Gadgetory

and there hey welcome to the cnet's smart home bar it's the holidays a time for merriment and togetherness with family and friends maybe some you haven't seen all year maybe some for good reason but regardless hosting a holiday party usually involves drinks so we're smartening up the smart home bar to see how tech can help you keep everyone in good spirits let's start with beer Uncle Phil is always particular about his beer and you know if you don't pour it right he's gonna put you in that headlock and you know now that you're 30 years old that that's going to be really awkward so you have to get it right enter physics this one hundred and seventy dollar gadget is portable lightweight and doesn't use any gas canisters or caves put a bottle of beer in and you can make it taste more like draft beer physics actually uses sound waves to mix things up and top off your beer with a foamy head that should make Uncle Phil pleasantly surprised and maybe you'll be happy enough that he won't go on and on about the folly of your career choices at the dinner table then there's liquor we all know cousin sandy needs the perfect Manhattan to keep her from yelling at your brother mark about the way he cooks the turkey unfortunately you're a lousy mixologist perfect drink to the rescue enter the cocktail of your choice and this connected seventy dollar scale walk you through making it step-by-step you can search the app by name of the drink you can search it by the ingredients you have in your liquor cabinet and then you'll just put your glass on the scale add the ingredients and it'll walk you through how much to add of each so you can easily turn out a Manhattan and old-fashioned so maybe grandma won't ask you why you don't call more often or even a whiskey sour so aunt Christie doesn't go off on one of her tirades about young people ruining the world you can also repurpose other smart home gadgets for example stick a smartthings door sensor on your liquor cabinet not only will it monitor the temperature for you but you'll get a notification if it opens so you'll know when you're younger cousin Brandon tries to sneak some peppermint schnapps and then lie to everyone and say you gave it to him it's smarter with your drinking and happily host the holidays with connected tech to bring liquid goodwill to the party be sure to check back in the coming weeks and months to see all of our plans for the cnet smart home we'll see you next time you