Now a machine to make beer using iPhone

The ‘Internet of Things’ is the idea that we’ll one day be able to interact with our home and possessions the same way we load a web page or send an email. Accidentally left your lights on? You can turn them off from the other side of the world. Want to start your air conditioner as you leave work so that you can enjoy a comfortable home upon your arrival? You can.

Now, what if a robotic appliance brewed beer for you in your own kitchen and you interacted with it via smartphone? That’s the promise being fulfilled by Brewbot, a home appliance that works in tandem with a smartphone app to take all the tedium out of home brewing. Here’s how it works:

After selecting your ingredients — it comes with loads of recipes to help you get started — and adding water, the Brewbot appliance communicates with your phone to tell you when to add which ingredients, how long to let everything boil and how long to let everything ferment.

Brewbot welcomes people of any experience level. The company aims to make brewing as easy as possible, which is a welcome change of pace from a brewer’s attention to things like water temperature and boil time.

This is an expensive gadget, however. Available for $2,800 (Rs 167,655) in America.