The Vessyl is a 13-oz container that closely resembles a thermos than a cup. But its proprietary sensors can analyze any liquid inside it down to the molecular level, identifying the beverage being consumed, its nutritional information and syncing all that data to a smartphone.

This new “smartcup” is the invention of Jason Lee and Yves Behar. It is already available for pre-order and should ship by the end of the year.

“I wanted to put a computer into one of the most ubiquitous objects in the history of the human race,” Lee told The Verge.

Vessyl can identify all sorts of prepackaged beverages, including coffee, beer, wine, juice and soda. But even more impressively, Gizmodo reports, in addition to calculating the sugar, calories, and caffeine levels automatically; Vessyl can even recognize brands.

“If you’re drinking a Starbucks-made latte, it knows.”

According to the Verge, in only an hour, a Vessyl prototype successfully identified nearly a dozen beverages.

“Within 10 seconds, the device…recognized Crush orange soda, Vitamin Water XXX, Tropicana orange juice, Gatorade Cool Blue, plain-old water, and a few other beverages, all by name,” wrote Verge’s Ellis Hamburger.

Of course, Vessyl’s obvious flaw is that it is just one cup. To truly track everything they consume, users will have to use it to drink everything, including those beers at the bar.

“It’s going to be a pain in the ass to rinse out and fill-up your high-tech cup every time you grab a new drink,” writes Wired’s Kyle Vanhemert.

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