Fair trade tweets

12-5-2011

Ben & Jerry’s found a way to use the unused characters in a tweet. To make the tweet Fair Trade you can visit the fairtweet website, make your message and according to the number of characters used, the website will fill in the unused ones with a Fair Trady message.

Google translate app for animals

1-4-2011

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Now it is possible to communicate with animals, according to Google. Nice attempt of Google, but this is obvious we are dealing with a joke. Watch the movie.

Drunken direction signs

29-3-2011

In the marketplace Nehru Place, in Asia, is the pub First Floor located. Despite of zillions of shops, the people did not spend their time in the pub. The marketplace is infested with billboards, but the people have learnt to ignore them. So First Floor got Human Direction Signs ‘drunk’. They were pretending to be happily passed out at various spots with the distance and direction to the pub. According to First Floor they saw a 62 % increase in customers.

 

Google helps its employees to lose weight

24-3-2011

In the canteens of Google, the large plates are replaced by small plates. They will fill their plates less and therefore the employees will eat less. According to Google, this can lead to a 5 to 8 kilo loss in one year time.  

Bols launches liqueur foam

23-3-2011

Lucas Bols launches the Bols Foam, which is according to the manufacturer’s, the first and only liqueur foam in the world, and is available from April. The purpose of the foam is to finish cocktails or mixed drinks, shots, wine, soft drinks, beer, coffee and desserts.

PC dinner replaces the TV dinner

15-3-2011

According to the online viewing service SeeSaw.com prefer around 60% of Britons to eat their evening meal while sitting at their computer. 15 % said they watched TV on their PC while eating a meal.

 

Being married pays off

20-2-2011

According to the ad, if you are married over 20 years, you receive a 30% discount at Hooters. Ironic? Yes, especially if you know what Hooters-waitresses are famous for…

Keykeg, the bag-in-ball principle

10-1-2011

KeyKeg works according toe the bag-in-ball principle. Because of that, no CO2 comes in contact with the beer or wine. It also reduces foam and sputter. The Keg is easy to handle, lightweight and environmentally friendly to dispose.

Glace Rare Iceberg Water

27-11-2010

Soon you can drink water directly from an iceberg in Greenland. The water doesn’t  contain any pollutants and, according to the man behind Glace Rare Iceberg Water, Ron Stamp it is “so tasteless that it creates taste”. The water is drunk like a wine for special occasions. One Glace Rare Iceberg Water bottle costs € 15, =

Eat Carrots Like Junkfood

20-11-2010

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An interesting way promote healthy carrots, “eat them like junk food. ” Bolthouse Farms came up with this playful promotional video. The idea was to use advertising techniques that are used to promote junk food and apply that to small healthy carrots. We don’t tell that carrots are healthy because people already know that, according to the creators.

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