Intel installs coffee and cola in its offices on the Core i7 platform

Intel Executive Vice President Dadi Perlmutter is testing a stake machine at the company's central office.

Intel announces the start of mass testing of coffee and cola machines of the new generation; at the first stage, it will be held in our own offices. The machines are built on the Intel Core i7 platform and are equipped with a large number of additional devices. The machine has a huge 46-inch touchscreen display with multi-touch support, a microphone, a high-resolution camera and a wireless Wi-Fi adapter.

Powerful stuffing device allows you to assign a number of additional functions, as well as significantly improve the quality of services provided. For example, using sensors, the computer will monitor the temperature of the food being dispensed, and in the case of coffee, the correctness of its preparation. Using the Perceptual SDK technology, the machine monitors the emotions of the person served and logs cases of extreme displeasure for further study in a special log. A huge display can be used in a variety of ways: for example, having discovered that a person, having taken coffee, has stayed at the machine, the device will lose a clip for him, a set of movie trailers or will offer a toy in casual style.

As for the additional functionality, in particular, the device can act as an access point in a public network with flexible user policies and charging rules. Another option is to use the machine as a network storage with wireless access to the content. Finally, a “smart machine” can be used for small meetings and teleconferences as a multimedia device.
Since the machine uses a standard PC platform, which is also quite powerful, the possibilities of expanding its functionality are almost endless. By adding the necessary software, a set of sensors and the mechanical part, you can “teach” him to bake pancakes, mix cocktails, and so on. Thus, on the basis of this pilot project, the company runs around the technologies of the “smart kitchen” with Intel technologies and devices - the one that our watchdog vikky13 dreamed about in her post about the slow cooker .