iGlassware (Glass that signals waiter automatically for more beer when empty!)

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories ^

[mhking]

Since restaurants often make much of their profits on drinks, it is critical for servers to offer refills in a timely fashion. We propose wireless liquid level sensing glassware to aid in this task. Specially instrumented glassware detects fluid levels via a high-resolution capacitance measurement. A coil embedded in the table inductively couples power to the glasses, and provides a path for data exchange. Our prototype glass uses a standard microprocessor and a small number of passive components, making it extremely inexpensive.

[mhking]

Here's an invention that is of GREAT BENEFIT to all of humanity!

Just damn.

If you want on the new list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[King Prout]

is this another iToilet?

[bedolido]

lol... this is great stuff... no if they can just make an IFemale... a female that knows when you need attention.

[Sir Gawain]

The modern day drink whistle.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

MERL really does call this invention "iGlassware". Is everyone else as sick as I am of all this iStuff??? Is this indicative of how obsessed the boomers are with "I"?

[Gabz]

I guess the German who lost his license didn't need one!!!

[Movemout]

Truly amazing. The world keeps spinning out of control.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

May be great with beer but I imagine any drink with ice could create a problem.

[Teacher317]

Another good attempt to address the death of customer service in this country.

[dfwgator]

My friend had a better system. He placed 10 one dollar bills on a table and told the waiter that for every 10 seconds that he could see the bottom of his glass he would take a dollar off the table. Needless to say he almost never saw the bottom of his glass.

[DonQ]

Seems to me that if you've reached a point where you can't signal the waiter yourself, you oughta stop drinking.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I find that dropping empty glass on to floor gets attantion.

[talleyman]

uses a standard microprocessor...

You'll die of thirst when your beer glass crashes:

"Fatal error - foam flaw in tap stack - your drinking has been halted."

[petuniasevan]

This'll sell like, well, beer in Wisconsin!

[Steely Glint]

"lol... this is great stuff... no if they can just make an IFemale... a female that knows when you need attention."

No, an iFemale would signal you when SHE needed attention...which would mean continuous signals. :)

[bedolido]

No, an iFemale would signal you when SHE needed attention...which would mean continuous signals. :)

Being married for 32 years I'm not used to making decisions or making unedited statements. You are correct! Thank you for the enlightenment...

[bedolido]

hey new friend. Welcome to FR. I'm a newbie as well (March 2003 here... and a boomer)

[Steely Glint]

Q. If a man makes a decision while alone in the woods and there is no woman around to hear it, is he still wrong?

A. Yes.