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According to an article by Alice Dordenker in The Japan Times, AEDs are now available in vending machines across Japan.

This interesting innovation is just one of the ways in which Japan is leading the world in AED deployment, after years of being far behind.

Alice Dordenker

Her report states that AED placement is increasing rapidly in Japan, ever since rules were changed in July 2004 to allow laypersons to use AEDs. About 45,000 AEDs were placed in Japan in 2006, according to cardiologist Dr. Hideo Mitamura, AED advocate.

A number of tragedies occurred before Japan brought its laws into line with international recommendations by allowing public access to AEDs. The most publicized was the death of Prince Takamado, a member of the Imperial family who collapsed in September 2002 while playing squash. Although an ambulance arrived within eight minutes, paramedics were too late to resuscitate the prince.

Alice Dordenker

Placing the AED in a vending machine, says Dordenker, means people are more likely to learn its location and be able to get it quickly in case of an emergency. It also saves space to put the AED into the vending machine rather than having a separate storage cabinet. Unlike other vending machine items, use of the AED is free. At the same time, there is an alarm to discourage theft.

Laypersons in Japan are not required to have training to use AEDs, although free training is available at fire stations.

Interesting facts about AED

• AEDs are not dangerous for a bystander rescuer or healthcare provider to use.
• You are not at risk of being sued for using an AED on a victim. AEDs are extremely safe.

Source and Useful Website

• Help-A-Heart CPR
• St. John
• Hong Kong Red Cross

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Sake is Japanese rice wine made by fermenting rice that has been polished to remove the bran. Unlike wine, in which alcohol (ethanol) is produced by fermenting sugar that is naturally present in grapes, sake is produced by a brewing process more like beer, where the starch is converted into sugars before being converted to alcohol.

The brewing process for sake differs from the process for beer in that, for beer, the conversion from starch to sugar and from sugar to alcohol occurs in two discrete steps.

In Japan, sake is treated as national beverage and often served with special ceremony – gently warmed in a small earthenware or porcelain bottle called a tokkuri, and sipped from a small porcelain cup called a sakazuki.

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The Salvation Army Vending Machine at the Center for Creative Communications urges Passersby to consider those less fortunate.

While most vending machines are filled with tempting treats like chips, candy and chocolate bars. This machine houses rotting fruit and half-eaten snacks, to reminds passersby that although no one chooses to eat garbage, it’s an everyday reality for many.

Stephanie Nerlich, President, GREY Canada

Synthetic food waste is not dispensed from the machine, but staff and students have the option to donate money to the Salvation Army. The ultimate goal is to raise awareness that many go hungry and are reduced to eating waste. A donation to the Salvation Army helps provide healthy meals to those who need it the most.

The Salvation Army’s vending machine asks student to consider how it feels when the freedom to choose what they eat is removed. Many reduced to eating what others see as garbage or waste. Help bring a healthy meal to someone in need and give hope and dignity back to those who need it most.

Nate Horowitz, Dean, Centre for Creative Communications at Centennial College

About Salvation Army

• The Salvation Army is often credited with popularizing the doughnut in the United States. After it served doughnuts – often cooked in battle helmets – to U.S. troops in the field during World War I, many soldiers came back to the States hooked on the pastries. Doughnut consumption subsequently took off in the U.S. during the 1920’s and 1930’s. In 1938, The Salvation Army created National Doughnut Day, observed the first Friday of June, to honor the female Salvation Army officers – or “doughnut lassies” – who served the troops during the War.
• In 2005, consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton selected The Salvation Army, along with the Rolling Stones, Oxford University and the Olympic Games, as among the world’s top-ten enduring institutions.

Other Vending Machine Applications

What is the purpose of this performance media project?

The aim is to make people feel the Joy of the city. Every city grows with good ideas.

Is the audience participatory or observational?

This experiment was audience participatory. In Zurich summer 2014 during the European Athletics Championships, the city was flooded with footballs from different brands.

Why is this performance media project effective?

This is because it’s modern and unique idea by having a huge bubblegum machine filled with football to spread positive energy to the public inspired by the city joy project.

Other Vending Machine Applications

In an organic twist on the standard vending machine we’re all familiar with, one organic seed and food company is combining social media, gardening, and giveaways to help promote the company’s generous garden grant program.

Seeds of Change wants to empower more people to grow a garden and to help put organic seeds in their hands. A Twitter-enabled vending machine will dispense seeds to those who send out a tweet about how they’re working to grow a healthier community, and make a pledge to plant (#PledgeToPlant).

The vending machine event also includes a photo booth where visitors can write their pledge on a chalkboard and get their photo taken with it, free swag (reusable shopping bags and samples of the company’s food), and information about the Grant Program.

Interesting facts about Twitter

Twitter’s origins lie in a “daylong brainstorming session” held by board members of the podcasting company Odeo. Jack Dorsey, then an undergraduate student at New York University, introduced the idea of an individual using an SMS service to communicate with a small group.

• Twitter was originally called “Twttr”
• Twitter’s first ever tweet was by co-founder Jack Dorsey. “Just setting up my Twttr” he’d tweeted.
• Founded in 2006, Twitter made ‘zero’ dollar as revenue for the first 3 years.
• Alwyn Collinson has been narrating the World War 2 in real time on Titter for over a year.
• As of August 2015, Katy Perry is the most followed celebrity on Twitter.
• The best time to Tweet is from 9 am to 3pm from Monday to Thursday.
• Even though it was founded in the year 2006, Twitter made profit only in 2013.
• Twitter won’t allow you to follow more than 2,000 people unless you have 2,000 followers.
• Twitter was created in a playground on top of a slide.
• The official name of Twitter’s bird is Larry.
• Earlier, when the website used to be down, a ‘Fail Whale’ used to appear. The beloved whale no longer comes.
• Ending a Tweet with an empty hashtag is called a ‘Hangtag’.

Source

• Brandwatch
• Scoop Whoop

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