On a recent trip home to Knoxville, Tennessee, I had a flashback. Not an acid flashback (I don’t think). We were weaving through the hilly streets of downtown in the shadow of the Sunsphere, a discoball of a monument built for the 1982 World’s Fair, and suddenly I was there in the crowd, staring at the future.
Any discerning oenophile will tell you that the shape of a wine glass can make a huge difference in your imbibing experience. On the other hand, that could just be a bunch of bullshit. Either way, Riedel decided to do for Coke what it’s spent decades doing for pinot: design a glass scientifically optimized for taste. We decided to test it out for ourselves.
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Looks like the way we drink soda is about to get a whole lot smarter—or, at the very least, more connected. OpenStack Engineering Manager Alavaro Lopez Ortega stumbled across the fact that The Coca Cola Company recently registered no less than 16 million MAC (media access control) addresses. The question is: What exactly is Coke planning on doing with that much networked hardware?
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Well, this is some real bullshit. Mexican Coke is ditching its key ingredient, cane sugar, for high-fructose corn syrup. This is objectively awful.
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It’s no fun to be called names, but usually you only have to worry about it from people. That’s not always the case, as a Canadian woman learned when she cracked open a refreshing Vitamin water and was met with "YOU RETARD." That’s one hell of a glitch.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a thing falling off a building is in want of slow motion. And if you needed any proof, here’s a big ol’ heap.
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My parents are research scientists and their work took us to the US when I was growing up. When we moved back to Hungary, on July 16, 1993, I saved a can of Coke on the plane home. I drank it yesterday.
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In keeping with one of Coca-Cola’s slogans, this concept can allows soda drinkers to literally “share the happiness.” Coca-Cola has always been pretty creative with their ad campaigns (remember the ‘Open Happiness’ vending machine?) and they continue the trend with the Sharing Can.
The idea for the cans originated from ad agency Ogilvy & Mather Singapore. Basically, Sharing Cans are soda cans that can be split into two with a quick twist. You can keep one for yourself and hand the other off to your friend, your sister, or some random stranger who looks like they could use a cold drink. As an added bonus, you’ll cut your calorie consumption in half.
You can see how it works in the clip below.
Pretty awesome, huh? The Sharing Cans are currently being handed out by the ‘Happiness Truck’ to passersby in Singapore. It’s highly unlikely that Coke will make and sell these commercially, but here’s to hoping.
[via C|NET]
I have so many questions about being able to filter water out of coke. I don’t even care why. But does it tast like Coke flavored water? Or water flavored coke? Or maybe even just carbonated sugar water without the cola? The guy makes it seem like it taste disgusting and that’s the complete opposite of Coca Cola. Does that mean Crystal Pepsi is hiding inside Coke? More »
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