The internet-enabled coffee maker

Finally you can get your coffee served up just the way you like it... via the internet. Thanks to some caffeine-loving DIY'ers, you can now whip up (or at least serve) a cup of steaming-hot espresso from across the room, or across the Atlantic (though, why would you make a cup of coffee if you won't be able to drink it while it's hot?). Regardless, inspired by Larry Masinter's circa-1998 Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol, and utilizing the O2M8 WebBrick (a controller designed for automation in houses), the gang was able to put together a solution for coffee making that has been heretofore unseen, though (we suspect) desperately needed. Check the link to see all the percolating action unfold.

[Via Hacked Gadgets]

[LondonConsultant @ Sep 13th 2007 9:45AM]

Now I can order an espresso from starbucks.com

[James @ Sep 13th 2007 10:31AM]

They should have done it to this Porsche Design Nespresso Machine:

http://www.sybarites.org/2006/08/18/nespresso-siemens-by-porsche-design-espresso-machine/

[Richard Lai @ Sep 13th 2007 9:46AM]

Nice, hope it also does customizable flavours.

"Gawh... This coffee smells like shit."

"It is shit, Austin."

[DarkSamus @ Sep 13th 2007 9:49AM]

Nice!

[Christian @ Sep 13th 2007 9:49AM]

...which is extra lame, because you need to insert a coffee capsule into the Nespresso machine, before going back to your computer to activate the brewing.

(Unless you like your tea water with a slight note of coffee...)

[UoMDeacon @ Sep 13th 2007 10:52AM]

Exactly what I was thinking! During my more desperate college days, I tried running a capsule through twice...'twas a sad mistake.

[tso @ Sep 13th 2007 1:01PM]

next hack, automated capsule inserter ;)

complete with 10+ magazine :D

[Giacomo @ Sep 13th 2007 9:58AM]

"caffeine-loving DIY'ers" LOL, how redundant!

[Eric @ Sep 13th 2007 10:01AM]

Does it run NetBSD?

[oshean @ Sep 13th 2007 10:16AM]

JAVA 2.0

[Richard Lai @ Sep 13th 2007 10:31PM]

Didn't see that one coming. :p

[peternj @ Sep 13th 2007 10:23AM]

This makes real the joke about tech, "can it make the coffee?"
Next we need an internet connected toilet paper dispenser.

[Brian @ Sep 13th 2007 10:24AM]

I can see it now, I'm on the metro, a stop away from home and I whip out my iPhone, ordering my coffeemaker to start brewing, and it's ready as soon as I walk in the door.

I've done the same with take-out, why not coffee at home?

[johnzilla @ Sep 13th 2007 1:14PM]

Or you could just, you know, buy a coffee maker with a programmable clock and timer built-in so you can tell it to start brewing whenever you like.

They've only been around for years.

[Geordie @ Sep 13th 2007 10:31AM]

It's a real Hot Coffee mod!

[Paris @ Sep 13th 2007 10:31AM]

good, now you can make your coffee while watching porn.

[Donald @ Sep 13th 2007 11:22AM]

It's over.

The internet is finished.

[Hickeroar @ Sep 13th 2007 11:41AM]

This would be really useful to start your coffee via your smartphone or something when you're about 5-10 minutes out from work...

[Brad @ Sep 13th 2007 12:37PM]

Or, you know, you could buy a $5 x10 module and a $15 computer interface module, then do it all with HEYU. But you know....this is much more fancy.

[Alex Rrrrrrr @ Sep 13th 2007 1:48PM]

Today, Ladies and Gentlemen, a new level of pointlessness has been achieved.

[DaveVA @ Sep 13th 2007 2:09PM]

The article kind of glosses over the Web Brick Internet appliance that actually drives the device. The Web Brick itself looks very interesting. It would be nice to see some coverage of it and similar control devices with embedded web servers.

[Shannin @ Sep 13th 2007 4:05PM]

this came out of this book so if you want the instructions pick it up:
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780596003142&itm=1

[hello @ Sep 14th 2007 2:41AM]

yea, I was wondering that also. i have had that book since like forever which tells you how to make this, and this is considered news? wtf?

[Armand Rousso @ Sep 15th 2007 7:49AM]

This is so interesting...not the coffee itself but the internet power, the web enlargement...Where are situated its limits ?