Monsieur’s Android-Powered Bartender: Get Your Drink On

This new device powered by android is a peace of work. It functions as a bartender with many facilitating features. The idea was initiated by a mechanical engineer right outside Georgia tech, Barry Givens, the CEO of  the Monsieur company of Atlanta, Georgia. The design went through many prototypes until its final one “The Monsieur,” that has a touch interface screen and has space and refrigerators to store drinks and bottles in eight containers. It has a list of cocktails that are organized in terms of themes and moods up to 300 cocktails and drinks. ” Over time its intelligent machine will learn an individual’s taste to automatically per-adjust their drinks, as well as making them to order,” says the Monsieur company.  So if one is having a formal dinner the Monsieur would act like a robotic bartender for the gathering. Not only does the Monsieur preform tasks one asks it to, but also has some artificial intelligence in it. It notifies its user when drinks are about to finish and capable of providing a local grocery and liquor store a list of the ingredients that are missing. It also  has an application that allows its user to order drinks remotely through their cell phone with the desired strength, double or single. What about safety? Well it has a feature that alerts the consumer when  their current alcohol blood level is high and provides taxi company numbers if needed. That is done through entering gender and weight before ordering.

The Monsieur is worth$ 2700 and will be available for purchase on November 15th, 2013. However, is it worth it? The idea of a robotic bartender facilitates numerous people who are extremely socially active and especially benefits venues and restaurants. On the other hand, ordinary people would not benefit much from of this product. The idea itself is highly marketable  for people who are interested in luxurious facilities or just find a need in having a bartender at home.. Nonetheless, the product does not provide anything that is needed or solves any real problem except maybe for the fact that it notifies consumers of their current alcohol blood level.

Resources:

http://www.gizmag.com/monsieur-robot-bartender-interview/29266/

http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/monsieur-bartender-kickstarter,3651.html

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/monsieur/monsieur-the-artificially-intelligent-robotic-bart

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2449569/Robotic-bartender-learns-users-preferences-mix-cocktails.html