Toilet humour

The Exhibit bar in Balham, South London has installed the world’s first pee-controlled video game units, developed by engagement marketing startup Captive Media.

Every urinal in the gents has a 12in LCD screen that’s hooked up to a (hands-free) console which features the game ‘Off the Piste’. Drinkers masterfully steer their pee from left to right, under the watch of infra-red sensors, to navigate a skier down the slope, gaining points for taking out penguins! At the end of the game, players are encouraged to post their scores via mobile to Twitter and to a live leader board so they can compete with their mates.

No escaping the inbox!

Reading the Metro on my way into the studio this morning and came across this astonishing story about state of the art contact lenses! It seems we will soon be able to see the world like ‘The Terminator’ – receiving texts and emails directly to the front of your eyes – in much the same way as Arnie’s character in the science fiction movie series.

A fake logo – who ya gonna call?!

Whilst stumbling around cyberspace the other day I came upon a site which showcased some nice examples of logos that have been created for fictional companies to be used in films or on television.

Fauxgo, is a blog site dedicated to chronicling the fictional logos used in television and film. It did spark some interesting debate here at Firedog – which logos we felt was the most iconic and distinctive – as well as inspiring us to think of all of the other “fauxgos” or fake logos we’ve seen on the silver screen.

Wondering where your nearest Wi-Fi hotspot is?

Well wonder no more, as the ingenious guys over at ThinkGeek have brought out the Hypercolor T shirt of the digital age – a Wi-Fi detector T shirt!

By wearing this T shirt, you can display the current Wi-Fi signal strength to yourself and everyone around you! The glowing bars on the front of the shirt dynamically change as the surrounding Wi-Fi signal strength fluctuates. Finally you can get the attention you deserve as others bow to you as their reverential Wi-Fi god, while geeky chicks swoon at your presence. You can thank us later!

Visit www.thinkgeek.com to purchase yours today!

Social drinking

PepsiCo have launched a new social vending machine which lets users send free drinks to their friends – along with a personalised video message – all sound a bit space age? The new machine allows the users to select a drink, enter the recipients name and mobile number and personalised text message with a code to redeem their drink at another machine. Customers can also record a short video message directly from the machine, a nice touch to really bring the social nature of the concept to life. Theres even a ‘Random Acts of Refreshment’ function which allows users to buy drinks for a stranger!