If you attended Siggraph in Los Angeles, or perhaps some other tech events in or around New England, you may have seen the foam printer from OnLatte, Inc which creates custom designs on top of your foam'd drink.

Recently, the company finished submitting their patent and may be on their way to developing the next add-on for specialty coffee drinks.

Their printer is currently pretty big, but accommodates a large beverage topped with foam very easily.  Getting the design to the printer is just a matter of opening up your favorite bitmap designer: Adobe Photoshop of course, and sending it to the printer.

The real trick is the delivery system and the caramel ink.   mmmmm.... caramel ink.
It doesn't have to be a promo icon - the printer will recreate just about any image you put into it.  Here's the sped up version of NinjaCrayon topping a cuppa.




Find out more from their website @ http://www.onlatte.com

Posted at 11:00AM Sep 29, 2008 by ko maruyama in Prestige  |  Comments[0]