Beer Gadgets

BrewSocial: Social Networking Application for the Beer Geek in all of Us

by Luke

There seems to be a real social media theme going on in the world of blogaboutbeer.com this week – first all of the new beer-related iPhone applications, then the “crowdfunding”-based brewery BeerBankRoll. And today, to cap it off, a buddy of mine pointed out the (relatively) new BrewSocial (part of the LivingSocial network, which also [...]

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iPhone Application for the Beer Aficionado

by Luke

Popular online Social Networking blog Mashable.com today had a post describing 18 different iPhone applications all centered around drinking. Most of them were lame “guess your BAC level” and “R U Drunk” tests and shouldn’t get a second mention. But one of the applications, however, does seem really neat (neat enough that I may download [...]

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Cool Beer Robots

by Luke

The blog oddee.com the other day listed 7 of the coolest beer gadgets in the known (robot) universe (thanks Wren, for pointing them out!). Some of my favorites included the R/C Cooler, which really touches on my pension for laziness: And the beer launching fridge… because there’s just something about drinking a beer that really [...]

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New Machine Makes Fuel from Beer

by Luke

Tom Quinn and ethanol scientist Floyd Butterfield founded the E-Fuel Corporation in March 2007 to create efficient ethanol micro-refinery products for people who want to break their dependency on oil. And it looks like they’ve done it. And done it using beer. The company recently rolled out a portable machine called the MicroFueleris, which is [...]

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Beer & Sun Powered Hot Water Heater

by Luke

Ma Yanjun, a Chinese peasant and carpenter, of Qiqiao village, Shaanxi Province has made a solar water heater – using only beers bottles and hoses. How does it work? Well, The beer bottles lie on a board in rows and are all connected by hoses, which allow cold water to flow through them. As the [...]

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BrewPoll WordPress Plugin from Hop Talk

by Luke

Al from Hop Talk has created a WordPress plugin which integrates a BrewPoll “vote” button into every blog post. BrewPoll  — the latest social networking site to hit the Interwebs — is a digg-like site where users share content from around the web with one another and “vote” on the articles they like the best. [...]

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