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Ice cream shooting out of a man's jeans - hm, pretty weird!
The largest real money online gambling site in the world, Pokerstars, offers one-minute glimpse of a successful life as one of its players through elliptical references to daring deeds and bold choices from a variety of individuals. The fact that it's shot in black and white adds a touch of old-style elegance. What do you think of it? Glamorisation of what can become a dangerous addiction? Or a cool ad that captures the excitement and entertainment of its subject area really well?
Every single day, 1.8 million kilograms of the UK's plastic waste is exported to other countries. In this arresting footage, titled 'Downing St Disaster', environmental organisation Greenpeace asks and answers the question: What would it look like if that exact amount was dumped on Downing Street? Located in the City of Westminster in London - hence the 'Wasteminster' parody tag - Downing St houses the official residences an... Read More
Fellow tennis legend John McEnroe makes a cameo appearance with his trademark "You cannot be serious!" exclamation as Serena Williams sees off a selection of ball-firing robots in this amusing ad for DirecTV. Attired as the superhero character Wonder Woman, the US player sets her formidable focus on overcoming the formidable-looking rogue machines, to promote the broadcast company's new streaming service of live ... Read More
Billed as the first full-length documentary on technocracy, 'The Agenda: Their Vision - Your Future' has just been released by independent filmmakers Oracle Films. If you're wondering what the term 'technocracy' means, Cambridge Dictionary defines it as: "a government or social system that is controlled or influenced by experts in science or technology; the fact of a government or social system being influenced ... Read More
Australia's national child sexual abuse prevention charity Bravehearts tackles the hugely uncomfortable issue of child grooming / child abuse in this visually engaging tale with a twist. The charity invites us to learn how to recognise the signs (https://bravehearts.org.au/about-child-sexual-abuse/what-is-grooming/), defining groom... Read More
All aboard the good ship Privacy... again. This time it's WhatsApp, the Meta-owned messaging app which tech titan Elon Musk said "exports your user data every night". Musk took plenty of flak for that, given the immense amounts of data flowing through his systems and platforms, and the virtual impossibility of offering privacy at all in today's world. As commented here before, no matter how vigorously or creatively companies ... Read More
Set up in 1996 in Norway by Jakob Hatteland and Ingvar Hognaland, AutoStore went commercial in 2004 and is today recognised as a worldwide logistics standard for efficient automated warehousing and order fulfilment across multiple industries. In this campaign, it promotes Opollo Farm - a modular, fully automated facility in Arizona, where "robots grow leafy greens in just 15 days using 95% less water than traditional farming". Opo... Read More