The iOS SDK has created, along with an impressive environment for apps, a great ecosystem for hardware that interfaces with iOS devices. Some notable examples include the Square card reader, the Nest thermostat and countless other accessories.
A worthy addition to the list of beautifully designed products that work well with iOS devices is the TopBrewer Coffee Faucet. Although it isn't available yet, the images and videos about the product are really impressive.
TopBrewer is a minimalist coffee machine that hides all the complicated hardware associated with coffee machines under a table top, and on the outside exists as a simple faucet with a touchscreen. The highlight of the machine, at least for iOS device users, is that Scanomat has developed an iOS app that makes the machine compatible with iPhone, iPod touch and the iPad.
The TopBrewer product page itself uses a number of keywords like magical, innovative and simplicity, which you would find in Steve Jobs' keynotes.
The machine has quite a few features, apart from its minimalist design, that set it apart from other coffee makers:
You can check out this video about TopBrewer:
Although the machine works well with a touchscreen, we're very sure that Scanomat would, very soon, be bombarded with queries asking, "Will you port this to Android?"
The machine no doubt would be expensive, and mainly targeted at high end homes and corporate offices. As TUAW points out this could be something big:
Perhaps your local coffee shop will install a team of Top Brewers and let you order your coffee drink just the way you like it from your iPhone or iPad while you stand in line to pay for the beverage.
We would take the concept a step further and say, that you order you coffee and pay via a mechanism similar to the Apple Store app (or NFC when Apple adds it to the iPhone) without waiting in line. This would be the most frictionless self-serving-coffee-drinking experience ever.
What do you think?
[via MacRumors]
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