Thursday, 4 July 2013

Sky Deutschland campaign will pipe ads straight into train passengers' skulls



Sky Deutschland campaign will pipe ads straight into train passengers' skulls
Jul 4th 2013, 17:29, by Adi Robertson
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Sky Deutschland, the German wing of TV provider Sky, is testing a marketing concept that may be pure evil genius, or possibly just pure evil. The BBC and others report that Sky Deutschland and advertising company BBDO have tested a concept that would pipe messages directly into the heads of people who try to rest or sleep against train windows. The idea, which was first unveiled at the advertising-focused Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in late June, is known as the Talking Window. It uses bone conduction like that found in headphones, hearing aids, and Google Glass to send vibrations through a window.
When a commuter leans against the window, he or she will hear a message that nobody else can, asking if they're bored...
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