School of Engineering Science Re: ENSC 440/305 Proposal ...whitmore/courses/ensc305/projects/2007/12prop.pdf · The intention of this proposal is to present a general idea ... Proposal

January 22, 2006 Mr. Lakshman One School of Engineering Science Simon Fraser University Burnaby, British Columbia V5A 1S6 Re: ENSC 440/305 Proposal for an Automated Cocktail Maker Dear Mr. One, Please find enclosed a copy of the proposal for Simple Sophisticated Technologies. SST�s focus is on developing simple products to simplify some basic life�s problems. Our primary objective is to implement an automated cocktail maker device that prepares pre-defined cocktails at a touch of a button. We have just completed a feasibility study of the product and believe that it is a worth while venture to pursue. The intention of this proposal is to present a general idea about our project including; our proposed design solution, budget and funding, sources of information, and a brief analysis on market potential and competitors. Also, we have included our planning strategies and team organization which lead to a working device considering the deadlines. Our dedicated, talented and motivated team of senior engineering students includes Behzad Behroozan, Mana Hamidi, Sara Hezarkhani, Alireza Nematollahi and Sara Moghaddamjoo. For further information or any concern you may have please do not hesitate to contact me by phone at (778) 883-2424 or by email at [email protected]. Sincerely, Sara Moghaddamjoo President and CEO Simple Sophisticated Technologies Inc.

School of Engineering Science � Burnaby, BC � V5A 1S6 Scholl of Engineering Science, Burnaby,

Saaghy®, ultimate art of the perfect cocktail.

School of Engineering Science � Burnaby, BC � V5A 1S6 http://www.SSTechnologies.ca

Copyright © 2007 Simple Sophisticated Technologies Inc. 2


Proposal for an

Automated Cocktail Maker

Project Team: Behzad Behroozan Mana Hamidi Sara Hezarkhani Sara Moghaddamjoo Alireza Nematollahi Contact Person: Sara Moghaddamjoo [email protected] Submitted to: Mr. Lakshman One � ENSC 440 Steve Whitmore � ENSC 305 School of Engineering Science Simon Fraser University Issued date: January 22, 2007 Revision: 1.0



Saaghy®, ultimate art of the perfect cocktail. Executive Summery It has happened many times that after long hours at work; we would like to relief the stress by having a drink whether at home or at a bar. There are different recipes of cocktails; however, it is not easy for everyone to be an expert in making the perfect cocktail. In order to satisfy the need of having a bartender handy to make you the perfect cocktail as desired, Simple Sophisticated Technologies is planning to build a prototype of a product named Saaghy®. This document consists of the proposal for the device. Saaghy® opens new doors to the world of hospitality which provides an easy way to manage cocktail making in restaurants, bars or house parties. Serving alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks in small parties usually is an expensive and time consuming task. To make guests satisfy, usually at least one bartender is hired. Since bartenders are human they get tired after many hours, this affects the quality of the cocktails they serve to the guests. Cleaning the serving area is another important problem for hosts. Saaghy® solves the mentioned problems and makes after-party pleasant by using the self-cleaning methods. Being organize is another advantage of the Saaghy®, as hosts can make sure everybody is served with a good cocktail. Unlike the bartender Saaghy® does not get tired and keeps the quality of the drink the same over time. Simple Sophisticated Technologies is introducing an innovative design for an automated cocktail maker device which has several advantages over its competitors. The most important advantage of the device is the use of combined technologies in a relatively small size. The self cleaning option is a special feature of Saaghy® which is among the facts that make the device patentable. The customer benefits significantly from this revolutionary technology since at a touch of a button they can enjoy a variety of delicious cocktails. Saaghy® has a large market and it is not costly which makes it easy to sell and give SST�s team enough motivation to successfully implement and take the device to the market. SST is founded by SFU senior engineering students with electronics and systems backgrounds and different technical experiences. Our team members� interests and skills comprehend all the required technical and intellectual requirements of the project. Saaghy® uses customized ingredient bottles called TBottles which are filled by different leading liquor companies. There will be a slight increase in price of the liquid containers compared to the store prices which may lead Saaghy® to loose some market. But the fact that Saaghy® has introduced an original and innovative idea is a business added value and justifies the increased price caused by customized liquid containers. As




soon as the product gains the predicted market size, the company will use marketing tools and other interoperation business tools to decrease the price of TBottles. The tasks required to finish this project by the deadlines with the expected level of perfection has been estimated in the timelines and all the SST�s members have agreed to put their best effort on the project to achieve the mutual goal; a working automated bartender, by the end of March 2007. After investigating the projected costs to make this product, we came into the conclusion that it is a worthwhile process to put effort and investment on. The budget forecasted for this project is overestimated by 20% to be $530.00 CAD which is almost $200 CAD less than the next leading competitor.




