The Coca-Cola Hug Machine. You hug it, it returns the favour with a Coke. Because vending machines have feelings too. #hugmecoke A new campaign from Ogilvy & Mather features the Coca-Cola hug me machine. Look for more of these gesture-based machines to pop up across Asia in the upcoming months.
Monthly Archives: April 2012
Amazon strikes another blow on publishing industry – $20 million for audiobooks
Amazon continues to upset the publishing industry, this time going around publishers to offer authors $20 million for going audio. If an author is willing to let Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook powerhouse, sell their book then Amazon will give them $1 per book: The Amazon-owned digital audiobooks site Audible.com is launching a new program, “Audible …
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21st century modern art – graffiti – 26 beloved pieces
I particularly like the paintings on the ground that give depth, like you’re falling into a mouth or a bowl of soup.
Now playing on YouTube – pay-per-view shows
When I think of pay-per-view my mind automatically races to all the Wrestlemania’s and Royal Rumble’s I watched as a kid. With this new announcement by YouTube there is a chance they will be returning: YouTube is adding monetization options to its live streaming platform, including the ability for publishers to charge for live events. …
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YouTube opens Partner Program so everyone can make money from their videos
Ever thought of being a movie star or perhaps an internet-sensation? Well, YouTube just opened it’s doors to you. They have a Partner Program designed to turn you into a skilled creator of popular videos, and get paid for it too: YouTube has now announced that its expanding the eligibility to the program across the …
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For delivery only – photos/video of Space Shuttle being attached to Boeing 747
At the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, initial mating of space shuttle Discovery and the Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is complete in the mate-demate device. The device, known as the MDD, is a large gantry-like steel structure used to hoist a shuttle off the ground and position it onto the back …
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Hybrid surgery, a major new medical trend, reduces need for cutting open
This reminds me of Star Trek as we discover new ways to heal patients without cutting them open. This method involves half-surgery and half-minimally-invasive techniques that also take much less time: They performed a unique, high-risk hybrid procedure that combined minimally-invasive method with traditional surgical techniques. They stopped the massive balloon-like aneurysm, replaced a failed …
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Scientists build first working quantum network – mind-bogglingly powerful
Scientists at the Quantum Dynamics division of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) in Garching, Germany announced Wednesday that they have built the very first, elementary quantum network comprised of a pair of entangled atoms that transmit information to each other via single photons. That and a couple of bucks will get you …
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Video of Sicily’s Mount Etna erupting with lava flows and steam sprays
April 13, 2012 – Europe’s highest active volcano, Italy’s Mount Etna, erupted again this week. The eruption, which spewed blood-red molten lava and grey and white ash into the air, is the 24th in a series that started in January 2011. A decade ago the volcano was at it again, this time more serious. …
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We all pay taxes – Barack & Michelle made $800k, donated $170k, & paid $160k in taxes
As we all get finished with our taxes so do the President and First Lady. It turns out that the Obama’s came in with a 20.5% tax rate on income of $789,674 (married filing jointly), including donations worth $172,130. The bulk of that income came from presidential salaries, $394,821, and book sales, $441,369. In 2010, …