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Android Powered Mobile Vending Machine @sxsw

An interactive design group in Austin, TX known as Bohemian Innovation [1] created an Android powered mobile vending machine for #sxsw which earned them almost 1 follower per minute for a 6 hour run.

The group of artists, engineers and designers were facing the challenge of getting their brand name buzzing during #SXSW [2] and at the same time increasing their followers on twitter.

When the team decided that dispensing a branded keepsake in the form of ‘Bohemian Almanacs’ from a vending machine that was pulled by a pedicab was the way to go they had no idea of the type of response they would receive or that they would pick up 300 followers in just 6 hours during one day.

To enjoy the experience you have to follow Bohemian on twitter [3] you are sent a direct message that contains a unique code.

On the company’s webpage [4] there was a map that showed the location of the interactive twitter vending machine as it moved about and tweets with pictures of the locations of where the pedicab [5] was parked let people know where to find the vending machine.

People could make their selection from one of the mini-books after they input their code in the vending machine and the Android [6] OS verified the code’s authenticity.

Albert Swantner tells me that Bohemian Innovations is preparing something awesome for the Mobile Show [7] in Dubai in April. The Mobile show is part of the Planet of The Apps [8] which is the middle East’s largest show for mobile technology and applications.

Even though #sxsw is over you can still get your digital booklet in the mail if you follow @Bohemianllc [3] and use the code they DM you to enter it on an html5 version of the digital version of the vending machine.