Technology: Poo Wifi – A Machine That Exchanges Dog Poo for Free Wifi

Stepping in dog poo is said to bring good
luck, but for most people it's one of the worst
things that could happen as they walk
through the city. Owners not picking up their
pets' droppings is a global problem, but a
Mexican Internet portal has come up with an
invention that might just inspire people to do
the right thing. It's called Poo Wifi and it's
pure genius.

Walking through the park trying to avoid
every dog poo that comes in your way is an
almost impossible task, but it wouldn't be a
problem if owners would just clean up after
their pets. So Internet portal Terra has
teamed up with ad agency DDB to create
something that would motivate people to
actually pick up their dogs turds. After some
brainstorming, they came up with Poo Wifi, a
machine that offers a free wifi connection in
exchange for dog poo. So after they've
picked up the droppings, people can drop
the bags in a special box on top of the
machine, after which the machine offers a
number of minutes of free wifi, depending on
the weight of the poo. Obviously, large dog
owners will get more free wifi, which makes
sense since their dogs' droppings are the
messiest.
You're probably thinking Poo Wifi will never
work, because people will just throw rocks or
whatnot into the machine, tricking it to get a
few minutes of free wifi. I don't doubt some
people would resort to this, but luckily each
Poo Wifi machine comes with a hostess that
hands out plastic bags to pet owners, and
also keeps an eye on what goes in the
machine box. They do allow bags of trash
though, because any kind of junk that goes
into Poo Wifi means the people can enjoy a
cleaner park.