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This is an annoying problem - you fall asleep with a half-drunk cup of coffee in your hand, and the inevitable accident happens.
Why not add a tilt sensor and beeper. If the cup slowly starts to tilt more than normal, it beeps alerting you to the problem.
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I thought caffeine kept you awake? |
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I figure its like smoking in bed -- its dangerous ... DrCurry also has a great point -- if I'm drinking coffee, I'm up ... now an invention that prevents idiots from spilling beer on your carpet I'd buy |
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Would it beep whenever you took a sip? |
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Couldn't you do this with a sippycup? |
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[dintlu]: You might have to work in some sort of lip sensor at the rim of the cup. Doesn't beep if contacted on the top brim. |
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Thinking about it, it would also need a coffee sensor for the inside to judge how far is too far to tip to avoid spilling. |
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I really don't think those coffee cups should be drinking. I mean, really, they don't know how much alcohol they can handle, and they have a safety related job. |
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[marked–for-deletion] bad science. The beeping is just as likely to make you move your arm the other way, thus still spilling the contents. |
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This is an interesting problem. If the cup had a lid with a special straw, would it be OK?
Not a normal straw, which would burn your mouth, but a straw that opened out into a flare at the top.
This would slow down the speed of the hot coffee, and spread it evenly so it could be quickly cooled when entering your mouth. |
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How about an attitude sensor that beeps and slams a lid shut on your beverage container when the angle approaches danger? |
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