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]
Shobhna Srivastava said...
now now that is a smart gadget!!! :)