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Bed projection provides 2D cuddle-buddy
2008-05-22 11:00:00 Disappointing in its 2D lack-of-tactile-cuddle capabilities, this infrared-sensitive installation titled INBED by Drew Burrows projects an interactive female bed buddy for those forlorn nights. Spooning into you on your side and curling up when you're on your back, she's the perfect "I'm too sleepy for sex" virtual reality replacement.Related: Sheet Stealer accessory for lonely men. More About: Buddy , Projection
Campy porn promotes Palahniuk's new book
2008-05-21 01:53:00 Violet Blue points us to the latest promotion for Chuck Palahniuk's new book "Snuff". Titled "The Twilight Bone", the short includes everything we love about cheesy sci-fi and sex, minus a bow-chica-wow-wow sound effect. With other installments like "The Wizard of Ass" and "Chitty Chitty Gang Bang", we're staying tuned for any other attempts at "sweded" pr0n. More About: Advertising , Book
Cupcakes bring all the boys to the yard
2008-05-20 01:26:00 The latest ad for Electrolux taps into the the growing cupcake trend that some say has already jumped the shark. Old hat or not, the commercial claims to have "McHotties" knocking at your door with cupcake cravings if you have the perfect cupcake baking appliance. We only wish there was some truth to this advertising.[Thanks, Steve!] More About: Advertising , Yard , Boys , The Boys
Canadians convinced web existed 3,000 years ago
2008-05-20 00:53:00 These ads for Travel Alberta are currently on display in MUNI stations across San Francisco. The copy reads, "who knew blogging was so popular 3,000 years ago". Apparently, Canadians believe blogging stands for stone-logging. Who knew Canadians don't care about buzzword definitions?[img via cmak] More About: Advertising , Years
Bikini lines promote Brazilian booze
2008-05-12 23:00:00 These ads for Cabana Cachaçam decided to skip over the usual tag line of "the national spirit of Brazil " in favor of a more prominent type of "line". Speaking of the one-piece-bikini tan lines of course, the series seems to be a better promotion of waxing your privates than having some hooch. More About: Bikini , Advertising , Promote , Booze
Women Against Genital Mutilation push shock factor
2008-05-12 22:15:00 As if the topic of genital mutilation wasn't ear-catching enough, the Association of Women Against Genital Mutilation aims to catch your eye as well. Using blow-up pleasure dolls, their latest ads for 2008 effectively grab attention. Created by Contrapunto BBDO, the razor blade caption reads, "more than 140 million women in the world are condemned to feel nothing". More About: Advertising , Shock , Factor
Artificial mouth could be robotic taste-tester
2008-05-07 03:44:00 An artificial mouth was recently developed that has the ability to chew food similar to a human, making it a good robotic taste-tester to better understand flavor. When food is chewed, it releases compounds which affect taste. Using speed motors, mechanical teeth, and a pipe pumping "enzyme-containing artificial saliva", the mouth-bot is an almost-living, breathing (via helium, anyway) mastication machine. More About: Robotic , Mouth , Taste
Solar bags also biodegradable
2008-05-06 08:45:00 The latest in solar satchels is Noon Solar . Designed with one-sided solar paneling, these purses can help charge your various gadgets on the go. The designs are definitely lacking but will prominently show off your love for the environment due to their biodegradable materials. Check their site for more in-depth specifications about going solar with your accessories. More About: Fashion , Bags , Biodegradable
Clone-tool war on nipples continues
2008-05-06 07:31:00 Last month we pointed out the potential conspiracy to cover-up nipples in advertising. Yet another example perked up this month on an ad for Swedish lingerie brand Kroppsnara. Considering it's a full-frontal photo featuring a 1/4th cup bra, there's really no getting around this awkward lack of areola. More About: Advertising , Tool , Clone , Nipples
Test
2008-04-29 22:30:00 Shake Well Before Use is going through some Movable Type changes. Apologies for filling up your RSS reader! More About: Blogging , Test
Shake Well Before Use gears up for ad:tech San Francisco
2008-04-13 12:58:00 I'll be joining the forces with the fabulous team at Adrants and the ad:tech blog to provide coverage of the upcoming ad:tech conference in San Francisco , April 15-17.General housekeeping of where else to find me:? arielwaldman.com - My new blog that has more about myself and social media consulting.? Engadget (Movie Gadget Friday columns!)? Twitter, Pownce, and UpcomingOh, and I'll most likely be lobbycon-ing the Web 2.0 Expo in SF from April 22-25 with a few out-of-towners. More About: Advertising , Tech , Blogging
