New Year is the most generous holiday of the year. By the number of days of rest, by the tons of salads eaten, the trains of spent firecrackers, crackers and fireworks. And, of course, by the number of tanks drunk alcohol. To deny this would be bigotry. Until the end of the New Year holidays about another week, and - inspired by the music - we decided to offer you a selection of alcohol gadgets.

By the way, contrary to the widespread assertion, alcohol in no way kills brain cells, this is a delusion. The first back in 1993, it was refuted during experiments by a group of scientists led by Greta Jensen (Gretha Jensen). They counted the number of neurons in the control groups of the experimental subjects and did not find any effect of alcohol on their number. After this, many more studies were conducted on this topic, and none of them found a decrease in the number of neurons as a result of libations. Another thing is that alcohol has a number of other effects on the brain, both negative and positive, but this is a completely different story.

Perfect drink

So, if you like cocktails, then for sure you are too lazy to make them at home yourself. Or you are limited to something simple, splashing the ingredients "by eye". To prepare an ideal drink, verified to a gram, you need a firm hand and rich experience, or an interactive Perfect Drink scale .



A special application (supported only by iOS) contains hundreds of recipes. It is enough to choose one of them, place a glass on the scales and pour the ingredients in accordance with the prompt on the screen of the connected device. The program will not let you make a mistake, the amount of each poured ingredient is displayed dynamically.





Cost: $ 50.

Bartendro

This device (very expensive) is a machine for mixing cocktails based on RaspberryPi. Money for its development and release in 2013 was raised on Kickstarter. On the connected tablet, the user selects the desired cocktail, the system determines which pumps to use and how much to pour. The creators claim that mixing one cocktail takes no more than 30 seconds. By the way, the program code is available for download on Github .

Cost: $ 2,500 for the younger model.

Bar mixvah

Unlike the previous device, Bar Mixvah risks becoming a must have gadget in the home bar of every cocktail lover. The inventor, part-time Chinese engineer , made part of the parts on a 3D printer, part of it was taken from other devices and devices, including peristaltic pumps. The brain of the gadget was the penny Arduino Nano. As a result, the installation cost was only $ 180. Yes, it can only mix from 5 bottles, unlike Bartendro, but the cost is 13-20 times lower. Bar Mixvah's code is also available on Github .

Sonic decanter

This gadget will be interesting to wine lovers. It is not yet on sale, but the project has successfully collected the required amount on Kickstarter , and the first shipments will begin in June 2015. This device allows you to radically improve the quality of any wine. To do this, the bottle is placed in the container, and within 20 minutes its contents are processed by ultrasound. As a result, tannins and sulfur dioxide (commonly used as a wine preservative), partially dissolved in liquids, are destroyed .



Cost (estimated): $ 250.

Beer machine

This gadget will be interesting to beer lovers - this is a home microbrewery . To make your own beer you need a special mixture, yeast, cans of carbon dioxide, an anti-foaming disc, and of water, of course. And after 7-10 days you get 10 liters of excellent beer, your own, already in the refrigerator.



Cost: $ 99.

Picobrew

If the previous device for making beer requires a special mixture, then with PicoBrew you can completely control the composition of the raw materials. This is an automatic home brewing machine with over 100 recipes. But if you wish, you can create your own program and then proudly treat your friends with your beer. You can both share your recipes and download others' ones - the installation connects to the Internet.



Cost: $ 2,000.

Sonic foamer

This gadget is addressed to all fans of beer caps . If your drink has stood and lost its foam, then just put it on the platform and press a button, and foaming will begin immediately. The secret is simple - the gadget starts to emit ultrasound, which provokes the appearance of "magic bubbles".



Cost: $ 30.

Amphibian Banker

Funny radio-controlled floating machine , popularly nicknamed the "beer carrier", equipped with four recesses for standard aluminum cans. To attract the attention of guests to whom you brought drinks, you can use a water cannon. The range of the transmitter is about 6 m. However, it is not clear whether it will be able to swim with compartments filled with banks.



Cost: $ 99.

Lapka bam

And as a logical conclusion, pay attention to the portable Lapka BAM breathalyzer. It allows you to independently control your condition before you drive, for example. There are many compact breathalyzers on sale, but Lapka stands out from the crowd. It connects to the smartphone via Bluetooth and is controlled exclusively by ... breathing. The program on the smartphone does not just dump some faceless numbers, it gives you friendly advice depending on the degree of intoxication. Moreover, all parting words and sentences contain a fair amount of humor and irony. So the statement "Yes, I'm sober like a glass!" You can proudly confirm with the help of instrument analysis by blowing into a device the size of a little more than a cork. Another interesting feature of the program is the logging of your movements, so that in the morning you can restore your route. You see, this will help you remember whether the past night was truly unforgettable.

Cost: $ 99.

With you who have come, and do not get carried away by the ardent!