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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
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
> And in order to be useful, you need to drink everything with that cup.
This is a very important point and really limits the usefulness of this cup. Lots of empty calories that happen from drinking happen on the go at places like bars, restaurants, or coffee shops - are we expecting people to bring their cups with them everywhere and empty out their beverages into their smart cup before drinking?
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#53I wonder if it can tell when you're drinking Soylent.
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#54The monetization on this seems extremely likely to be selling drinking habit data to specific brands, since it can recognize brands and even varieties within brands.
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#55I 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…
I think really what the people who "need" this device need is better access to good food, and the money to buy it.
I mean, really, I am pretty sure most poor people know they kinda eat like shit. If they had the money to spend on good food (prepared or raw materials), and the time to sit in a restaurant for a half hour, or to cook stuff, they probably would. A higher minimum wage, maybe even a basic income, would go a lot further than "here is a $5 cup that can make you feel guilty about not being able to afford to drink good things".
Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking
#56Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm going to take a guess and say that it contains a small device which uses an absorption spectroscopy technique ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption_spectroscopy ) or something similar. Given a large database of known beverages and their constituent parts, it could compare and find a match based on a known set of gaps in the spectrum.
Thx for the link. It's interesting that a couple of years ago this technology would have required thousands of dollars of chemistry equipment and now you can build it into a cup. Very cool.
I don't think the chemistry side of the technology was what would have made this difficult "a couple years ago." I think what has made this possible today is the slew of "connected" devices before this like the fitness bands.
And honestly, I believe it is the entrepreneur's imagination, the market and people's perception that has really caught up to technology that already existed.
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#57Up next: C'mode, the smart toilet that knows what you've been eating, and offers helpful advice intended to prevent indigestion and weight gain, while optimizing your grocery list and restaurant reservations.
Hahahah, I feel that would be difficult to market but probably really useful. I'm sure you can learn all types of things about yourself from your stool. I guess when you sat down, it would have some voice recognition to know it was you, like "Hello C'mode!"?
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#58I'm not comfortable buying a $100 cup if I Can't find the "How does it work?" question in the FAQ. I mean, I'm not expecting a full technical detail, but something more than "It’s not magic, but close to it…". It's easier to find out if it will work as you expect it if at least gives some hint of what kind of technology it's using. Or am I missing any text that says so? I would certainly consider doing a pre-order if…
This.
I left the website feeling disappointed. Those are very pretty pictures they have, and a pretty spiffy website, but it feels like the marketing team went a little bit too nuts. The sheer lack of info about how it works honestly left me second-guessing if this was a genuine product or some kind of we'd-like-to-build-this-eventually-but-don't-know-how-yet pipe-dream that they weren't allowed to post to Kickstarter because they didn't have a prototype yet.
Where's the How It Works section? Not on the front page? Forgivable. Not in the FAQ? Not forgivable.
At least it's good to hear they didn't tuck it away in the video, doing that scores even lower than not having it in the FAQ in my books.
Re: Vessyl, the smart cup that knows exactly what you're drinking
#59What problem is this cup solving? Is it that hard to figure out what you're drinking? (Hint: look at the bottle when you pour, and don't take drinks from strangers.) Is it that hard to keep yourself hydrated? (Just drink when you're thirsty.) And how is a calorie counting cup gonna help me lose weight? (Just DRINK WATER). I want something that simplifies my life. Not something that needlessly complicates something as…
I'd expect this to be possibly useful for diabetics. I don't expect this to be useful for detecting allergens, because I don't expect it to have small enough detection thresholds.
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#60Whoever writes the first beer pong app for this will be an instant billionaire. Or will be invited to a lot of parties. One of those two.