Demo Session at Future Forward

OnLatte speaks at executive retreat

On November 19th, OnLatte will give a Demo Session talk at the invite-only executive retreat for the Future Forward conference. 

According to their website:
“Future Forward explores the ways that innovative technologies are developed, and then deployed effectively in the real world. Since 2001, we’ve brought together New England’s top CIOs, CTOs, entrepreneurs, and investors for unvarnished conversations about creating competitive advantage and achieving breakout success.”

Thanks to an invite from FF founder, and Boston Globe columnist Scott Kirsner, OnLatte will be speaking about how the company was founded and its plans for the future. Afterward, during the cocktail reception, we will set up the printer and print the conference sponsor’s logo on Guinnesses for the guests.

We are extremely honored to be invited to this event, and being able to receive feedback from New England’s top executives and VCs is an incredible opportunity for our company. Who knows, maybe we will run into an investor with extra cash burning a hole in his/her pocket.

OnLatte Teams Up with Millipore

Creating Buzz at the Millipore Booth

On Oct. 22nd at the Boston World Trade Center, OnLatte was hired to run a complimentary latte service featuring the Millipore logo for all conference attendees. The goal was to provide a unique marketing opportunity that would help draw traffic and to keep people engaged. By all accounts, the service was a success. Elaine Fitzpatrick, Millipore’s corporate events specialist, had this to say:

While people lined up waiting for their latte, it was a perfect opportunity for our booth staff  to engage them in conversation about Millipore.

According to our stats, the average person would hang around the booth for at least 1 minute to watch the printer in action; which gave the booth staff ample time to introduce themselves and chat with the attendees. 

On several occasions we noted that people would walk by, do a double-take, and then turn around and stop in front of the exhibit to watch as the logo was printed on the latte.  One thing that we learned was the importance of having enough booth staff to mingle with the onlookers.

Are you looking to spice up your next event, and draw traffic that will stick?  Please feel free to inquire about our beverage service, and we will work with you to determine the best setup.

You did what with a Guinness?

OnLatte does the first image printing on a Guinness!

Many of you have seen bartenders draw a clover in the foam of a Guinness (boring), but we decided to take it a step further and print the first images on a Guinness with our Latte Art Printer.  In honor of the upcoming elections, my friend Jane and I decided to print the nearby images on a Guinness.  It was then I realized, that we were actually making history as well!

This also has spawned a new service that we are planning on rolling out for pubs who want to shake things up a little. Think about it. What better way is there to break the ice and muster up the courage to chat with the person you are eyeing at the end of the bar? “Excuse me ma’am, but I couldn’t help but notice that you have something printed on your beverage…”

Please feel free to send us any comments if there are images you would like to see.  Better yet, give us a call (+1 617-401-8707) or sign up on our website for your next party and we will guarantee that your guests will have something to talk about!

New Service From OnLatte!

OnLatte Beverage Printing

We’ve gotten some great feedback from the industry! It seems there is a strong interest in a self-contained service that you can bring to your show or your exhibit. We are proud to announce that we are now offering this service!

Are you hosting a special event like a corporate party? Do you have an exhibit at a conference where you want to show off your brand in a unique way? Are you sponsoring an exhibit? Please fill out this form or give us a call and we’ll tell you all about how to get your logo onto a latte!

Phone: (617) 401-8707 Fax: (888) 390-5699 Email: sales@onlatte.com

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New Role for Josh

Growing OnLatte

I am very happy to announce that Lex and I have agreed upon a partnership in which I will take on a new role as Director of Products and Services at OnLatte. Up until now I was mostly helping out in my spare time for events like Siggraph, but now I will take a more focused and committed role to help grow this exciting company. My first goal is to establish our exhibit and event show beverage printing service, but one thing that is very dear to my heart is to create a vibrant community for everyone who has shown interest in our product to try out original designs and have an open forum to give feedback.  I will post more on specific projects as they come up, but please feel free to contact me at any time if you have something on your mind.  Until then it’s time for me to roll up my sleeves since there is a lot of work to get done.

Best,
Josh
josh-AT-onlatte.com  (replace the -AT- with an @)

Patent Filed

Image Creating Apparatus and Methods of Use

We just finished filing our major US patent, Application number 12/211042 and International PCT Application number PCT/US08/76566. Until now we were protected by the provisional patent application 60/973040, which will go public in about 6 months.

This impressive 28 page document attempts to go wide and broad, carefully protecting both the device and the method. Unfortunately, I cannot share with you the most interesting bits and pieces until we hear back from USPTO. All I can say, the last three figures of the patent application make my heart beat a little faster every time I look at them.

Our First Customers

Pictures of the good people at SIGGRAPH

SIGGRAPH presented us the opportunity to find our first loyal customers. They are artists, designers, corporate executives and academics. Thank you all very much for your enthusiastic support at the conference, for your beautiful designs and great suggestions.

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fxguide features OnLatte, Inc.

Yet another video coverage at SIGGRAPH

fxguide, the number one information source for high-end visual effects professionals, provided great coverage of SIGGRAPH 2008 in multiple episodes. Episode #31 covered some of the new technologies, including OnLatte, Inc., 12 minutes into the video. Great episode, and toward the end you get to see the latest version of the Latte Art Machine prototype in action.

Watch the episode | Forward to Latte Art Machine (slow)

Aug 16, 2008 - Coverage from SIGGRAPH 2008 continues with a look at announcements from Autodesk and eyeon, as well as having fun killing time in the new technologies exhibit.

You can see other episodes here.

PBS Episode- Shoot for Make TV

OnLatte, Inc. on National Public Television in January

A few weeks back, the Latte Art Machine was filmed for an upcoming episode of Make: Television. Make: Television is a new program that will be nationally syndicated on PBS and is produced by MAKE:.

For this shoot, Lex and I met at the apartment of the camera man, Jason. Along with him was Emily Goldberg who was in charge of making it happen. Jason and Emily filmed several takes of the Latte Art Printer in action and interviewed Lex about the invention. According to Emily, Make: Television will be airing around the New Year so we will keep you updated about when you can check it out.

To see what an episode of Make Television is like, have a look at the highlights from the first episode:

What is Make Television? Each week, Make: television shows the best projects from Makers who submit their videos, a segment of the show called Maker Channel. This segment features the videos made by Makers themselves - a showcase of the “best of the best” of YouTube-style videos.

So, if you’ve built something inspired, useful, imaginative, ingenious, or just plain clever, share your genius with the world. Produce a one to three minute long video that shows the best thing that you’ve made and send it here.

How did we got on the show? Make Magazine blog was the first venue to pick up on my original YouTube video. Shortly after the post on Make blog, I got a call from the Creative Director of Make:TV, exploring the opportunity of filming our Latte Art Machine. Soon, we scheduled the time for the filming of the short episode in Boston. I hope it comes out all right, since I was high on coffee / low on energy toward the end of the interview.

Selected works at SIGGRAPH 2008

Designs from the first two days at the conference