http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Engineers-Guide-to-Drinks11.pdf
available in .dwg?
:D
:lulz:
Now I'm tempted to learn Arduino to build a drink printer and application that would accept .dwg input like this!
Quote from: Iptuous on January 26, 2010, 01:54:15 PM
available in .dwg?
:D
Yeah, if you find it in a .dwg I can turn it into a 48" wide plot on the big printer... hehe.
Quote from: Richter on January 26, 2010, 12:47:32 AM
http://flowingdata.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Engineers-Guide-to-Drinks11.pdf
Fuck yeah, that's awesome.
Quote from: Richter on January 26, 2010, 02:05:53 PM
:lulz:
Now I'm tempted to learn Arduino to build a drink printer and application that would accept .dwg input like this!
That sounds like the most awesome idea ever. I'd offer to buy one if you pulled it off but I'm at that 'choose between eating and paying the rent' part of my life.
Quote from: Richter on January 26, 2010, 02:05:53 PM
:lulz:
Now I'm tempted to learn Arduino to build a drink printer and application that would accept .dwg input like this!
Ya know, it shouldn't be that difficult, you could do it like those automatic color matchers for the paint at the hardware store. Bunch of tanks of various alcohol, and then just dispense them in the right volumes for whatever drink you punch in.
you'd still have to have motion control for the proper mixing or shaking.
plus it would have to have a little pick and place arm for cherries, lemon wedges, etc.
i think you would have to design a brand new end effector in order to open up the little umbrellas... i imagine that is unexplored territory, here to fore....
Quote from: Iptuous on January 27, 2010, 01:00:31 AM
you'd still have to have motion control for the proper mixing or shaking.
plus it would have to have a little pick and place arm for cherries, lemon wedges, etc.
i think you would have to design a brand new end effector in order to open up the little umbrellas... i imagine that is unexplored territory, here to fore....
I'd leave the 'options' up to the human at the end.
Otherwise, you'd just need to dispense the ingredients into a container, seal and send through a mix cycle, and then dispense the container into a glass.
that is so fucking awesome. i am saving it!
You can find color coded poster versions of something like this in any college bookstore. It's still cool as fuck though.
Quote from: cavehamster on January 27, 2010, 01:30:01 AM
Quote from: Iptuous on January 27, 2010, 01:00:31 AM
you'd still have to have motion control for the proper mixing or shaking.
plus it would have to have a little pick and place arm for cherries, lemon wedges, etc.
i think you would have to design a brand new end effector in order to open up the little umbrellas... i imagine that is unexplored territory, here to fore....
I'd leave the 'options' up to the human at the end.
Otherwise, you'd just need to dispense the ingredients into a container, seal and send through a mix cycle, and then dispense the container into a glass.
The biggest obstacle I see, is things such as muddling and layering.
Good thinking, everything else is jsut adding another movement, but a layering action would take some FINE gauging of the physics involved, and likely awareness of humidity, temperature, and atmospheric pressure.
Mixed drinks a machien could do, layered I think is out of luck without a serious R+D budget
many high-volume bars (especially in cheapo drinking destinations like Cancun, Vegas, and St. Thomas) have machines where the house specialties and popular mixed drinks are programmed in, there's a touchscreen POS system, and the machine dispenses the ordered drink in precisely measured amounts.
Some of them even have a separate bank of dispenser taps for the frozen drinks, held premixed in giant rotating frozen drums.
Bartenders in alot of these places are hired for looks and personality, mixology skills are probably a tertiary consideration at best.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on January 28, 2010, 06:28:56 PM
Some of them even have a separate bank of dispenser taps for the frozen drinks, held premixed in giant rotating frozen drums.
I have seen these before, makes sense for nightclubs, when people want slushee like drinks
Quote from: Richter on January 28, 2010, 06:05:55 PM
Good thinking, everything else is jsut adding another movement, but a layering action would take some FINE gauging of the physics involved, and likely awareness of humidity, temperature, and atmospheric pressure.
Mixed drinks a machien could do, layered I think is out of luck without a serious R+D budget
I think this is still doable. Imagine a pouring spout mounted on a geared rail, with a 'spoon' on a servo, and a laser or ultrasonic range finder (or just using calculated reckoning). Insert cup, machine determines how far it is to the bottom of the glass, inserts pouring spout and pours at <rate>. It retracts to a proper distance as verified by your distancing sensor, inserts spoon into pour stream if required, and dispenses the next layer at the right rate to minimize mixing. I mean, that's all you are really doing by hand, anyway.
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on January 28, 2010, 06:28:56 PM
many high-volume bars (especially in cheapo drinking destinations like Cancun, Vegas, and St. Thomas) have machines where the house specialties and popular mixed drinks are programmed in, there's a touchscreen POS system, and the machine dispenses the ordered drink in precisely measured amounts.
Some of them even have a separate bank of dispenser taps for the frozen drinks, held premixed in giant rotating frozen drums.
Bartenders in alot of these places are hired for the size of their tits.
Quote from: LMNO on January 29, 2010, 02:16:18 PM
Quote from: Emerald City Hustle on January 28, 2010, 06:28:56 PM
many high-volume bars (especially in cheapo drinking destinations like Cancun, Vegas, and St. Thomas) have machines where the house specialties and popular mixed drinks are programmed in, there's a touchscreen POS system, and the machine dispenses the ordered drink in precisely measured amounts.
Some of them even have a separate bank of dispenser taps for the frozen drinks, held premixed in giant rotating frozen drums.
Bartenders in alot of these places are hired for the size of their tits.
Makes THIS especially relevant.
http://gizmodo.com/5475133/breast-pumps-are-the-vital-ingredient-in-drink-mixing-robot
Scalable vector formats!!!
http://engineers-drinks.blogspot.com/