Poor table service may soon be a thing of the past if a new E-table takes off.
The co-founders of Inamo Asian fusion restaurant in Soho were so frustrated by trying to order another round of beers that they invented and patented new technology to make the process automatic. The E-table gives diners the power to adjust the lighting, play videogames and pay for dinner without waiting around for a waiter.
Noel Hunwick and Daniel Potter had been friends at Oxford and fellow students in Magdalen College. They dreamed up the E-table while struggling to get served one night. "It has its foundation in wanting another beer, but so do the best ideas, really," Hunwick told the BBC.