Geeks and coffee go hand and hand, and now geeks who love espresso can have some hackable tech in their coffee (or at least in the device that produces their coffee). This Arduino powered espresso machine has become the sixth highest funded project on Kickstater.
If you know anything about brewing a great cup of espresso then you know the key is constant pressure and precise temperature. These two key things are what make machines complex and therefore expensive. Gleb Polyakov and Igor Zamlinsky are looking to change that by using an Arduino and a PID controller.
Their machine, using simple off the shelf parts, maintains these two key components via the Arduino at a reasonable cost. Their machine will retail at $400, but if you jump in on the Kickstarter project now you’ll get it for $300.
They have raised over $341,000 (their initial target was only $20,000) and they plan to build and ship their units in March of this year
[Link to PID Controlled Espresso Machine]
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