New York Times features SJEC alumnus’ CoffeeBot

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, Aug 1,2017: A press release from the institute stated: "SJEC is proud of John and his friends and congratulates him on his wonderful achievement." John Baptist Rodrigues, an alumnus of St Joseph Engineering College, Vamanjoor, Mangaluru, of the Mechanical Engineering class of 2016, was recently featured in The New York Times.

John was recognised in a feature on Collaborizm, a kickstarter-esque website in New York, for his invention ’CoffeeBot’, a Bot that delivers coffee to people in the workplace or elsewhere. The Bot, a software robot device, rolls around the office delivering coffee and delivers office documents to individuals. The Bot is controlled by employees’ cellphones. The product had won the first place in the Collaborizm Hackathon.

Collaborizm works on providing support for companies with ideas in their pre-incubation stage. The website helps inventors connect with mentors, suppliers and early stage capital. John is a multifaceted individual with interests in product design, music, and other creative outlets.

He is the founder of designwithjohn.com and is currently preparing for his Masters studies in Product Design. John and his friends are also working on the second iteration of the Bot and aims to see the Bot rolling out coffee in Starbucks and other places.