IBM patents drone-delivery of coffee straight to your mouth

My favorite is the one where the couch potato has to get up and shout “McDonalds!” before the Orwellian, camera-equipped Smart TV will continue playing the violent program he is watching.

beaconstudios• 8 years ago

Reminds me of the verification can greentext

mmcdaris• 8 years ago

It's all fun and games until someone gets a head-full of hot coffee.

fermienrico• 8 years ago

Sensational click-baity title. You could have just said "IBM patents drone-delivery of coffee".

binbag• 8 years ago

I wrote it like that because the absurdity amused me, not as a cheap attention grab.

jaclaz• 8 years ago

Well, I thought the patent was for literally delivering coffee to one's mouth (think of disabled people that cannot hold the cup and bring it to mouth).

maxxxxx• 8 years ago

When I was contractor at IBM for a year I attended several sessions where the only task was to come up with ideas for patents. This looks exactly like the result of one of these sessions.

dougmwne• 8 years ago

Someone collected the employee patent bonus for this! We can clearly see that incentive is working.

mrfredward• 8 years ago

Trolling...but not in their usual manner.

yohann305• 8 years ago

Basically a ripoff of the robot-butler concept, replacing the wheels with rotors. In 1984, the TV series Riptide already had a robot serving drinks: https://www.filmaffinity.com/es/movieimage.php?imageId=98109...

Robot butler pic here: http://bearbottoms1.com/smart-homes/

One might argue that rotors and wheels are similar in nature since they both are a rotating device

virtuabhi• 8 years ago

I don't get this. Is this patent part of some prank? The authors are senior researchers at IBM.

rasz• 8 years ago

I seem to remember reading that IBMers got bonuses per number of patents generated.

francisofascii• 8 years ago

You could possibly see this in a super crowded environment. A nightclub, rock concert, or even a sporting event in the stands. A replacement for the cocktail waiter or beer vendor at a ball game.

rad_gruchalski• 8 years ago

Is this a Watson service?

ungerik• 8 years ago

Perfect example of big companies blocking innovation from small inventors by patenting every imaginable idea and combination of ideas :-(

IBM patents drone-delivery of coffee straight to your mouth

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