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A sign that coughs at your cigarette smoke

What looks like a poster at a bus stop is really a video ad that starts hacking when it detects cigarette smoke. Advertiser: A cha...

Billboards with LEGO figures in place of TV stars

The cast pictures that line Warner Bros. Studios get a makeover with minifigures standing in for the actors on 'Big Bang,' 'Middle...

Cool idea: ‘Baywatch’ billboards that react to weather

Digital signs placed in the 16 coldest U.S. markets run one message if it's bitterly cold or icy, and another if it's snowing or r...

So cool: Petting cheetahs at the Canberra airport

Travelers can do that and more with an augmented reality display in the baggage claim. Hang with humpback whales or hunt for betto...

Forget Pokémon GO. How about Conan GO?

TBS promotes the host's week in NYC with a mobile app where users hunt down versions of Conan O'Brien a la the popular game. 'You ...

Boo! Burger King dresses as McDonald’s for Halloween

Store in Queens' Rego Park neighborhood drapes sheets over building to appear as the ghost of its rival. A video of the stunt gene...

New way to use beacons: Passing on lifestyle tips

All from London's top influencers, via sponsored push notifications sent to people passing by an OOH ad. For instance: Top 'distil...

Imagine, a billboard that targets ads just to you

You're walking your dog. An ad for dog food pops up You're wearing a fitness watch. An ad for a nearby gym appears on the screen....

A pack of Yetis roaming the streets of New York

Abominable snowmen ride about Manhattan atop a double-decker bus giving away free iced coffee to promote Travel Channel's 'Expedit...

Enjoy some ‘coffee, coffee, coffee’ at Luke’s Diner

Netflix turns more than 200 coffee shops into pop-up versions of the diner from 'Gilmore Girls' to promote the show's upcoming rev...

A street sign that zaps Zika-carrying mosquitoes

Put up in Rio, they use a special solution to attract potential carriers of the virus, sucking them in and trapping them until the...

A truth serum beer for Clinton and Trump

Scottish brewery Innis & Gunn sends both candidates a special beer with ingredients it claims induces truth telling. So far, no wo...

Mysterious billboards pop up at the track trials

The anonymous campaign protests a rule barring Olympic athletes from thanking their sponsors during the Games. Who's behind it, ev...

‘Hey, it’s Marshmallow Man rising out of the floor!’

The infamous Stay Puft character from 'Ghostbusters' pops his head through the ground at the busy London transit station in a cute...

Spotted at RNC: ‘Our next president will not be elected’

What at first seems like an ominous message on trains in Cleveland is actually a clever ad for ABC's upcoming 'Designated Survivor...

The Wimbledon ad with the 3D orange slice

Fruit drink company Robinsons, a sponsor of the tournament for more than 80 years, posts a tennis-themed billboard in London...

Why there were so many naked people in NYC

Roughly 100 totally nude models congregate to get full body paint, a stunt sponsored by what else, a makeup company. Great attenti...

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