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Godsend for lazy drinkers

Everyone feels a bit lazy sometimes. There are many labour-saving devices in this world which make our lives so much easier – dishwashers, TV remote controls, microwaves, etc. Do we need any more? US inventor John Cornwell certainly thinks so. He has created a fridge that throws cold cans of beer to drinkers who just don’t fancy getting up.

The fridge is activated by a remote control which sets off a lift mechanism in the fridge. The lift delivers the can to an electronic catapult, which rotates until it is lined up with its thirsty target. It then hurls the beer up to 10ft to the drinker. It can hold a full 24-can crate – 10 beers in its magazine and 14 more in reserve. Pictures, and a video of the fridge in action, can be found at www.beerlauncher.com.

John said: “The idea was conceived when I was sitting on the sofa having a few beers. “I thought, ‘What if instead of me going to get the beer, the beer came to me?’ “About three months later I have a fully automated, remote-controlled, catapulting, beer-launching mini-fridge. “There is a slight danger of being hit in the head with a flying can but this danger decreases the more you use it.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .