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May 22, 2015

Even liquor bottles are talking to smartphones

  • Smart Spout, for example, contains RFID technology and tilt sensors to track every ounce of liquor poured.
  • By MICHELLE LOCKE
    Associated Press

    The message-in-a-bottle routine is going Wi-Fi. And that means pretty soon you'll have your very own mini Times Square at the bar, right on the bottle.

    “Everyone likes to see their name in lights,” says Brandon Laidlaw, president and chief operating officer of Pleasanton, California-based Medea vodka, which recently introduced a liquor bottle equipped with an LED message band that can be programmed to scroll any message that inspires you via a free smartphone app.


     
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