# iPad Brew Trackers The Yelp Kegmate Can Monitor All Aspects of Your Drinking By Michael Hines | Published 2010-08-20 | Lifestyle Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/yelp-kegmate References: [thatsnerdalicious](http://thatsnerdalicious.com/beer/ipad-controlled-kegbot-reveals-how-much-youve-been-drinking/) & [officialblog.yelp](http://officialblog.yelp.com/2010/08/yelps-2nd-hackathon-ipad-kegbots-coding-and-guido-van-rossum.html) The Yelp Kegmate may be the best iPad app ever created. The engineers over at Yelp have hooked up an iPad to a keg and created an app that monitors everything from liters drank to beer temperature. The Yelp Kegmate truly is remarkable. It can keep track of drinkers via an RFID card and can even show you the current status of the keg. Check out the featured video to see the guys over at Yelp demoing the Yelp Kegmate. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 3.3/10 - Popularity: 29% | Activity: 63% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Lifestyle](https://www.trendhunter.com/lifestyle) > [Drinking](https://www.trendhunter.com/drinking) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Ipad-based Drink Management:** Opportunity to develop and expand iPad apps and software that cater to the food service industry, especially for beer and beverage management. - **RFID Enabled Inventory Management:** Potential for businesses to implement RFID technology for inventory tracking and management, particularly in the food and beverage industry. - **Internet of Things (iot) for Beverages:** IoT-enabled systems can be developed to streamline and optimize beverage distribution, inventory, and sales. ### Who This Affects Most - **Food Service:** The food service industry can leverage technological advancements to create innovative solutions for managing food and beverage inventory, sales, and customer experience. - **Beverage Manufacturing:** Beverage manufacturers can innovate with IoT and smart technology to improve production efficiency, supply chain management, and quality control. - **Hospitality:** Hotels, bars, and restaurants can incorporate smart devices and applications to improve guest experience, inventory management, and increase operational efficiency. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Yeast-Tracking Brewing Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/brewing-app.md) - [Bartender Collaboration Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drinktank.md) - [Portable Draft Beer Kegerators](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kombi-cool-tap.md) - [At-Home Beer Keg Machines](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/athome-beer-keg-machine.md) - [Smart Beer Makers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/smart-beer-maker.md) - [AI-Powered Beverage Dispensers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pubinno-1.md) - [Brewery-Focused Keg Management Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/keg-management.md) - [Beverage Tracking Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/drink-note.md) - [Mindful Drinking Trackers](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pour-decision.md)