and go to the bar for a round of drinks, not to have a waiter bring beers to the table, no matter how quickly," he said. Why not join the rest of us on the inside and get all of Goofball.com?
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you know i need one of those..... (0 replies) started by dtahellyeah (04.05.2002 3:13:01 AM EST) to tell my wife to get off her fat ass and cook dinner,wash my clothes,and to tell her when i am ready for sex. Don't Trust Anyone

That will make (0 replies) started by marvin (04.05.2002 2:15:29 AM EST) a bar fight damned expensive in broken glass ! As for J D Wetherspoon .... they dont use waiters, they're damn cheapskates !

Well the way I drank (0 replies) started by roger (04.05.2002 1:18:05 AM EST) It would have short circuited. Just protecting my sheep

I don't know.. (0 replies) started by acidinterval (04.04.2002 10:27:12 PM EST) depends on the bar or club or what ever... sometimes I hate waiting for another beer, sometimes I don't want another right away. And is there a limit to how many time it will signal? Or is that in the next model.. where you can set the number of drinks it will let you have ahead of time, and stop allerting the waitress once you reach that limit? remember to smile today -- it increases your face value

How else... (0 replies) started by thegrandpatron (04.04.2002 9:54:08 PM EST) ...am I going to flirt with the waitress if my beer glass keeps talking for me? ....and my wife usually keeps a pretty close track of my alcohol intake. Waaaahahahahahaha

Ah jeez (0 replies) started by tjshere (04.04.2002 6:56:45 PM EST) Just what most of us need; a way to get shit-faced even faster. Never fear.....TJ's here!

Hey waitress!!! (2 replies)   started by proverbialchump (04.04.2002 6:52:39 PM EST) When empty, the glass sends an electronic cry for more beer. Hell, I got my own cry for that. Ahhh alcohol, the cause of and solution to, all of lifes problems.

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