The Pei Wei by my house just got a new soda machine from the future.
I don't even drink much soda but you simply can't pass up opportunities to mess with big shiny gizmos like this one.
Basically this thing is called the Coca-Cola Freestyle Beverage Dispenser and it pours over 100 variations of Coke products; Raspberry Sprite, Strawberry Sprite, Grape Sprite, etc. Apparently it's really precise about mixing the flavors for whatever drink you choose because Coke adapted the technology from dialysis medicine dispensing machines.
According to the internet, this project has been developed by Coke for the past 5 years and cost a few hundred million dollars. I guess that just goes to show that some people are taking soda way too seriously.
Overall the machine was kind of fun to mess with, but soda from the future still tastes pretty similar to regular soda. As far as technological breakthroughs go, Matt said he's still waiting for the day when you can point your cell phone at things and pay for them whereas I'm mainly looking forward to Hoverboards.
