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This is NOT Made in Japan

Posted in Humor by User ImageDouglas Karr at 11:02 pm

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American ingenuity does not get better than this:

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Comment by no imageEd Lau (SezWho)
2007-03-07 23:05:26

Yep, it’s pretty damned awesome but then I realized…how lazy do you have to be to not want to get up to get a beer? I can understand not wanting to go shopping with the missus or not wanting to go to work but not wanting to get off the couch to get a delicious, delicious beer?
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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-03-07 23:18:44

Well, the disadvantage there is whether or not you make it back in time before the commercial is over. The other advantage here is that you don’t have to actually speak to the wife or girlfriend to ask them to bring you one. Hopefully they don’t ever make the mistake of blocking the launch path.

This guy doesn’t appear to have anyone else… just a solid toolkit and plenty of gears and springs and motors and stuff. Having kids and waiting a few years may have been easier.

:)

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Comment by no imageMartin Weiss (SezWho)
2007-03-08 03:27:15

What a cool piece of self-made technology. Love it.

Going to his site, http://www.duke.edu/~jwc13/beerlauncher.html, there are many more pictures. He also asks to not watch the film via YouTube, but use Metacafe instead.

And if enough people are interested, he might even get them made in a machine shop. $1500 a pop, with up to 20 cans.

But here in Europe we prefer Beer out of Bottles /- or best: a proper draft.

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Comment by no imageMartin Weiss (SezWho)
2007-03-08 03:28:17

Oh, and here`s the link to the offical video:

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/445498/robotic_beer_launching_refrigerator/

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Comment by no imageNate Whitehill (SezWho)
2007-03-08 04:37:59

That thing is amazing. I want one! :D
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Comment by no imageMichael Mehrmann (SezWho)
2007-03-08 11:56:54

To bad that does not work with German beer cans
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Comment by no imageJeff Middlesworth (SezWho)
2007-03-08 12:33:41

I’d like to see that guy open up the can after it gets chucked over to him. Now that would be a mess!
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Comment by no imagemodifoo (SezWho)
2007-03-08 21:25:53

This being sold in the US, I wonder when the first lawsuit comes from someone who got hit by a beer can…
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Comment by no imageXial (SezWho)
2007-03-09 12:59:48

… Wow.

Just Wow.

Barring the sue-happy Americans (of which I’m sad to say I’m in the same country with ;b), that would actually be pretty nifty.

Hunker down for a late night of coding. Load the thing with Pepsi (or Coca, if that’s your preferred poison), and just tap a button. Remember to catch the soda behind you, of course. :)

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