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Virginia Tech grad builds an iPhone-controlled beer cannon
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| 1-13-11
| Jeffrey Van Camp
Posted on 01/13/2011 1:56:01 PM PST by WOBBLY BOB
A Virginia Tech graduate has conjured up a machine and iPhone app that allows him to select a beer and have his fridge fire it across the room to him.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: beer; cannon; iphone; virginia
high tech beer call for fire ping
To: WOBBLY BOB
Finally, a university education pays off.
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:04:22 PM PST
by
Navy Patriot
(Sarah and the Conservatives will rock your world.)
To: WOBBLY BOB
This is why the Chinese will never overtake us.
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:14:31 PM PST
by
Nick Danger
(Pin the fail on the donkey)
To: Nick Danger
Bump for higher education! Somebody needs to nominate this guy for the Nobel Peace Prize! Pop goes my beer ping! Does it arrive with the perfect foamy head? Can this be used with any sized bottle or can?
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:28:54 PM PST
by
momincombatboots
(In a few months I will be Ore..Gone! Look out Crater Lake, here we come!)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Finally a useful application for computers that does not involve pornography or video games or both
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:33:09 PM PST
by
rdcbn
To: WOBBLY BOB
ENGINEERS RULE !!!
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:35:36 PM PST
by
Hoodat
(Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. - (Rom 8:37))
To: WOBBLY BOB
This guy belongs in jail.
Obviously his invention of a “Cannon” was influential in the Tucson shootings. I’ll bet he supports Sarah Palin too/ sarc off
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:41:53 PM PST
by
anoldafvet
(Term limits now.)
To: anoldafvet
Yes, and he specifically said “crosshairs” — alert the media whores!
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:54:56 PM PST
by
FightforFreedomCA
(Pelosi is a wretched, communist, b!#*&)
To: WOBBLY BOB
Nice. Perfect for eternal bachelors - no need for a wife to grab a beer for you!
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posted on
01/13/2011 2:56:29 PM PST
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
To: Hoodat
I have seen set ups like this before without the trendy inclusion of iPhone control. I’d worry about someone launching a beer at my head when I wasn’t paying attention.
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posted on
01/13/2011 3:00:33 PM PST
by
Callahan
To: momincombatboots
Can this be used with any sized bottle or can? It should at least be able to chuck a Busch Light pounder. Every college kid can drink 18 of those on a Saturday.
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posted on
01/13/2011 3:14:21 PM PST
by
Sawdring
To: momincombatboots
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posted on
01/13/2011 3:39:51 PM PST
by
Erasmus
(Personal goal: Have a bigger carbon footprint than Tony Robbins.)
To: Erasmus
This thread is worthless without video.....
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posted on
01/13/2011 4:41:30 PM PST
by
Cyclone59
(Don't blame me, I voted for the hot chick and the old guy!)
To: WOBBLY BOB
IIIIIIIIIIIII like it!
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posted on
01/13/2011 4:48:45 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87..."Have a beer...Don't cost nothin'....")
To: WOBBLY BOB
“Getting [bleep]ed up. There’s an app for that.”
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posted on
01/13/2011 4:50:49 PM PST
by
RichInOC
(...Phi Kappa Sigma, Beta Rho '87..."Have a beer...Don't cost nothin'....")
To: WOBBLY BOB
Interesting device, wasted on some of the worst beer ever created.
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:49:36 AM PST
by
TexasM1A
To: WOBBLY BOB
They have an app for THAT?! cool...
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posted on
01/14/2011 4:59:55 AM PST
by
Hatteras
To: WOBBLY BOB
To: TexasM1A
Interesting device, wasted on some of the worst beer ever created. I don't think they should do proof-of-concept testing with the good stuff, though.
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posted on
01/14/2011 5:07:02 AM PST
by
kevkrom
(De-fund Obamacare in 2011, repeal in 2013!)
To: kevkrom
Can’t really argue with that.
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posted on
01/15/2011 7:02:25 AM PST
by
TexasM1A
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