Sex offender satellite suffers serious flaws
2008-04-07 13:00:00 A satellite system devoted to tracking sex offenders recently released from prison suffered from too many bugs to be realistically implemented. The original idea was to use four satellites as a GPS to keep more accurate tabs on known sex offenders by way of an attached radio-transmitting ankle tag."...a pilot found that the signal emitted from the tracking devices could be blocked by clouds, buildings or leaves. It was also lost underground and on some trains. The Ministry of Justice has decided to focus instead on lie detectors as a means of controlling paedophiles released on parole. The U-turn will leave ministers facing accusations that they have failed to address the threat that communities face from 30,000 registered sex offenders." More About: Technology , Satellite , Offender
Conspiracy to cover up (nipples)
2008-04-06 10:00:00 American advertising often makes a war on sex and clarifies the blurry lines of what may or may not be acceptable. One such recent battle is the almost conspiracy-like cover up of nipples. In their attempt to un-sexualize the male body, they've created some "solutions" that are just plain awkward. Photoshop Disasters points to a recent cloning-tool accident, while the long-running Old Spice ad above choses to oddly attempt to knock-out the nipple (watch for the hair-growing segment). More About: Advertising , Cover , Conspiracy , Cover-up , Nipples
Geeks splooge over LED labia
2008-04-03 06:33:00 Surfing for more pr0n than peripherals (who can blame them?), Gizmodo pointed to what is being held up as the best use of LEDs ever: the LED labia. Yes, stuck in a stripping woman's crotch is a panty-full of blinking, shiny lights in case you needed extra incentive to stare. Though this usage is difficult to top, Clitter most certainly out does the LED labia any day. More About: Technology , Geeks
Nudar helps locate tits for road trips
2008-03-31 12:00:00 We are in shock over the fact that a tipster pointed out we didn't cover a shoe-in story from January yet. Called Nudar, this beta radar is a location-based service for strip clubs and nudity. With helpful maps and even a GPS plugin, Nudar aims to give you a handful of attractions. Nudar 1.0 was announced to be in the works earlier this month with the assurance that the service would still be free. No road trip should be without a plentiful amount of tits, so this is definitely a must-have gadget for your jalopy. More About: Technology , Tits , Road , Locate
Skipped over Sunday
2008-03-31 02:26:00 [A weekly link post of skipped over (and slightly stale) sights and stories]? German Playboy billboard uses rain to promote wet t-shirts? Space Invader + QR code scarf gives you that warm and geeky feeling? Sensor-embedded bra records "vertical breast displacement"? 20% of IMs are never sent? Rabbit Travel Vibe is 12 volts of vroom vroom vibration More About: Technology , Advertising , Sunday
Plastic bags become street art
2008-03-30 03:02:00 Otherwise overlooked as trash, this street artist utilizes leftover plastic bags to create inflatable animals. By using ventilation grates, the plastic bag animals are tied down and remain deflated until air begins to flow through. The result is an incredibly creative approach to an inflatable street sculpture. Joshua Allen Harris (the artist) sent the Wooster Collective video of the installation that can be viewed here and here. More About: Bags , Street , Plastic , Street Art
Tits promote toadstools
2008-03-25 22:52:00 Following AdRants lead, we are left with little other comment than 'WTF?' on this recent find in advertising. With an overload of push-up, Nila Sliced Mushrooms is promoting their product by pinning up models on the side of semi's."[The ad is] one part come hither and stick your throbbing member between my huge breasts until you fill this can with your uncontrollable lust look. And you've got the perfect "WTF was that but it sure felt good" ad."We're not so sure that feeling 'Fungtastic!' gets us past flaccid on this one, as we typically stray away from women associated with fungus growth. More About: Advertising , Promote , Tits
Sight for the week's end
2008-03-22 02:30:00 Peeps + microwave = happy easter! More About: Random , Sight
Shake Well Before Use gears up for SXSW 2008!
