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With Every Beer, a Tweet

by Caleb Johnson on June 2, 2009 at 10:03 PM


It seems like everyone and everything under the sun tweets these days; pets, plants, and even household appliances are doing it. So the folks at 360i, a New York-based digital company, decided it was about time their office beer tap had a voice on the popular microblogging site, too. Thus, the Tweeting Bar was born.

Every time a frothy beer is poured from the tap, data is sent to a computer beneath the bar, which then displays a tweet on a monitor above the bar, according to Mashable. Besides pouring an ice-cold brew, the tap has attitude and personality to spare. The tweets are varied and humorous, including quips about tipping, baseball, and beer prices. The device even reminds employees when it is time to refill the keg.

Some 360i employees came up with the idea for the Tweeting bar while enjoying a few cold ones around the newly completed office beer tap. They soon began researching different sensor technologies, and, after contacting flow-measuring device company Keg-Meter, worked jointly on a custom device that measured flow, and featured a serial port that could send data indicating how much beer was poured and how much was left. You can read more details about the process at the company's blog.

We are not sure if this technology would catch on at bars across the country. Besides being an added expense, who wants another witty remark along with their drink? We get enough of those from the bartenders at our local watering holes as it is. [From: Mashable and 360i blog]

Tags: beer, funny, novelty, social networking, SocialNetworking, top, twitter

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