Siri can pour you a beer, perfect for Friday Afternoon Club
I think I may have to make Siri my mistress, since she (well, it does have a female voice in the U.S.) can now pour a beer at my command. That's more than my wife of 32 years will do for me! The folks at redpepper, an ad agency in Nashville, Tennessee, had a little time on their hands, so they rigged up a way for a Siri command to open and pour a beer.
It's a bit messy, and it doesn't look like the entire contents of the 12 ounce can make it into the glass, but it's certain fun to watch. The redpepper blog explains the entire process of setting up what they call "Beeri," including creating a special Twitter account, outfitting an R/C monster truck with an Arduino Uno with Wi-Fi Shield, and building a special beer opener.
The entire process is more fun if you watch it in action. Enjoy, but remember to get a designated driver if Siri is too generous with the beers this afternoon. TUAW urges you to use "Beeri" responsibly.
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This is not impressive. Its kind of a no brainer. We’ve seen a plethora of twitter commanded bots. The only difference here is that someone spoke the command to Siri… not really a stretch.. http://radiomobiletech.com/uncategorized/siri-goes-one-step-ahead-and-learns-how-to-pour-a-beer.html
November 01 2011 at 3:47 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyI tried watching it but the (personally) awful backing track stopped me cold. As for the other comment, there is no actual connection between twitter and the beer either. You could just open up the beer. pfft
October 22 2011 at 10:38 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyBeer is kid's stuff. When will Siri mix me a Pan-Galactic Gargle Blaster?
October 22 2011 at 5:06 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplySweet a quarter glass of beer!
October 21 2011 at 7:18 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOr you could just open the Twitter app and tweet it. There is no actual connection between this and Siri.
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