Jul 23 2009Solar Powered Gadget Charging Wi-Fi Flowers
Toyota, in a ploy to sell more Priuses (Priusi?), is installing these solar-powered, gadget charging Wi-Fi stations in a select few U.S. cities (Boston, New York, Chicago, Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles). Unfortunately, I don't live in any of those cities so I'm going to continue stealing my neighbor's electricity. Isn't that right, Mr. Lendoff? I said your yard looks great!
Toyota Unleashes Giant Solar-Powered Flowers On Unsuspecting Cities [ecorazzi]
Thanks to Spikey DaPikey, who charges his gadgets the old fashioned way -- with unicorn tears.
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Reader Comments
1. sup - July 23, 2009 4:17 PM
fist
2. Stroud - July 23, 2009 4:17 PM
Yeah, I work in Boston around the corner from that picture. On sunny days those things are pretty cool. But its been raining here for almost 3 months straight so that makes them fairly useless.
3. s - July 23, 2009 4:18 PM
of
4. Tenshi - July 23, 2009 4:20 PM
@1 Your dumb ass spelled first wrong. Nice try.
@2 Where in boston are those? Im in boston too.
5. KUP - July 23, 2009 4:24 PM
FURY!!!
@4
i was doing something else you dumb ass
then stroud got in the way
6. STOMPY (actually might have to do some work today) - July 23, 2009 4:24 PM
@2 and 4
Can I come to Boston and meet and we will have a threesome?
7. jazzman - July 23, 2009 4:24 PM
I have nothing to say so i'll just say they suck!!!
8. Dishy Dishyington - July 23, 2009 4:28 PM
Is that Copley Square?
9. Tenshi - July 23, 2009 4:28 PM
@6 Your creativity astounds me.
10. The Farmer - July 23, 2009 4:34 PM
Smell this flower, you son of a b......
http://driftwood-x.mybrute.com
11. FDSY - July 23, 2009 4:35 PM
GW. You used my unicorn tears thing. YOU KNOW what I'm talking about.
Don't worry, I'm not mad
12. Freddy K - July 23, 2009 4:46 PM
So how is this going to get me to buy a prius? Okay, so its "eco-friendly" and apparently so is the Prius. So what? I'm still not going to go out and buy one
"ZOMG!! These flower charging wi-fi things are awesome! I'm so buying a prius now."
this was thought up by some marketing twatard.
13. icefire - July 23, 2009 4:54 PM
Well since no one can spell correctly anymore in our "I must abbreviate everything I write to fit into 140 characters social media happy society"....
FIRST!!!
14. STOMPY (actually might have to do some work today) - July 23, 2009 5:03 PM
@9
I'll just put that down as a definite maybe... I'll invite Ollie and GFS, it will be like straight out of the movie pulp fiction
15. Toys r us - July 23, 2009 5:12 PM
So...these things have 120 plugs? Can I bring like a microwave, a tv and a PS3 and throw down?
16. douchebag - July 23, 2009 5:14 PM
@13
First??? you f*cktard.
17. Pew³ - July 23, 2009 5:15 PM
I have one of these, except instead of a giant daisy its a giant novelty eagle head.
And instead of being a solar charger, it's just a novelty eagle head.
And instead of being giant. It fits on my desk.
18. Ollie Williams - July 23, 2009 5:21 PM
http://www.gameballtrophies.com/2007/Eagles/Home/Cont%20Eagle%20Heads.gif
19. Zelemihr - July 23, 2009 5:46 PM
No Philadelphia? Why does everyone always shit on Philly?
20. evony - July 23, 2009 7:14 PM
Thanks to all who helped save my heaving cleavage from the shreds of my dress. However, that ass pounding was vicious afterwards. One of my breasts swung up into my face and broke my nose. Might need a couple days rest but, no worries, my cleavage will need rescuing once again as I become trapped in a different shredded dress.
21. Daisy - July 23, 2009 8:12 PM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie, Never Back Down where Max is hitting the applicant with a broom, he muitters to himself someting about going to get a shovel as he leaves the applicant alone on the porch.
22. derp - July 23, 2009 8:56 PM
Prii, possibly Priui.
You wouldn't say octupusi.
23. trevor - July 23, 2009 9:18 PM
@ 22
prii (pronounced pre-eye for those unfamiliar with latin grammar :P )
is correct.
in latin you just drop the "us" and ad an "i" for masculine nouns
"filius - son, filii- sons"
24. freeyourmind00 - July 23, 2009 10:05 PM
@22 I say "octopussy" all the time, which I realize is different than "octopusi" but I'm just saying.
25. Conductor - July 24, 2009 4:50 AM
Prii
Priusi... Dumbass!
26. Jaded Icon - July 24, 2009 8:11 AM
The sad part is that they don't fully generate a lot of power so its hooked up to the cities power grid underground during times that it needs more due to increased activity or panel failer. It gives it an image that it's a flawless power source. If there were constant power shortages it would be a bad PR flop.
27. Stroud - July 24, 2009 4:59 PM
@4 They are right outside of the Prudential on Boylston St.
@1/3/5 You steal my first, I steal your glory.
28. donna - July 24, 2009 8:00 PM
The plural is "prii".
29. danny g - July 24, 2009 9:20 PM
is the guy standing just to the left of the flower smoking a bong? it sure looks like it.
30. gmp - July 24, 2009 10:17 PM
It's "Priora." It is a latin word, but it is a latin neuter so it's neither masculine nor feminine.
31. chi - July 25, 2009 11:18 PM
sick shit
32. geekofan - July 27, 2009 4:49 AM
check this out >>
http://75684.onodot.com/
33. Tre B - July 28, 2009 12:15 PM
OH Crap! I just took some pictures of those freaken flowers at the Prudential Center in Boston. And as I passed by those businessmen and college students lounging under the pedals, charging their iPhones and surfing on their macbooks thinking, "Why aren't those flowers dancing while collecting pedestrian information like, as to not look so obvious these massive SunFlowerTrees are stealing your information...Idiots all of them" I thought, passing by towards to local internet cafe...I'll send you the pictures though now, the flowers have whithered and left back beneath the Prudential Hell mouth...