The bevvy-merchants at Strongbow have designed what being touted as the world’s first digital bottle cap which doubles as a rudimentary remote. Using RFID technology, the StartCap can do everything from turning off the lights, to powering up your stereo when you crack open a cold one.
When the bottle cap is removed a hidden, and presumably shielded, RFID tag is exposed. The signal is detected and recognised by a reader, and since the RFID tags are all unique, its signature can be then used to trigger a specific action. So the bottle’s capabilities are still pretty much dependent on a nearby computer, but the potential is endless. Every time you open a bottle it could automatically put your home theater into sports mode. Or simply draw the curtains and close the blinds so your neighbours can’t see you drinking at 9:30 in the morning. [StartCap via PopSop via Newlaunches]













put one on the baby lotion bottle…. open that bad boy up and BOOM flicks the channel over to something naughty
Its still Strongbow though :/
Have it so when you pop the cap it fires arrows at you.
You know, out of all the stupid ideas out there, this one is actually decent for a change.
hmm, is this just so companies and their products can annoy you on a different level? i thought everything was going to have a ip address by now.