v-Pod: Beer and TV, Together At Last

Mark Wilson — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:30:00 EST

Sure, most of us have enjoyed a cold one while watching TV. But there's nothing worse than running off to the fridge during ~~Sex and the City reruns~~ the game. Now that hassle is over.

Because the Micro Matic v-POD is both your TV and your beer dispenser. Constructed of stainless steel and loaded with six faucets that can dispense anything from beer to beer, the v-POD already sounds like a must-buy for its $3,050 asking price. But the v-POD also features a 10-inch LCD with stereo speakers that can play back MPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4 and MP3 files off of your flash storage of choice.

Sure, we wish that display were a bit bigger. But when you're curled up in the fetal position crying about your failings as a human being, even a 50-inch Kuro isn't going to stop the pain. Lessen, maybe. Stop, no way. [v-Pod via Engadget]

Behind Doc Ock's Bar - the Octopus Tap

johnb — Tue, 20 Dec 2005 10:49:14 EST

As I recall from my heady college days, having a 1-to-1 keg to tap ratio was usually a bad idea. Someone would do a kegstand and then you'd get a dollop of partially-digested Doritos on the top of the keg, leading to the dreaded party foul. The Octopus Tap hopes to change all that. It consists of up to three taps—not quite octo, but tripus would sound weird—that can squirt out the brass monkey with reckless abandon. BONUS: Frats—You can even assign different taps to the pledges and make them drink urine afore tasting the sweet nectar of barley and hops.

Product Page [OctopusTap]

Gizmodo: taps

v-Pod: Beer and TV, Together At Last

Behind Doc Ock's Bar - the Octopus Tap