2008-03-08 11:39:00 Broadcasting from Austin and ready to achieve geekgasm, this year is sure to be as overwhelming as the past. Shake Well Before Use has admittedly been slacking on blogging in the last few weeks due to all the excitement and anticipation. Regardless, come join in the nerdfesticle that is SXSW at these two events:How to Rawk SXSW: Achieving Geekgasm16bit Pownce Party More About: Technology , Interactive , 2008 , Gears
i-Buddy attempts IRL emoticons
2008-02-28 15:00:00 Created for compatibility with MSN Messenger, the i-Buddy appears to be a watered-down wannabe version of a Nabaztag. The device connects via USB and reflects emoticons received from your friends. If a happy emoticon is received, the gadget will flap its wings and light up, however if a angry emoticon is received, it will turn red. If only the device wasn't output only, we'd love to try it out as a tethered voodoo doll against our friends who are too stubborn to switch to Gtalk. More About: Technology , Interactive , Emoticons
67 ways sex sells
2008-02-28 12:00:00 Off of the naughty ad feed over at Trendhunter, they've compiled 67 ways sex sells (we thank them for not holding out for a 69 joke). From Apple ass-vertisements to pin-up calendars (we recommend the cupcakes) and pussy-product-placements, the ads are something to look up to other than upskirts. Some of the ads may have crossed your sight before, but even we were surprised about somehow missing the "boobs as a paintbrush" campaign. More About: Advertising
Tool creates textual landscapes
2008-02-26 01:23:00 Text mining for large bodies of literature, Tim Walter created Textour, an interactive tool that visualizes text in radial patterns."...it is possible to discover certain rules which show that every text is a system of words where length, position and frequency do not appear at random."For fairly complex blocks of text, the process involves an intricate system based around sentences, words, and letters. Filters also help aid the process by providing text restrictions, lengths, and frequency."Every time a letter, word or sentence is entered into the program, the visualisation integrates the new item and the elements appear on the right point of intersection of line through the center and the circles and re-arranges the rest of the elements in a clockwise manner."Walter's site includes the detailed documentation for Textour in German. More About: Design , Landscapes , Interactive , Tool
Art cars yield to art sleds
2008-02-20 12:00:00 While art cars dominate the streets, art sleds are now dominating the slopes. Crafted after an X-Wing Fighter, this art sled attempts to cut through the snowy hills of Minneapolis. Each year, the city is host to an art sled rally at Powderhorn Park. Potentially equipped with four laser canons, the X-Wing Fighter art sled would be sure to render the wooly mammoth and whale competition defenseless. More About: Cars
Video game upskirts glance at pixelated panties
2008-02-07 15:00:00 Playing purely for the panty shots, a video game clip shows the desperate attempts at catching a glimpse of g-strings. Pairing Zelda against Princess Peach, the Super Smash Bros. Brawl has the appropriately dressed characters fighting often in mid-air. The player attempts to pan around for a shot of pixelated princess panties. We'd recommend that Princess Peach look into at least a knee-length skirts for avoiding being fragged. More importantly, we'd recommend the player to poke around The Accidental Video Game Porn Archive and get over it. More About: Gaming , Video Game , Glance
Art for the tasting
2008-02-07 12:00:00 Drink Away The Art is an installation by Hannes Broecker that explores taste buds. Each individual piece is filled with a colored liquid and attached with a faucet. The gallery welcomes people to pour a glass for the tasting, subsequently affecting the art.
Wine Rack bra brings new meaning to cup size
2008-02-06 00:00:00 We can only imagine the situation under which this product came to be an idea. Tailored like a sports bra, this lingerie is designed to hold your liquor (quite literally). With an attempt at silly word play, The Wine Rack holds your wine within polyurethane bags that help fill up your front side. The bra comes with a built-in straw in case the idea of body-heat-warm wine sounds like a better way to keep your dignity than a round of shots. More About: Fashion , Meaning , Size
Sight for the week's end
2008-02-03 01:30:00 8-Bit Dynamic Life Shirt. The closer you come together, the higher number of "life force" hearts light up. More About: Fashion , Sight
High heels help keep a healthy sex life
More articles from this author:2008-02-03 01:00:00 A new attempt at a study aims to prove that wearing high heels can improve a woman's sex life. The research looked into the muscle and electrical activity around the pelvic area while wearing high heels. While the researchers are wanting to prove that the measurements equate to a better sex life, we're almost certain that the medical explanation lies somewhere within how other people's muscles react to the sight of someone in heels. More About: Life , High , Healthy , Heels , High Heels 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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