巴西酒吧推出“離線酒杯” 用手機當杯墊
朋友聚會時，大家都忙着玩手機，沒人願意好好聊天？巴西一家酒吧推出了一款專治“聚會玩手機”現象的啤酒杯，酒杯底部只有一側有腳，其餘部分需要用手機墊着，杯子纔不會倒。這樣，大家在放下酒杯想要看手機時，只能望機興嘆，轉而跟朋友們聊天交流了。這款杯子的設計者將其命名爲“離線酒杯”，目的就是爲了“把人們從在線世界拯救出來”。他還表示，大家也不用擔心喝冰鎮啤酒時，杯子外側凝結的水珠會流到手機上，因爲杯子的設計形狀會讓水珠順着有腳的那側直接流到桌上。當然，手機大小形狀不同，就應該配不同型號的杯子。設計者表示，如果“離線酒杯”受到歡迎，他就會陸續推出各種型號手機對應的酒杯。
It is a uniquely modern complaint; Going to a bar with friends, only to find they spend the entire time playing with their smartphones instead of engaging in conversation.
One bar in Brazil has found a way to fix this anti-social problem, and for once, the solution was found at the bottom of a glass.
Salve Jorge Bar in São Paulo has introduced a beer glass that can only stand upright when placed on top of a phone.
A section of the base of the glass has been cut out, to make drinkers focus on their friends, as opposed to their screens.
Typically, drinkers would put down their glasses to pick up their phones, to surf the internet, or check social media sites, but doing so with this glass will result in your drink being spilled.
Designed by advertising agency Fischer & Friends, the 'Offline Glass' is designed to 'save people from the online world'.
The designers have even addressed potentially damaging condensation from the cold beer dripping into an expensive smartphone and reeking havoc with the inner workings.
The designers say the shape of the glass has been designed so the condensation only drips down one side of the glass to fall on the table, not your phone's screen.
One slight issue maybe the different sizes of the mobile phones out in the market but this is just the first prototype and can be adapted if it takes off.
Flavius Cinira, one of the owners of the bar, told the Telegraph: 'The spirit of Salve Jorge is to bring together friends and everyday warriors, as we used to say, in a happy environment around good food and cold beer.'
Wanderley Romano, co-owner, added: 'The Offline Glass embodies this exactly. It is an invitation for people to come here, after the daily battle, turn off the online world, chat with friends and live in the reality around them, at least for a few hours.'
