What do you get when you mix a Bjork concert, Danish geeks, and a swanky London bar? The iBar.
The iBar is a multi-touch, interactive, bartop created by Mindstorm Interactive Surface Solutions, a technology company in Denmark, and earlier this week, TwentyFour nightclub became the first bar in London's Soho district to boast the techy tabletop.
What it does: A colorful water lily "sprouts" from the spot where a patron places his glass or hand. Illuminated, yellow fish swim to and from the virtual flowers, which move to follow the movement of the person's glass or hand along the tabletop. The iBar can also be switched to gaming mode for virtual-air-hockey-like battles.
What it will do: The brains behind the iBar are working to have it recognize what a person is drinking based on the shape of the glass placed on the tabletop, let patrons pay their tab by simply placing a credit card on the bar's surface, and keeping track of how many drinks each person has downed.
__What you shouldn't do: __Spill your drink on the iBar—unless you have an extra $140,000 sitting around to pay for a new one.
More images after the jump.
(Images from The Sun Online, LuxuryServices.co.uk, and iBar)
