A Finnish Coffee Company Built A Mug That Displays A Different Photo Every Time You Fill It [THE BRIEF]
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The Finnish coffee company Paulig and the ad agency TBWA/Helsinki teamed up to build a sweet new mug with a display screen that shows a different photo each time the mug is filled with coffee. The display screen is powered by the heat from the coffee, and people can use an app to choose which photos to display. Here's a video showing how it works.
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