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 the social norms around obsessively checking your smartphone while out with real, live human beings. Is it a big no-no, or a new normal? Is it totally not cool in a movie but OK to peek at dinner? Y'all have responded in hundreds of thoughtful ways on the original post and 

 to play with friends — stack up your phones at the beginning of the meal, and whoever reaches for it first has to pay for drinks. But one of you wrote in with an innovation: The Offline Glass.
It's a glass with an iPhone-size notch cut out of the bottom. Since it has only half a bottom, if your iPhone isn't lying on the bar surface, wedged into the gap, beer will spill. Brazilian art director Mauricio Perussi came up with it as part of a clever marketing ploy. 

A beer glass that only stands if it's resting on a cellphone. We'd love to test it out in American bars, too.

explores an interesting idea, design or product that you may not have heard of yet. Do you have an innovation to share? 

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Elise Hu

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When you're at a bar, staring at your device instead of chatting with friends defeats the purpose of being there in the first place. This innovation steers beer lovers toward the right choice.

How a beer can stop you from checking your smartphone

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