Table of Contents Executive Summery ...................................................................................................3 Table of Contents .......................................................................................................5 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................6 2. System Overview ................................................................................................7 3. Existing Solutions...............................................................................................8 4. Design Specifications ........................................................................................8

4.1. Case ...............................................................................................................8 4.2. Rotating Disk................................................................................................9 4.3. Bottles ...........................................................................................................9 4.4. Fluid Multiplexer........................................................................................10 4.5. Shake Chamber .........................................................................................10 4.6. Cup Holder..................................................................................................10 4.7. Ice Container ..............................................................................................11 4.8. User Interface.............................................................................................11

5. Sources of Information ....................................................................................12 6. Budget and Funding.........................................................................................13

6.1. Budget .........................................................................................................13 6.2. Funding .......................................................................................................13

7. Schedule .............................................................................................................14 8. Team Organization ...........................................................................................15 9. Company Profile................................................................................................16 10. Conclusion .....................................................................................................18 11. References .....................................................................................................19 12. Appendix.........................................................................................................20

Survey .....................................................................................................................20




1. Introduction Cocktails have been incepted since 19th century and got very popular during Prohibition period in the United States. Since then, the quality of cocktail improved a lot, and today cocktails are among the most popular drinks in the universe. People want the style of shaken and layered mix drinks, but faster, cleaner and more reliable recipes in different situations such as their home parties these days with the right amount of ingredients all the party time. Hiring the bartenders for the small parties or even for bars cost a lot. As well as the price of having a good bartender, the quality of the cocktail is inversely proportional to the time of the party and usually after 3 or 4 hours work, bartender can not make very high quality cocktails as the amount of the ingredients in the cocktails are not what they should be. That is where Saaghy® comes in as a fully automated cocktail maker. Although some of the automated cocktail makers have been commercialized, the idea of making an automatic cocktail maker is relatively new. The existing products are either too expensive or very complicated to use. Device cleaning is other problem for current cocktail makers and in none of the existing product, shaking or mixing with ice or stirring have been considered.

With using innovative methods to mix, shake and self-cleaning methods, Saaghy® solves all these problems, and makes serving to guests in parties or bars easier.




2. System Overview A suggested design of the automated cocktail maker is shown in figure below.

Figure 1. Saaghy® Cocktail Maker

This fully automated system mixes the right amount of ingredients for each cocktail and shakes it with ice. The cold drink will be poured into the cool Martini glass. This process is started by the users choosing the type of cocktail they want. Then, the right amount of ingredients will be poured one by one into the shaker. After all the ingredients are in the shaker, they will be mixed together. The fully mixed cocktail will be poured into the Martini glass located in the glass holder. Figure 2 shows the block diagram of the overall system.

Containers Fluid Multiplexer Shake Chamber Cup Holder

Fluid MultiplexerController Shaker Controller

User InterfaceMain Controller

Figure 2. System Block Diagram




3. Existing Solutions At this time SST has introduced a unique product, with very few related competitors. The potential competitors that do exist currently have some severe downsides to compliment their positive aspects. By our initial investigation no patent have been found for such a device and we have only found two similar designs on the web.

• PipeDream: First similar design is based on two engineering student�s final thesis paper from University of Queensland in Australia. The project made it to the finalist of UQ Business School�s $125,000 Enterprise business competition for 2003 but never won the competition.

• Lazy Drinker: The LazyDrinker is a computer controlled cocktail dispensing device which works with a series of pressurized valves and the ingredients are mixed automaticall by a computer. The most important disadvantage of the LazyDrinker is the large size of the device and its dependency to a computer. Another downside of the LazyDrinker is the $750 US price, which is not including the software that is needed to be downloaded by the user.

