Jun 19th, 2009 at 4:00PM: In 2001, sleepy Bury St. Edmunds, England received an interesting gift, ultimately from Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. In the Abbey Garden, the town's centerpiece, is what the locals claim to be the world's first internet-enabled bench. Sponsored by MSN.co.uk, the seat contains jacks for internet cables and is said to provide direct access to the web. Unfortunately, the development has been rendered ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Bench 2.0: the strangest seat in Bury St. Edmunds
Jun 19th, 2009 at 4:00PM: In 2001, sleepy Bury St. Edmunds, England received an interesting gift, ultimately from Microsoft CEO Bill Gates. In the Abbey Garden, the town's centerpiece, is what the locals claim to be the world's first internet-enabled bench. Sponsored by MSN.co.uk, the seat contains jacks for internet cables and is said to provide direct access to the web. Unfortunately, the development has been rendered ...
