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Hasan & partners offers beer to those charging their smartphones – but only if they’re doing it with a stranger

on Dec 1, 2014 | 0 comments

By Ishbel Macleod

Hasan & partners has sought to increase socializing at Eurobest, this year’s celebration of European creativity in Helsinki, by offering a beer to those charging their phone with a stranger.

The Nordic agency group worked with and sister company Perfect Fools to build the device, which dispenses Carlsberg beer when two phones are charged at the same time.

Powered by a Raspberry Pi computer, the device uses a USB hub to detect when two or more phones are charging and then opens the draft taps on the beer dispenser.

Hasan & partners and Perfect Fools chairman Ami Hasan said: “We want to welcome Read full story ›

Source: The Drum