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Free Wi-Fi coming to Japanese vending machines in 2012

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Free Wi-Fi coming to Japanese vending machines in 2012.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Free Wi-Fi is on its way to some Japanese vending machines. Working much like a mobile hotspot at your local coffee shop, people located near the machines would be able to connect to the internet for 30 minutes at a time and surf the web.

The vending machines are for the drink company Asahi. Connecting to the web using a machine can be done without any kind of log-in, and if your initial 30-minute connection to the network expires, you can connect again and keep on surfing. The service is available to anyone, to use with any smartphone, tablet, or computer and does not require the purchase of a drink from the machine.

Why vending machine hotspots? Free internet hotspots in the country are few and far between due in part to Japan‘s early adoption of mobile broadband, which led to a lack of free Wi-Fi locations. Now that tablets and smartphones have taken off, there’s a growing need for Wi-Fi. While there are a few hotspots at places like McDonalds, the vending machines would allow people to get connected in more areas.

Asahi has plans to roll out 1,000 of the internet-connected vending machines in 2012, with plans to expand that number to 10,000 by the end of 2017.

 

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Most Unusual Rescues By Firefighters

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Most Unusual Rescues By Firefighters.

“London firefighters said they have responded to emergency calls for a man stuck in a child`s toy car and a woman with her hand stuck in a vending machine.

The London Fire Brigade said in addition to those to calls, its most unusual calls also included a man with his head caught in a cat door, a man whose genitals were stuck in a chastity belt and children stuck on playground equipment.”

It`s not unusual for firefighters to respond to a call about a cat who`s afraid to climb down from a tall tree. Cats are curious by nature, and they often find themselves in awkward predicaments, but human beings take the cake when it comes to being stuck in crazy situations.

It`s frustrating when a vending machine doesn`t dispense the product you just paid for, but I wouldn`t recommend sticking your hand to try to retrieve the product. I usually just give it a good kick, when nobody is looking.

As far as the man whose genitals were stuck in a chastity belt, it`s never a good idea to lock up the family jewels.

Children stuck on playground equipment, is a stroke of good fortune for the parents. That`s a grand slam lawsuit win against the manufacturer of the playground equipment.

A dude getting his head stuck in a cat door, makes him look like a big pussy … cat.

Firefighters deserve every dime they get for having to put up with these morons.