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Robotic bartender mixes like a pro, can tell if you’ve had enough

WASHINGTON – If you’ve ever waited long for a drink at the bar, a new invention is right up your alley. It’s called Monsieur and at the push of a button, this boxy tabletop device will dispense your favorite drink for you. It comes loaded with up to 300 types of drinks.

Monsieur is programmable with themes too so punch in Bachelorette Party or Irish Pub and it offers drinks based on that theme.

Monsieur has a touchscreen and it’s stocked with alcohol and mixers. But inventor Barry Givens tells Gizmag that he created Monsieur with a sense of responsibility. It keeps tabs on how much you’ve had to drink and calculates your blood alcohol level. If you’ve gone too far, it prompts you to order an Uber car or a cab.

Using an app, the Monsieur can have a drink waiting for you when you get home. If you come home late, Monsieur will make it a double. When the machine is low on ingredients, Monsieur can place an order at the local liquor store for delivery.

The robotic bartender is in the funding stages now.

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US strikes 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying warships were targeted with ballistic missiles

CAIRO (AP) — U.S. forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles, the American military said Saturday, warning that it would “if necessary, destroy Iran’s limited and exposed oil fleet.” Experts called it a dangerous escalation after Iran’s previous attacks at sea targeted commercial shipping. The strikes — a day after U.S. President Donald Trump sought to minimize the conflict as “small potatoes” — keep up a new tilt back toward fighting after six months of on-again, off-again war that began with U.S. and Israeli attacks on the country on Feb. 28. Both sides have sought to inflict both military and economic pain, and negotiations have collapsed. The military’s statement said an American aircraft carrier and a destroyer evaded “multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks” while patrolling in the region and no U.S. personnel were hurt. It wasn't clear when the Iranian missiles were fired. The statement said that two Iranian oil carriers were “permanently disabled” and the third, unladen one, was destroyed. The U.S. statement called the tankers part of a shadow network helping to fund Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard and its armed proxies in the region.
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