4. Design Specifications 4.1. Case Saaghy® is a device which is approximately 70 centimetres in height, 30 centimetres in length and 30 centimetres in depth. Different plastic polymers could be used building the main body of this device. The cost analysis suggests that using moulding methods for individual products is not efficient. Therefore, sheets of plastic and plastic polymers will be used to form the desired shape of the device. Potential materials in building the main frame of the device are:

• Polycarbonate Polycarbonate is transparent engineering thermoplastic. It is notable for its extraordinarily good dimensional stability with a high impact strength and scratch resistance. This material also has a high heat deflection temperature and very low moisture absorption. It hardly deforms under load and has




good electrical insulation properties. It also has chemical stability. Polycarbonate is also easy to fabricate. Due to a broad range of outstanding properties polycarbonate has been used for many applications such as safety shields, casings and housings, kitchenware and instrument covers. • Polystyrene Polystyrene is a strong plastic. This material is used extensively for low-cost applications. It has high insulating properties and moisture resistance. This material also has a high heat deflection temperature. However, polystyrene has limited flexibility and low impact strength. It is mostly used for producing plastic model assembly kits, plastic cutlery and many other objects where a fairly rigid plastic of any of various colors is desired.

The primary choice for fabricating this cocktail maker is Polycarbonate. 4.2. Rotating Disk This disk is mounted on the top of the cocktail maker. The main reason for this component is to hold the alcoholic and non alcoholic beverage containers and to ease the bottle selection process. This disk could be made from the same material used in building the main body of the device. However, it is expected that plastic sheets with higher thickness should be used making this component. Hinges at the top and the bottom of the disk shown in the figure help to increase the stability. Also, the disk is shaped similar to a wide cone to ease the flow of the liquids. 4.3. Bottles TBottle is the name of Saaghy ® customized liquid bottles. TBottles are disposable bottles filled with different beverages. TBottles have volume of 330 ml and are made from polycarbonate. These bottles will be placed horizontally on the rotating disk mentioned previously. The triangular shape of the bottles shown in the figure facilitates the liquid to flow to the opening. In order to satisfy customers with different tastes, SST is planning to make an arrangement with leading liquor brands such as De Kuyper ®, Ketel One ®, Malibu ®, Bacardi ® SKYY ® and Bailey ® to use TBottles as the container for their products. Each TBottle will have a custom made barcode attached to it which will help the machine to be able to distinguish between the bottles. As a result, wide variety of recipes will be provided to the user. Having customized and individual containers lead to a more practical design

Figure 3. Rotating Disk

Figure 4. TBottle




for the device. Since different liquor and juice producers use different packaging, making a device compatible with different container is very hard and infeasible. Also, having the users to fill the bottles manually may cause flaws. For example users may fill the bottles with the wrong liquid. Designing the device in a way to overcome this problem will be very complicated and costly. 4.4. Fluid Multiplexer Fluid multiplexer controls the flow of each drink into the Shake Chamber via the internal interconnected pipes. Fluid Multiplexer consists of three major parts. A solenoid valve controls the flow of the liquid, polycarbonate tubes, and an electro-pneumatic relay which controls the valve. The device carries eight different containers and if three digit codes are assigned to each container, 24 byte memory is needed to save the container data. 4.5. Shake Chamber Shake chamber is the stainless steal container used to mix different ingredients of specific drinks. Each ingredient and ice cubes will be inserted to the shake chamber and after mixing, ice-cold drink will come out of the container. Shake chamber pours the mixed drink only if a glass is present. The shake chamber has a filter inside which will only pass liquid through to the Martini glass. This container has a volume of approximately 200 ml and weights around 200-300 grams. For the hygienic purposes shake chamber should be cleaned before each serving. This process is done using the first self-cleaning mode, where water flows through all the pipes and the chamber to flush all the residues from previous drink in seconds. Also, using the �after-party� self-cleaning mode, all the internal pipes and the chamber is flushed with water thoroughly. This cleaning method helps keep the device and the internal pipes clean for next use. Shake chamber along with the internal pipes and the bottle holding disk are removable and easy to reassemble and should be cleaned every 6 months. 4.6. Cup Holder As is shown in the figure a semicircle cavity is dedicated to place the Martini glass. As a primary feature, the device is able to detect the presence of the glass. The shape of the cup holder prevents possible spilling of little drops of fluid on the surroundings. Also, perforated drain cap at the bottom

Figure 5. Shake Chamber

Figure 6. Cup Holder




of the cup holder made of plastic directs possible spillage from cup holder area to the drain. The drain cap is extended underneath the device for the self-cleaning purposes. Water level in the drain could be detected with specific sensors to notify the user of the drain overflow. For the safety issues the device will stop operating when the drain is full. 4.7. Ice Container

