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The Monsieur company of Atlanta, Georgia thinks it has the answer with the home version of its Monsieur machine. It’s a <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/james-robot-bartender/29118/" target="_blank">robotic bartender</a> tailored to your individual lifestyle that the company sees as a way of enhancing social drinking without having to constantly refer to a book or acting as bartender all night at a party. We caught up with co-founder and CEO of Monsieur, Barry Givens, to discuss the machine-made cocktail.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/monsieur-robot-bartender-interview/29266/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="29302"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/picobrew-zymatic/29302/">PicoBrew Zymatic aims at almost completely automatic beer brewing</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">October 8, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/picobrew-zymatic/29302/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/picobrew-zymatic/29302/pictures">20 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/picobrew-zymatic/29302/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/picobrew-zymatic-21.jpg" title="PicoBrew aims to automate home beer brewing, with the Zygomatic" alt="PicoBrew aims to automate home beer brewing, with the Zygomatic"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> What does making bread and brewing espresso have in common? Not long ago, both were involved, messy jobs best left to the experts that can now be done at home by anyone who can pour ingredients and press a button. PicoBrew LLC of Seattle wants to do the same with beer, with the PicoBrew Zymatic – a countertop brewery that is claimed by the developers to be as automatic as a breadmaker.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/picobrew-zymatic/29302/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29326"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/nest-protect-smoke-alarm/29326/">Former Apple VP's Nest Protect: A smoke alarm Steve Jobs could love?</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/will-shanklin/">Will Shanklin</a></div> <div class="date">October 8, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/nest-protect-smoke-alarm/29326/#comments">4 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/nest-protect-smoke-alarm/29326/pictures">4 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/nest-protect-smoke-alarm/29326/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/nest-protect.jpg" title="Nest Labs' new Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm brings an Apple-like penchant for c..." alt="Nest Labs' new Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm brings an Apple-like penchant for c..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Say you're a former Apple engineer and VP. Now say you leave the company, but you just can't shake your hankerin' to take clunky products, simplify them, and make them consumer-friendly. What do you do? Well, if you're Tony Fadell, then you found your own company that gives boring and complicated home sensors an Apple-like makeover. After finding success with its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/nest-learning-thermostat/20283/" target="_blank">Nest thermostat</a>, Fadell's Nest Labs is now expanding into the realm of smoke alarms.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/nest-protect-smoke-alarm/29326/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29282"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-future-home-2025/29282/">GE reveals vision for homes of the not-too-distant future</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">October 6, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-future-home-2025/29282/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-future-home-2025/29282/pictures">46 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-future-home-2025/29282/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ge-home-2025.jpg" title="GE looks forward to the home of 2025" alt="GE looks forward to the home of 2025"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Appliance makers have been putting together "Homes of Tomorrow" ever since they realized that electricity was more than a passing fad. Over the decades, Frigidaire, Westinghouse, General Electric and many others have pulled out the crystal ball to gaze into our domestic future. Now GE is jumping forward to the year 2025 to show us what home life will be like in the middle of the next decade.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/ge-future-home-2025/29282/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29257"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/float-table-wooden-blocks/29257/">Float Table made from levitating wooden cubes</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dave-leclair/">Dave LeClair</a></div> <div class="date">October 3, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/float-table-wooden-blocks/29257/#comments">13 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/float-table-wooden-blocks/29257/pictures">7 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/float-table-wooden-blocks/29257/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/floattable.jpg" title="The Float Table is made of wooden cubes with magnets inside " alt="The Float Table is made of wooden cubes with magnets inside "/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Coffee and end tables are often very utilitarian pieces of furniture. However, RockPaperRobot has combined some interesting design with a good bit of physics to turn the humble table into something far more unique, in the form of the Float Table.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/float-table-wooden-blocks/29257/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29188"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/brewbot-smartphone-controlled-home-brew/29188/">Brewbot lets you control home brewing with your smartphone</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">September 30, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/brewbot-smartphone-controlled-home-brew/29188/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/brewbot-smartphone-controlled-home-brew/29188/pictures">10 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/brewbot-smartphone-controlled-home-brew/29188/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/brewbot.jpg" title="To use Brewbot, you put in ingredients from the local brew shop, and then input the desire..." alt="To use Brewbot, you put in ingredients from the local brew shop, and then input the desire..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Brewing beer in small batches can be difficult, time consuming, and very daunting for the neophyte. To make things a bit easier, and let homebrewers have a life away from watching the temperature of the malt tun, the Brewbot system aims to automate much of the brewing process. The result is a smartphone-controllable machine that brews 20 l (5.2 gal) of beer in each batch.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/brewbot-smartphone-controlled-home-brew/29188/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29192"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/gun-box-fingerprint-security/29192/">Fingerprint sensors and GPS tracking keep your firearms safe inside the Gun Box</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/jonathan-fincher/">Jonathan Fincher</a></div> <div class="date">September 27, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/gun-box-fingerprint-security/29192/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/gun-box-fingerprint-security/29192/pictures">12 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/gun-box-fingerprint-security/29192/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/gun-box-fingerprint-safe.jpg" title="Once a firearm is secured safely inside, the Gun Box unlocks with an RFID-equipped bracele..." alt="Once a firearm is secured safely inside, the Gun Box unlocks with an RFID-equipped bracele..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> We've been impressed with the new fingerprint-locking feature on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/apple-iphone-5s-review/29155/" target="_blank">iPhone 5s</a> lately, but there are many other items aside from your smartphone data that could use the extra security as well. Ryan Hyde recently designed a heavy-duty gun safe that ditches the usual key and combination locks in favor of a more protective electronic one. Once a firearm is secured safely inside, gun owners can unlock the Gun Box with an RFID-equipped bracelet (or ring), via a fingerprint scan, or a combination of the two.  <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/gun-box-fingerprint-security/29192/" class="readmore_link">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="29198"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/bodice-rocker-splinter-works/29198/">Bodice Rocker takes a relaxed approach to abstract art</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/author/dave-parrack/">Dave Parrack</a></div> <div class="date">September 26, 2013</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/bodice-rocker-splinter-works/29198/#comments">2 Comments</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/bodice-rocker-splinter-works/29198/pictures">6 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback hero_link" href="/web/20131014062014/http://www.gizmag.com/bodice-rocker-splinter-works/29198/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20131014062014im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/bodice-rocker-splinter-works-4.jpg" title="Part lounger, part work of art, the Bodice Rocker from Splinter Works boasts an eye-catchi..." alt="Part lounger, part work of art, the Bodice Rocker from Splinter Works boasts an eye-catchi..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The Bodice Rocker is part lounger, part work of art. 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