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Monday, November 07, 2005

Smart Lid to Prevent Scorched Tongues

At long last, the wonders of technology have brought a solution to one our species' greatest problems. No longer will we have to suffer the agony and humiliation of eagerly gulping down that first chug of morning coffee only to scald our tongues (or, worse yet, the roofs of our mouths) on the boiling hot liquid. The Smart Lid is coming to save us all.

Made from a plastic that changes color relative to temperature, the Smart Lid will alert us that our coffee is hot before we take that first fateful drink. Bright red means "slow down, cowboy."

Sadly, those establishments that tend to serve their coffee at irrationally high temperatures -- mainly gas station minimarts -- will probably be the last to adopt the Smart Lid, as they obviously prefer stocking the cheapest and thinnest membranes technology can create. (Of course, if you're drinking coffee from a gas station minimart, you get what you deserve.) But overall the Smart Lid is expected to cost just a penny or so more per lid than standard plastic coffee lids, and the return in reduced customer fatalities could be tremendous.


[Via Wired.com-gadgets blog]

Blogger Shobhna Srivastava said...

now now that is a smart gadget!!! :) 

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