Geek Out

Coca-Cola’s Secret Recipe Finally Revealed

The secret recipe of Coke has been hidden and locked down for 125 years. But apparently, not anymore. This American Life says they’ve found the ingredients that make up the delicious bubbly cola and have revealed it to our delight.


November 25, 2010
Software

iPhone Owners Must Download This Free Tron Game Immediately

Please ignore the fact that this game is Coke Zero-branded. The most important thing is that it’s a location-based game for Tron: Legacy, which uses the iPhone’s GPS for LightCycle battles on your daily travels.


November 1, 2010

Who Wishes They’d Dressed Up As A Coca Cola Transformer Now?

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It’s a three-in-one costume! Not only can the wearer pose as a vending machine, but they can also rotate into a Transformer and then mooch across the floor like a Coke van, delivering beverages and cavities to all.


September 28, 2010
Online

The Pepsi-Coke Wars Reach StreetView

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If you drive a Pepsi truck to 3800 Rue Ontario, Montreal, it davidcopperfieldly morphs into a Coca-Cola truck. At least, that’s what happens if you do it in Google Street View.


April 27, 2010

The Coke Bottle Cheat Sheet

If you have a printer/scanner and a bottle of Coke, you can make one of the most epic cheat sheets of all time. This method looks harder than studying… but also a bit more fun. [EatLiver via 9GAG via thenextweb]


March 31, 2010
Gadgets

Hitachi’s Biometric Coke Machine Lets You Pay With Your Pulse

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For those people who still have trouble figuring out which way to slide George into the vending machine, a prototype from Hitachi makes things a little simpler: it identifies caffeine fiends by reading the pulse in their fingertips.


March 15, 2010
Online

The Pirate Bay’s Founder Likens P2P To Coke

At SXSW, The Pirate Bay’s Peter Sunde helmed a conference via Skype, where he likened P2P to Coca Cola, and The Pirate Bay to sugar. He also said he could make Sergey Brin “want to marry me”. [TechRadar]


January 27, 2010

Coke Even Makes Their Bottles Out Of Sugar

In what’s surely an attempt to spite high fructose corn syrup haters everywhere, Coke has redesigned their plastic bottle to contain what was once sugar cane. They call it a “PlantBottle”. (It’s not this thing.)


January 26, 2010
Mobile

Coca-Cola Cup Phone Makes Perfect Maxwell Smart Disguise

If you need more evidence that American culture has jumped the shark, check out the second Coca-Cola phone to hit in as many weeks. There’s just one thing worth mentioning: IT ACTUALLY WORKS.


January 8, 2010
Mobile

Pour Coke Into This Phone Concept To Charge It (And Rot Its Teeth)

Wouldn’t it be great if you could charge your phone by pouring Coca-Cola into it? Like the Delorean in Back To The Future? You’d never have a flat battery again! Of course, it’d be even better if it was water compatible.