Meet Monsieur

The baby brother of a much larger, industrial machine that can be found in a number of establishments in Atlanta (where the company hails from), the Monsieur can mix thousands of drinks and features a touchscreen menu of everything it has to offer. It also comes complete with themes such as Cinco de Mayo and serves the appropriate drinks to go along with such as margaritas or mojitos. Users can increase or reduce the strength of any desired drink or even ask for a non-alcoholic version. Or, for the more adventurous, there’s always the “surprise me” button. The more the machine is used, the better it becomes at understanding its owners’ tastes and preferences.

However, this wouldn’t be a truly ‘smart’ gadget if it didn’t come complete with an app, and the Monsieur is no exception. The app can be used to remotely order and mix a drink while you’re not at home and the machine can use the app to know when you’re coming home and what sort of drink it should have ready for your return. Even cooler, or creepier (whichever way you choose to look at it), the Monsieur connects to your Wi-Fi network and can recognize when you come home based on your mobile joining the network. He can also ascertain if you’ve got company based on how many people join the network when you arrive home and make enough drinks to satisfy your guests.

It can also send you a text message to your local liquor store to schedule deliveries, when the booze runs low.

$1500 for the 'Mini', $2700 for the full-sized. Right now, though, it's on a Kickstarter.

One thought on “Meet Monsieur

  1. James Gary

    Will it ask me how my screenplay and my marriage are going, and then at least pretend to listen with a sympathetic ear to my lengthy response?

    No? Well then—I’m going to a *real* bartender. I can mix my *own* damn drinks if I want to.

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