Melitta "Smart Mill & Brew" system makes your coffee and forecasts weather

Salton have introduced the Melitta "Smart Mill & Brew" coffee maker that, apart from doing what all coffee machines are supposed to do (make coffee), will also forecast the weather for you.

No, it doesn't have a barometer hiding next to the percolator; it's a little more hi-tech that that. Courtesy of Microsoft's Smart Personal Objects Technology (SPOT), this machine can get real-time weather information from MSN Direct.

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