Saturday 14 July 2012


i.Bar installed at London's swanky Soho Nightclub 24


iBar
Glass act ... glasses become linked
It has an interactive drag and drop-style display like Tom Cruise's character used in sci-fi flick Minority Report.
And can be programmed to display any image, for example a Stella logo could appear when a pint is placed on it or footage of grapes when you plonk your plonk on top.
The technology - which is still in its infancy - is the brainchild of Danish computer whizzes.

They've come up with dozens of flash animations that react to touch and glasses that are placed on top.

Up until now, the machines have mainly been used for corporate jobs, such as a perfume counter version for Chanel which went down a storm.

But bosses are keen to expand further into the booze market, with big ideas for the future of pubs.

And it has certainly caught the eye of drinkers online - with more than 700,000 watching a video of it in action on YouTube already.
This week, The Sun online was invited down to check out the 12ft device in action.
At the moment, 24 bosses aren't using it as an actual bar top and it is instead in the middle of the bar for punters to mess about with.

But (click) Kenneth Siber of Mindstorm - the firm behind the software - says the plan is to revise the design with a tough top for use in bars and pubs up and down the land.

He said: 'It's a very early stage product at the moment - we are really only scratching the surface of what it can do. 'There are lots of possibilities and we're very excited about it.'
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