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The Bar-Monkey (Linux based bar to dispense 8 oz mixed drink in under 10 secs)
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Posted on 12/31/2003 9:56:49 AM PST by chance33_98
An anonymous reader writes "The Bar-Monkey is a bar built around a 486 running linux that can dispense an 8 ounce mixed drink in under 10 seconds. It uses a Matrix Orbital Serial LCD panel with a keypad built into the bar surface for user input.
Three Harvey Mudd College students built the bar in their spare time last semester. The bar holds 16 ingredients with which it can currently mix 188 drinks stored in its drink database. Total project cost: $235."
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: linux
I don't know if it is true or not, but it should be :)
To: mhking; AnnaZ; dighton
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:26:29 AM PST
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chance33_98
(I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is his spout)
To: chance33_98
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:27:37 AM PST
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chance33_98
(I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is his spout)
To: chance33_98
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:30:33 AM PST
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chance33_98
(I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is his spout)
To: chance33_98
- Runs a program written in C by Dustin Cooper
- Runs Linux
- Contains a flash hard drive
- Has a card-reader for quick identification
- Bartop is approximately four feet above the ground.
- Holds approximately 1.75 liters of each ingredient.
- Uses 16 windshield washer pumps run by a 12V adaptor.
- Pumps are connected in parallel and run sequentially by the program.
- Dispenses an 8 oz. mixed drink in less than 10 seconds.
- Has wheels
- Coming soon: Refrigeration!
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12/31/2003 10:32:03 AM PST
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chance33_98
(I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is his spout)
To: AppyPappy; hopespringseternal; luckystarmom; Thommas; AdA$tra; cajungirl; Between the Lines; ...
Ping
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:33:13 AM PST
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chance33_98
(I'm a little tagline short and stout, chance is my handle and the above is his spout)
To: chance33_98
Got root beer?
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posted on
12/31/2003 10:34:55 AM PST
by
tacticalogic
(Controlled application of force is the sincerest form of communication.)
To: chance33_98
"Three Harvey Mudd College students built the bar in their spare time last semester. The bar holds 16 ingredients with which it can currently mix 188 drinks stored in its drink database. Total project cost: $235." This is what I love about America...
While the Euros talk about world peace and global warning, us Yanks get to the really important projects like automatic "Long Island Ice Teas."
Ladies and Gents this is a turning point in history and you were there!
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12/31/2003 12:23:12 PM PST
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Mad Dawgg
(French: old Europe word meaning surrender)
To: chance33_98
Linux? Feh! I want a Windows based one so that occasionally I can get a Blue Curacao of Death.
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12/31/2003 3:11:45 PM PST
by
KarlInOhio
(A little bloodletting and some boar's vomit, and he'll be fine!)
To: chance33_98
Thanks for the ping, but at two years without a drink and with fifteen years of product design experience, including some sanitary equipment and lots of automation, I can only bring rain to this parade.
Happy New Year!
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