It's called epMotion

By purepedantry on September 6, 2008.

OMG! This is the best commercial ever.

Check out this commercial for epMotion automated pippeting machines by Eppendorf.

Who says that pipette commercials can't be funny...and strangely sexual. And like many drug commercials, the actual function of the product seems to be largely irrelevant.

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Study uncovers occupational risks, injury trends among commercial bicyclists

Anyone who’s lived in a big, dense city is familiar with the sight of bicycle messengers weaving their way in between metro buses and taxi cabs, down side streets and around packed crosswalks, pedaling at impressive speeds and often with remarkable agility.

FOX and CBS reject Trojan condom commercial

Boooo, I say! FOX and CBS have rejected a commercial for Trojan condoms on the grounds that they believed the ads stressed pregnancy prevention over disease prevention. From the NYTimes coverage:

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tags: mobile home commercial, television,

Wait, we evolved from sloths?

I am no fan of the "March of Progress", but I know it isn't going anywhere. It is too readily recognizable as an evolutionary image for its use to be discontinued.

lol wut

I'm sending this to my girlfriend - her supervisor is keeping her in the lab like 13 hours a day. >_<

You have to watch the PCR song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5yPkxCLads

thanks...

thanks it is

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