It's not free, but its certainly one of the coolest open source based technologies I've read about. MooBella, of Taunton Massachusetts, has an ice cream making vending machine built on the open source LAMP stack. In about 45 seconds, the MooBella machine, about the size of an overweight soda machine, churns through the ingredients and delivers a cup of fresh ice cream and a range of flavors and mix-ins. The MooBella machine features a simple graphical display, self-tuning diagnostics, wireless support, turbulent dynamic mixing and your choice of chocolate chips, walnuts, peanut butter cups or cookies & cream.
Who says open source doesn't innovate? It makes me proud to be a MySQLer!
- InformationWeek: Innovation One Scoop at a Time
- USA Today: Ice Cream in a Flash
- Demo 2006: MooBella
I was intrigued by the title of this post, I had to read it.
Very cool, where can I get one!
Hmm... the google advertising for this post is offering me a Haagan-Dazs franchise, softserve machines, or my own ice cream truck. "be your own boss" that sounds almost as enticing as "open source ice cream"... ; )
Posted by: Deb | October 24, 2006 at 12:15 AM
I'm thinking we should have one of these in our office to showcase a cool MySQL customer!
-Zack
Posted by: Zack Urlocker | October 25, 2006 at 10:56 PM