Drinks Ingredients are required to be shaken with ice therefore the user needs to add ice manually to shake chamber. As a result, an ice container made of polycarbonate is attached to the device. The perforated empty space at the top of the ice container is available to the user to store empty Martini glasses. An aluminium layer inside the ice container prevents the ice to be melted and helps the glasses to remain cold. Also, the water produced from the melted ice will be directed to the drain through a specific pipe. 4.8. User Interface The user interface is the way of communication between devices and the user; therefore it requires following the principle of a good design consisting of a good conceptual model, visibility, constraints, natural mapping, and finally bridging the gulf of execution and evaluation. Labels, lights, and LCD are several useful visual display options to use for Saaghy®. Saaghy® is a drink mixer that is used by a user aged 19+. The user can be sober or due to alcohol consumption have a degree of drunkenness which influences the mental and physical conscious. Considering the user�s state of mind the user interface need to be designed accordingly. There are different situations in which user needs to use Saaghy®; whether it is to enjoy having a drink after a long day in a calm environment or to serve drinks to the guests in a noisy party with the loud music on. No matter where the device is used or how sober is the user, visual display is the best display modalities that can be used for this device. Meanwhile, if a person is too drunk to have another drink, due to the blurred vision and coordination problems, the constrain should exist such that it will not be easy to use vision sense which is encouraged not to use Saaghy®. In order to reduce the brain work of the user an LCD and number of LEDs are mounted on the device. The information coding on the machine needs to use various colors, however the chosen colors need to be distinctive and do not exceed 3-5. The blinking is another good feature to grab the user�s attention in showing the state the machine is in.

Figure 7. Ice Container

Figure 8. User Interface




Saaghy®�s user interface uses buttons, colors, shapes and lights to communicate with the user. Whether the user is drunk or not, Saaghy® provides feedback, clearly marked exits, shortcuts, good error messages to the user and prevents errors. 5. Sources of Information During the research and development phase of our project, information gathering and referencing plays an important role. In order to obtain information, we mainly rely on electronics textbooks, electronics magazines, IEEE publications, and manufacturers� component specification sheets. SST's primary assest for creating this device is experiences and expertise of our team members. In addition, SFU faculty members, including Mr. Lakshman One, Dr. Andrew Rawicz and Dr. Ash Parameswaran for the technical parts and Mr. Steve Whitmore for the documentation parts are invaluable resources for our project. Moreover, the Internet is another source of information which we can utilize to find other sources of information. Also, online electronics forums provide extremely useful information and resources to help us make efficient design choices. General public are another source of information to detect the market's needs. To satisfy the need to gather the general public's opinion we have prepared a survey which can be found attached to this document. An interview with Brown's resturants owner in North Vancouver and with A bartender in Mona's Cafe located in downtown Vancouver have been conducted in order detect their expectation fron such a device, which will help us in the design process.




6. Budget and Funding 6.1. Budget

Tentative budget breakdown for this project has been outlined in table 1. Subcomponents are included under the main category. Because the details of the design are still under study, budget breakdown has been overestimated by as much as 20%. We expect to bring down the cost of mass-production to approximately 200 dollars.

Table 1: Tentative budget breakdown

Equipment Estimated Cost ($CAD) Container Hold/Store 80 Liquid Multiplexer 60 Shaking Chamber 150

Case 100 UI 70

Other Electronics 70 Total 530

6.2. Funding Since this project is still in development and prototyping phase, the development cost is much greater than the cost of actual commercial device. As a result, SST is in the process of applying for the Engineering Science Student Endowment Fund (ESSEF) to supply a portion of the R&D cost of this project. Also, in order to sufficiently fund the project, our team members have willingly agreed to share the rest of the R&D costs equally. A detailed and accurate record of all transactions will be kept by the group to ensure proper reimbursement to members. In order to avoid excessive spending, group has decided that all transactions should be approved by all the members.




7. Schedule The forecast of required time to complete different task in order to build the device before the deadlines is summarized in figure 9. The corresponding milestone is also represented in figure 9.

