The Perfect Coffee mug?

[JohnShadows]

RALEIGH: Wake inventors team up to create the perfect hot-coffee mug | Technology | NewsObserver.com

The mug uses a three-wall construction, which creates two voids between the coffee and the outside. The outer void is a vacuum chamber, and the void closest to the beverage is filled with a proprietary “phase-shift” material, that turns from solid to liquid at 140 degrees, the point at which the inventors determined coffee no longer burns.

The nontoxic material, which Maxwell describes as waxy in appearance, absorbs the excess heat, melts, then slowly releases it back into the drink before turning solid again. The result: a pleasant drinkability window that lasts for hours.

 

[Edisto_Tiger]

How much? I love some coffee and have a fair collection of mugs from vacation destinations. I'd be willing to try this one out.


edit: $40. Whoa!! I'll wait a bit.

 

[GreenNickle]

Senorita Greennickle is getting a coffee mug that has brass knuckles as the handle.
That will provide 3 levels of pain when she punches someone out with it on a sunny morning.

 

[steveringo]

So... They have spent countless reseach hours to invent a cup that cools your coffee, but not by much?

What is wrong with hot coffee?

 

[moxie]

140 degrees? That's for babies! And tell that to all these dumb baristas, too. When I say "extra hot", I mean EXTRA HOT! Why is that so hard to understand? Do I have to sign a release?