I bet the machine determines (from the dryness/dilation? maybe) how much sugar and fluids you need. That for course, brings up the question of needing vs. wanting?

Is it Superman or could it be Steel as in John Henry Irons? A lot more questions than answers here. She got her coffee, I guess, even though it determined that he didn't want much in the first place.

CLARK: No. I'm just worried I'm a jinx.
JONATHAN: A jinx?
CLARK: Yeah. Let's face it, ever since she's known me, Lois's been kidnapped, frozen, pushed off buildings, almost stabbed, poisoned, buried alive and who knows what else, and it's all because of me.
-"Contact" (You're not her jinx, you're her blessing.)