2007 January February March April

22nd 26th 8th 21st 22nd 28th 1st 9th 21st 30th 12th

Project Proposal

Shake Chamber / Container

UI / Liquid Dispenser Pipes / Power Supply

Hold/Store Design

Shaker Mechanic

Shaker Pipes

Cup Holder

Liquid Dispenser Valves

Shaker coding

Body Construction

Documentation / User Manual / Website design

Figure 9. Gantt and Milestone Charts




8. Team Organization Simple Sophisticated Technologies is dedicated to providing a high quality device called Saaghy® by a diverse team of fourth year undergraduate engineering students with expertise in Electronics Engineering, Systems Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. SST�s team consists of five members: Behzad Behroozan, Mana Hamidi, Sara Hezarkhani, Sara Moghaddamjoo and Alireza Nematollahi. Our primary goal as a team is to build a functional device that has a potential market with the purpose of enhancing the individual and team work abilities of each team members in both technical and communicational manners. After our team has achieved thorough knowledge and understanding of the requirements to build this product and prepared a prototype, we are planning to successfully bring our product to the market. Due to the dynamic nature of our group we do not have a strict organizational structure, even though the positions may be the same. Recognizing the importance of having a team leader for decision making we have chosen the interactive organization type where our group works mainly based on all the members� verdicts. Our organizational chart, shown in Figure 10, represents our belief in the transfer of information and knowledge between each group member.

Sara MoghaddamjooCEO

Alireza NematollahiVP Technology

Sara HezarkhaniVP Software

Behzad BehroozanVP Hardware

Mana HamidiVP design

Figure 10. Organizational Chart As a CEO, Sara Moghaddamjoo is responsible for the overall functions and setting the strategic and operational plans of the project. As a VP pf design, Mana Hamidi is responsible for considering design elements of the product and user interface. Sara Hezarkhani certifies the development and integration of the software related parts of the project. Alireza Nematollahi is in charge of coordinating technology strategic planning and finally as a VP of hardware, Behzad Behroozan is in charge of hardware issues such as PCB board design, sensors and actuators, and overall troubleshooting in the system. In order to pursue our goals and to make a fully functional product by the deadline, a group meeting will be held at least once every week. The detailed minutes of the meeting will




be collected each time by a team member in a rotating manner and will be uploaded on the group website. Each member will be assigned with a task according to his/her skills to be done until the next meeting. Members will check each other�s work in pairs, and the fifth person edits and collects the weekly work. The allocated pairs and the editor will also change every week. Keeping our main goals in mind, we will ensure to carry out constructive meeting so that the work assigned to each member leaves them with sufficient time to accommodate their other tasks as well. Essentially we all want to survive somehow! 9. Company Profile Sara Moghaddamjoo Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Sara believes that true success is achieved through pure dedication, creativity and most importantly passion. Throughout the years, her passion for technology has enabled her to achieve excellence in developing technological solutions that ensure maximum efficiency, security and reliability. Her work ethic is based on extensive research, consideration of positive and negative aspects in the short and long run both in financial and practical terms. Throughout the years of her education, she has often been appointed as the project team leader due to her ability to motivate her fellow teammates in achieving their mission with a level of perfection. She has often been characterized as the challenger and the problem solver who aims at achieving excellence. She faced her most valued professional experience unexpectedly throughout the two previous summers when she became in charge of managing a 22 person team in Paradise educational institute. Sara�s management and technical abilities will nicely round out her position as a CEO. Mana Hamidi Vice President of Design Mana studied Systems Engineering at Simon Fraser University with the goal of continuing in Masters of Architecture. Mana�s work experience at �Vtech telecommunication Ltd.� allowed not only for a chance to apply her theoretical knowledge gained in engineering but in a bigger picture of things familiarized her with the process of design, which to put generally, involves evolving ideas into pictures and pictures into material creation. As a fulltime job with both research and industrial aspects it also helped her with communications, and management skills. Throughout the undergraduate studies, Mana�s enthusiasm, passion and hardworking helped her to achieve success in engineering field. Analog circuit design played a major role in her




