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Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking

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Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking

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Post by localcasestudy »

troymc wrote: post #28
woodchuck64 wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Need? I didn't need a smartphone when I bought one, but it changed my lifestyle such that it is now irreplaceable. How do they do it? I really don't know but this article on electrochemical biosensor arrays for "electronic tongue" is interesting: http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijelc/2012/986025/

A smartphone is a telephone, maps, address book, games, music player, ebook reader, web browser, GPS, microphone, pedometer, barometer, and more. This thing is a cup.

Did you really just type this? haha

Well this thing is a cup, spectroscopic device, hydration tracker,and daily caloric planner, that integrates with your smartphone through bluetooth, while charging wirelessly.

Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking

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Post by owenversteeg »

orenmazor wrote: post #11

I keep bouncing between "this is an excellently executed troll!" and "…does this actually work?!"

I'm guessing that it either uses absorption spectrography or a motor, two electrodes, a balance, and a large database of mass/conductivity/viscosity data.

Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking

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Post by mbreese »

localcasestudy wrote: post #41
troymc wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A smartphone is a telephone, maps, address book, games, music player, ebook reader, web browser, GPS, microphone, pedometer, barometer, and more. This thing is a cup.

Did you really just type this? haha Well this thing is a cup, spectroscopic device, hydration tracker,and daily caloric planner, that integrates with your smartphone through bluetooth, while charging wirelessly.

It is all of those things, but it's raison d'être is to hold liquids until they are consumed.

It's a very advanced cup. And in order to be useful, you need to drink everything with that cup.

Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking

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Post by iandanforth »

I hope they are taking a page from the Tesla playbook. The people who need this device are not the ones who are going to pre-order it today or buy it when it comes to retail. But to reach the broader consumer market they need to target high-end, trendy, and rich consumers, so they can eventually produce an affordable (or better yet, ubiquitous) technology. To complete the analogy, I hope this is the "Roadster" with a clear goal of an affordable sedan in the future.

Who do I think needs this technology? People who drink soda and don't know how many calories they are consuming. Not only does it cause a huge percentage of obesity cases (http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/sugary-drinks-fa...) but the large doses of caffeine and phosphoric acid in Colas can do serious damage to your bones! (http://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/features/soda-osteoporosis).

Unfortunately there is a strong correlation between poverty and soda consumption. (http://www.livescience.com/35127-poverty-soda-pop-consumptio...) So if you want to make a real impact you're going to have to make this cheap and easy enough to be sold in bulk at Walmart. (Please excuse the stereotyping, it is, of course, not this simple.)

Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking

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Post by sp332 »

altschuler wrote: post #40
volker48 wrote: post #4

This sounds absurdly stupid. I thought it was a joke.

Exactly my thought, the video seems satirical. Especially when the guy pours beer in the cup and it tells him that it's beer, after which he gives it a "that's right" nod.

It's more that it puts the info into your phone automatically. Of course you know it's beer, but writing it down in a food journal is a bit of a hassle, and doing math on it to see how many calories you drank each day this month is tedious enough to be worth automating.
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