{"310271":{"#nid":"310271","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Meet Monsieur, the Expertly Engineered Bartender","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine does for soft drinks, Monsieur does for cocktails.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe brainchild of Barry Givens, ME 08, this Android-driven, robotic bartender was first conceived while Givens and his college friends were watching the NBA Finals at a restaurant in Atlanta several years ago. After placing an order for some cocktails before the game started, they found themselves waiting until halftime before their drinks finally arrived.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe place was packed, and the bar was slammed with orders,\u201d Givens says. \u201cBeing an engineering student, I couldn\u2019t help but think there had to be an easier and faster way to make and serve those drinks.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/?p=46291\u0022\u003ERead the full story\u003C\/a\u003E from the Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWhat the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine does for soft drinks, Monsieur does for cocktails.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"What the Coca-Cola Freestyle machine does for soft drinks, Monsieur does for cocktails."}],"uid":"27469","created_gmt":"2014-07-24 14:49:18","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:16:48","author":"Kristen Bailey","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2014-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2014-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"310261":{"id":"310261","type":"image","title":"Monsieur","body":null,"created":"1449244726","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 15:58:46","changed":"1475895020","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:50:20","alt":"Monsieur","file":{"fid":"199842","name":"timthumb.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/timthumb_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/timthumb_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43430,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/timthumb_0.jpg?itok=kvzecszg"}}},"media_ids":["310261"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/gtalumnimag.com\/?p=46291","title":"The Expertly Engineered Bartender"}],"groups":[{"id":"1184","name":"Alumni Association"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"35011","name":"georgia tech alumni magazine"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"98321","name":"monsieur"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:roger.slavens@alumni.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ERoger Slavens\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EGeorgia Tech Alumni Magazine\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}