New technologies and old traits.

By Nadim Nyker

Gone are the days of flat beer and getting lost on a coastal road trip. And as wanderlusty as the latter sounds, our appraisal for its imminent extinction comes with good reason; there’s just no time for it anymore. With Google Maps, the majority of the world have left Garmin stranded, now aiming their sales at soccer moms and retirees. And thanks to a mechanical decanter in an everyday can of Guinness, known as a “floating widget”  (which looks like a plastic ball that allows the depressurized nitrogen in the can to oxygenate and bubble out the can), it’s almost as good as having beer on tap.