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Egg Signals Breakfast Time At McDonalds in Chicago

votw — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:27:45 +0000

This Mc Donald’s restaurant in Chicago has a giant robotic egg that cracks open every morning to reveal a yoke that says “Fresh Eggs Daily”. The billboard egg stays open through the breakfast hours. It then closes back up until the next morning. Smart Via Sembang Leave a comment

Who wants to be connected to Yao Ming on Linkedin?

votw — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:56:27 +0000

A new star is on Linkedin. After all the political (Obama, Clinton and others) now it’s Yao Ming…..but this time it’s to promote his foundation, and to raise money. Yao Ming “asked” a question on Linkedin some days ago, he already received more than 200 answers. When you visit his profile on Linkedin, you can see [...]

Who the hell is Scott Wade?

votw — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:40:32 +0000

He is a new type of artist…….creator of the “Dirty Car Art” Scott Wade is an American artist who has made a specialty of painting on dirty cars !!!!!!!! very dirty. I had never seen an artist of this kind and I wonder where he finds such dirty cars. Take a look at these pictures Leave a comment [...]

A new Touchscreen gadget: the LifeMap

votw — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:12 +0000

The designer Gregory Siegal created the Life Map. “The LifeMap is a touch-screen digital photo storing and organization product. After tagging photos with people, places, and keywords, the LifeMap organizes the images in a way that users can document their lives over time.” I like the possibilty we have to take the Life Map with you anywhere [...]

Geopolitics & Photoshop

votw — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:31:09 +0000

You probably heard this story from Iran last week, showing a quartet of dangerous-looking missiles simultaneously launching in a test exercise. After some days, it became obvious that the shot was Photoshopped, with an additional missile added. Now Photoshop artists from around the Internet respond to this propaganda with their work. Leave a comment [...]

The best Facebook profile pictures in video

votw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:01:18 +0000

After the post concerning the different type of Facebook profile pictures, here comes the video:

A new Iphone Killer….promoted by Touchscreen technology

votw — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 07:33:41 +0000

So the best way to make buzz about the Omnia SGHi900 is to make it BIG. Samsung deployed big interactive fake Samsung Omnia where people can experiment the amazing interface of the phone. They worked with Ubiq’window to let people experiment what it is like to use such a next gen interface: dragging icones to launch applications, [...]

The new Eco-Report from Greenpeace on Gadget companies

votw — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:27:28 +0000

Greenpeace comes out with a list who the worst eco offenders in the gadget world. Greenpeace has been ranking the companies since August 2006. Greenpeace wants the companies to: –Clean up their products by eliminating hazardous substances. –Takeback and recycle their products responsibly once they become obsolete. –Reduce the climate impacts of their operations and products. Apple is [...]

VirginEye: the site of the day

votw — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 06:58:18 +0000

VirginEye is a place where you can see what the world is saying about Virgin. Every star around the center represents a story. the closer it appears to the center the more current it is. Enjoy.

Facebook is bigger and bigger. What about your job?

votw — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 06:21:36 +0000

According to TechCrunch, Facebook Is No Longer The Second Largest Social Network It’s not a big surprise since we saw the growing number of visitors. But there is another incredible news about Facebook: Lack of Facebook Access Makes You Want to Quit. This is the name of an article made from a recent survey by IT [...]