Tiny banner ads attached to flies generate buzz at conference [video]

http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2009-10/29/tiny-banner-ads-attached-to-flies-generate-buzz.aspx

by grinich • 17 years ago

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acangiano2• 17 years ago

PETA will be all over this.

RK• 17 years ago

At the end it claims that no flies were hurt and that the ads were attached with wax, which came off on its own after a few hours...

codekiller• 17 years ago

That's probably why there is the comment at the end: "No fly was harmed. The banners were attached with wax and detached themselves after a couple of hours.". It's up to you, whether you want to believe this... :-)

acangiano2• 17 years ago

They tend to be pretty trollish about it. They'll probably complain about the flies being "tortured" by having to fly with a weight attached to them.

NathanKP• 17 years ago

PETA seems to be more focused on mammalian rights but anyone who crusades for the protection of silkworms would probably also take up the case of flies.

protomyth2• 17 years ago

do you really want your product to be associated to stuff stuck to a fly?

TrevorJ• 17 years ago

Companies have chosen to be associated with things that are a lot stranger. All depends on the company and the demographic they want to hit.

protomyth2• 17 years ago

Your right, I just didn't see the possibilities.

Banner on fly: "I bet you wished you had a Kill-m-Dead Flyswatter right now!"

JoeAltmaier• 17 years ago

COme up with a way to attach banner ads that is GUARANTEED to kill the fly, and I'm with you.

learnalist• 17 years ago

It certainly is an innovative idea.

As with the lady on the mobile, at first it would freak me out watching it fly into my vision if I wasn't aware of "fly by advertisement".

With the wax detaching from the fly, could we then have the ad company or the advertiser fined for littering?

egonzalez• 17 years ago

Obama would have a field day.

_ck_• 17 years ago

I'm sorry, this is very wrong to do. If you think it's a pest, kill it without making it suffer but don't make any living thing your plaything while you kill it. This is the sign of a sick society, or at least a sick mind.

scorxn• 17 years ago

Interesting, but I don't think it'll ever get off the ground.

araneae• 17 years ago

"Hi. We would like you to buy our product. It is annoying and covered in fecal matter."

Tiny banner ads attached to flies generate buzz at conference [video]

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