studies and work experience. With interest in drawing, Schematic and PCB drawing and CAD/CAM engineering drawing (SolidWorks) became her expertise. Working on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS) actuators in the MEMS�s Lab at SFU, gave her the opportunity to submit three papers in the field. Mana is known for her excellent organization and communication skills. She is a hard worker to achieve her goals. The interest in design and architecture makes Mana a good candidate as the VP design. Sara Hezarkhani Vice President of Software Development Sara Hezarkhani is pursuing a Biomedical Engineering degree at Simon Fraser University who previously studied at the University of Tehran, Iran as a Statistics major. Working as a statistical clerk and an accounting assistant along with her studies in statistics she gained an extensive knowledge about market analysis. Throughout her four years of academic education, Sara has always been interested in software development and has excelled rapidly in this major. Sara has mastered many programming languages including Java, C++, Visual basic, as well as HC12 assembly and VHDL programming. In her coordination with SFU School of Engineering Science as a circuit design assistant, Sara has gained extensive knowledge in analog and digital circuit design and broad expertise in troubleshooting. Sara has been a member of SFU Complementary Education organization team and she has been responsible for participant coordination. Organizing and managing a group pf 15 participants, she has achieved valuable communication and team working skills. One of Sara's passions is to apply her computer programming skills to develop new programs to contribute to many engineering and scientific applications. As VP of software development for SST, Sara can ensure a promising future in the company and realize its potentials. Behzad Behroozan Vice President of Hardware Design Behzad Behroozan has his bachelor�s degree in electronics engineering, and he worked for 6 years for Telecommunication Company while he was running his own business. Working on a hardware related job made his skills very good in hardware related issues such as PCB design, troubleshooting of the electric circuits, digital/analog converters, and telecommunication standards. Although he had some experiment with software before, his latest job in CIBER lab made him an expert in microcontroller (MSP430) programming. He is a competent programmer in C++ either. He was a CEO of a small size telecommunication company for 3 years, and managed 4 big projects when he was working in a telecommunication company. Finally, his management skills along with his expertise in hardware design and programming makes him a strong engineer.




Alireza Nematollahi Vice President of Technology As a former Computer Engineering student at Cyprus University, Alireza Nematollahi has always been interested in software development and operating system design. He has mastered every aspects of computer programming throughout his education in Cyprus and Canada. Alireza started computer programming by Pascal and mastering this language, he moved to Java and C++. Alireza, as an Electronics Engineer, mastered both analog and digital circuit design by applying his knowledge to his everyday life. He has designed a great number of circuits in his spare time and so far, 3 of them have been used as demo circuits for SFU School of Engineering Science. Alireza�s fascination with microcontrollers and microprocessors has gained him knowledge and expertise in assembly programming languages for 5 different microcontrollers including MIPS, 68HC12 and PICmicro. Finally, Alireza�s management and communication skills have always helped him advance in his career. He has often been appointed as the team leader as a result of his knowledge and ability to motivate his fellow team mates in achieving their mission. He has often been characterized as the challenger and the problem solver who aims at achieving excellence through hard work. **Each member of our team has been involved in some type of community work. We believe that to build a stronger company, you must help build a stronger community. 10. Conclusion SST is dedicated to applying technology to make everyday life easier. Saaghy®, as the first line of product of SST, is an automated cocktail maker which integrates the art of cocktail making and the intelligence of electronic machines as well as the capabilities of a bartender in a compact and economic package to the customers. Saaghy® is able to make variety of cocktails, and mix the ingredients accurately to make a well-proportioned drink in less time than a trained bartender does. This is especially important for parties where the host must hire a bartender in order to serve the guests with variety of cocktail choices. Saaghy® is both economically and technologically superior to its competitors. The proposed Gantt and Milestone charts, illustrate that this project can be done within the prearranged time frame. Moreover, the budget forecast, indicate that this project is economically feasible.




11. References

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12. Appendix Survey

* This is an anonymous survey for the purpose of product evaluation.

1. How old are you?

19-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40+ 2. What is your educational level?

High school Some College Undergraduate

Masters PhD Post Doctoral 3. What is your income level? (Optional)

less than 24,000 25,000 � 49,999 50,000-74,999 75,000-99,99 More than 100,000

4. How many times per month do you go to a bar?

Never Once a week Only on weekends Every night!!

5. How often do you order a Martini when you go to a bar or a restaurant?

Never Occasionally Usually Always

6. What kind of Martini would you prefer the most? Please list your favorite top 5 Martinis.

7. Do you prefer to have your Martini made by a bartender or perfectly portioned and mixed by a

machine?

Bartender Automated Machine

8. How often would you like to server your guests with their favorite Martinis when you throw a

house party?

Never Occasionally Usually Always




9. Are you comfortable with automated kitchen appliances?

Yes No 10. If the answer to the last question was �NO�, please indicate why. 11. Would you prefer your appliances to have:

More features and more buttons More features and less buttons Fewer features and less buttons Fewer features and more buttons

12. Would you prefer:

Graphics and icons Text Audio Graphics and Text 13. How much are you willing to pay for a fully automated cocktail maker? 14. Other Comments:

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