Stops you leaving your phone in a bar at least...
iPad chargers can open beer bottles
That clever Jony Ive. Not content with giving the planet all manner of lovely iThings, the Apple designer may also have given the world the first combined AC adapter/beer bottle opener. US Student Eva Giselle, aka @EvaZebra, made the discovery when she posted the pic below depicting the alleged removal of a beer bottle cap …
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Thursday 10th May 2012 02:20 GMT Martin Budden
Re: How quaint
"I don't want screw off bottle tops!
Can't reuse the bottles as easily for my home brew!"
Sure you can. It's easy. This is the kind of twist-top bottle cap we are talking about:
http://gardennotesforrelocalisation.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/twist-on-home-brew.html
and here is a close-up:
http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-14736985/stock-photo-beer-bottle-close-up-with-bottle-cap-with-clipping-path.html
They work great with a standard home-brewer's capper.
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Monday 7th May 2012 03:49 GMT LateNightLarry
Re: Corks (was Works with Bics too)
You ain't seen nothing until you see an 53 foot long Screw Kappa Napa truck going down the highway from their plant here in Napa Valley... Lots of graphics on the trailer...with SKN very much emphasized.
Beer until I get a glass of wine... and it's Wine O'Clock right here in Napa Valley. Lessee, which of the 350 wineries shall I visit today?
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Sunday 6th May 2012 16:04 GMT Phil O'Sophical
But does it charge afterwards?
When Swedes do their military service they are issued with a bottle opener as part of the official equipment. That is because some years ago a bright spark found out that you could open a beer bottle using the business end of an ammunition clip. Unfortunately after a few beers opened like this the clip got bent just enough that the weapon would jam when fired. An official-issue opener was the simplest solution...
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Monday 7th May 2012 14:17 GMT TeeCee
Re: But does it charge afterwards?
The Israelis rather cunningly built a bottle opener into the base of every ammo clip. This prevents grunts resorting to using the clips incorrectly when they've lost their seperate opener.
The problem's rife on the venerable AK47 and is possibly that weapon's only serious fault. The hasp at the front of the clip is perfect for opening beer bottles. Doing this means that the clip will likely fail to, er, clip into place when attempting to reload, leaving the idiot who did it staring at the clip now lying on the floor with a puzzled expression while everyone on the other side takes a free potshot.
This proves that drinking beer can kill you.
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Sunday 6th May 2012 18:34 GMT Anonymous Coward
Nokia chargers can also open beer bottles.
Only the old ones though.
Don't try it with a Lumia charger. They'll only open one brand of beer, which tastes like piss but people will keep coming up to you saying how great it tastes really. Oh, and in three months' time, it'll stop working and you'll have to pay for a new one, which won't work anyway - if you can even find someone who will sell you one, as the guy in the shop will instantly respond to your request with 'You don't want one of *those*...'
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Sunday 6th May 2012 18:48 GMT michaelkav
No really that kid needs a job at Apple. They could use him to think up dual use for their products. Here is a few ideas for him to get him started.
Your MacBook is not just a computer it is also a hover board - ride it to work - push your shopping bags home - but wait there is more...if you buy a Magic Mouse, with built in COCOA lottery number generator, we will throw in the new iPad "HOT"...the new iPad HOT does not just organise your life on the go but keeps your coffee warm anywhere anytime...just pop your cup on it and press the heat me button to remove those winter chills - also heats soup - terms and conditions apply.
AWSOME KID I WANT HIS AUTOGRAPH I DID IT AND IT WORKS! :)
Apple need a prize for these kind of viral marketing things kids come up with for their products. At the very least this kid should get a free iPad out of this!
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Wednesday 9th May 2012 16:51 GMT Stevie
Bah!
Electrons often get stuck in those wall-chargers, forming a dangerous shock hazard as many tinkerers can attest, but these can be loosened to flow through the wire and do useful work.
Simply strike the wall charger firmly with a lump hammer five or six times before plugging it in and you may notice a perceptible drop in charge time.
Use eye protection and open your beer first, of course.
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Friday 11th May 2012 16:01 GMT Solomon Emmanuel Goldstien
I can say with confidence that this method works with both the ipad charger and earlier apple FireWire chargers of similar design! A word of caution - this only works with genuine Apple chargers, the cheap Chinese clones usually have a plastic rather than a metal tab like the apple product in the photo above.