The combination isn’t exactly the most obvious, but hey, I’m a gamer, and hey, I like paying $5 a glass for a pretentious beer that tastes identical to Budweiser. The Stella Artois PSP was manufactured in a limited edition for the Fosters employees who’d be brewing the “import” in Australia for Australia—part of the official “please don’t spit in our delicate European beer” bonus.

Sure, it can’t repair or refuel your X-wing, nor can it project a video on your wall, but it can get you drunk. If given a choice between the original R2 and this guy… well, I’m just saying it wouldn’t be an easy decision. 

iDrink combines the iPod with a beer bottle opener (I only use openers for beer, anyway.) Maybe the designer is trying to con Apple haters into loving the iPod using associative thinking. Or maybe I just needed an excuse to start the weekend right now with a cold Guinness and some dance music (the beer is in my fridge and the NFSW music video is after the jump).

Doesn’t make that much sense, but according to the researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, this is a possibility. The researchers are creating a thin-film solar power technology that can stick to all kinds of surfaces, including beer bottles. This technology will be capable of shrinking solar panels to micrometer-thin tiles that could potentially replace climate-control systems, or in the most practical case: keep beer colder, longer. Works for me. Hopefully it doesn’t increase the cost of beer that much, or I may be stuck drinking solar-powered Pabst Blue Ribbon. Ugh.

Are there any tragedies greater than really wanting a cold beer and only having warm beers on hand? Without thinking too long about it, I’m going to go ahead and say no, there aren’t. That’s why I’m excited to see this method of chilling a warm can of beer down to a frosty, drinkable temperature in about 20 seconds. Sure, it’s much more expensive and stupid than just planning ahead and using a fridge, but when you’re in a bind you’re in a bind.

Now this is one hell of a Lego mechanical device. None of that new-school, open-source Mindstorms nonsense here. This is straight up mechanical Legos capable of opening a beer bottle with ease. It may be a bit slower than traditional beer-opening methods, but it is a hell of a lot cooler

Lengthy of the video and shaky camera skills aside, this is a pretty good machine. And best of all, the purpose of the machine is to pour a beer. Unfortunately the beer may be warm by the time it is actually poured. Unless you want to see an overview of an entire contraption, skip to about 2:10 into the movie to see the machine function.

“The hard part about being a bartender is figuring out who is drunk and who is just stupid.”

“When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up . . . reading.” Henny Youngman

“In the Bowling Alley of Tomorrow, there will even be machines that wear rental shoes and throw the ball for you. Your sole function will be to drink beer.” Dave Barry

“Actually, it only takes one drink to get me loaded. Trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or fourteenth.” George Burns

“Do not allow children to mix drinks. It is unseemly and they use too much vermouth.” Steve Allen

“An intelligent man is sometimes forced to be drunk to spend time with fools.” Ernest Hemmingway

“If your doctor warns that you have to watch your drinking, find a bar with a mirror.” John Mooney

“I can’t die until the government finds a safe place to bury my liver.” Phil Harris

“Everybody should believe in something — I believe I’ll have another drink.” Unknown

“Whenever someone asks me if I want water with my Scotch, I say, “I’m thirsty, not dirty”. Joe Lewis

“I told the stewardess liquor for three.” - “Who are the other two? - “Oh, there are no other two.”
James Bond

A drunk is driving through the city and his car is weaving all over the road. Eventually a cop pulls him over.

“Did you know,” says the cop, “that a few intersections back, your wife fell out of your car?” 

“Oh, thank heavens,” sighs the drunk. “For a minute there, I thought I’d gone deaf.”