Abstract: A portable, self-contained beverage apparatus includes a container assembly having a known storage capacity for storing a consumable liquid, and a dispensing assembly disposed within the container assembly that dispenses variable, non-zero quantities of additives into the consumable liquid. The dispensing assembly includes multiple apertures structured and arranged to retain vessels containing the additives to be dispensed into the consumable liquid. The beverage apparatus also includes a level sensor disposed within the container assembly that determines a consumable liquid level of the consumable liquid stored in the container assembly. In certain embodiments, one or more positive displacement pumping mechanisms are configured to pump additive liquid from additive containers into a beverage chamber.

Abstract: A 3-D audio data manipulation system providing a multi-dimensional audio field generated by a speaker array. The speaker array is driven by audio data and has a plurality of speakers, with each speaker having a unique physical position within the audio field. The system includes a 3-D mixing module having a plurality of fader channels. Each fader channels configured to receive input audio data. The input audio data selectable from a plurality of 3-D mixing module audio data input channels. Each fader channels further configured to provide a selectable sound intensity increase, or decrease, to the input audio data. The 3-D mixing module further provides a selectable plurality of 3-D mixing module audio data output channels for each of the plurality of fader channels. Any 3-D mixing module audio data output channel may be redirected back into a 3-D mixing module audio data input channel of the 3-D mixing module.