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4:43PM Nick Broughall | I never, ever thought I’d say this, but I want to move to Adelaide. Not for any practical reason, but for the free Wi-Fi on the Broadband Bus. More »
The Wheels On The Broadband Bus Offer Wi-Fi
4:43PM Nick Broughall | I never, ever thought I’d say this, but I want to move to Adelaide. Not for any practical reason, but for the free Wi-Fi on the Broadband Bus. More »
Science
San Francisco Bus Stops To Offer Free Solar-Powered Wi-Fi
7:40AM Dan Nosowitz | By 2013, San Francisco is planning to construct 360 new Municipal bus stops that’ll further the causes of both solar power and blanketed Wi-Fi at the same time. More »
Phones
Video: Bus Driver Texting and Crashing
1:30PM Brian Lam | No, no, that’s not how you do it. You’re supposed to hold your phone up above the steering wheel so you can see traffic with your peripheral vision. Not good. [CNN] More »
Vehicles
50 Cars Assemble 1 Bus
12:50AM Mark Wilson | Swedish advertising agency Acne assembled this junkyard monster, a bus sculpture assembled from 50 cars, to make a point about C02 emissions. More »
Vehicles
Buses in Oslo to Get Poop Power
2:20AM Adam Frucci | Next time you hop on a bus in Oslo, it might not run on regular gas. Instead, it may be running on methane fermented from human waste. Awesome? More »
Cameras
10:00AM Nick Broughall | That’s right, these people are blowing up a bus for science. In particular, they’re testing out new forensic cameras that are disaster-proof. In other words, cameras that can withstand the impact of being blown up in a bus, or other natural disasters like flooding and volcanoes. More »
Americans Blow Up A Bus For Science (And Fun!)
10:00AM Nick Broughall | That’s right, these people are blowing up a bus for science. In particular, they’re testing out new forensic cameras that are disaster-proof. In other words, cameras that can withstand the impact of being blown up in a bus, or other natural disasters like flooding and volcanoes. More »
Vehicles
China’s Death Buses Deliver Executions, Organ Harvesting On the Go
2:10AM Adam Frucci | If you’re a criminal in China, you’ll want to avoid its new death buses, vehicles that carry out executions while streaming live video of them, then provide some privacy for organ harvesting. More »
Vehicles
80 Buses in Oslo Will Be Powered by Raw Sewage
10:20AM Adrian Covert | This might be the most disgusting use of green technology I’ve ever seen, but yes, Norweigan fecal matter will keep their Buses up and running. More »
Gadgets
NYC Buses Testing Digtial Ads That Change Depending on Location
4:45AM Sean Fallon | Creative marketing minds have developed a plan to use GPS to deliver neighbourhood-specific digital advertising on the side of buses in NYC. Apparently, the ads run like TV commercials and they have begun airing on a single Manhattan route with expansion to 200 buses planned for Q1 of next year. Obviously, targeted advertising is the name of the game, so I wouldn’t be surprised to find GPS systems like this one popping up in major cities across the country in the very near future. [WCBSTV]
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