This is a photo essay on how Scotland engineered canals between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Because of geographical difficulties, which created a difference of 79ft. in elevation, the two canals were connected by 11 locks by a huge water carousel – started in 1963 and finished in 2002. These photos are amazing.

“Chocolate Rain”
 This impressive music video by Tay Zonday received YouTubes Music Video of the Year Award.
 

London-based Levitate Architects came up with this ingenious solution to a book storage problem and created a loft-like bedroom nestled under the roof of the top-floor apartment. Here’s what Levitate’s Tim Sloan had to say about the project:
 
 

Retired scientist Louis Michaud has plans to generate tornadoes near power plants that could provide a 40% increase in the plants’ power output. If the concept works, it could dramatically cut down on the need for building new power plants, instead creating energy from the waste heat of existing plants.
Michaud is president of AVEtec Energy [...]

Jeremy Barker of Popped Culture blog wrote about a compendium of 50 pop culture versions of Leonardo da Vinci’s iconic painting The Last Supper. There are soooooo many to choose from.
This one above is The Simpsons Last Supper:
Depicting Homer Simpson with his beer-swilling disciples at Moe’s is inspired, but my one complaint is how many [...]

XM-I of Singapore are keeping themselves occupied as they have just revealed information on a wireless version of the next generation X-mini Capsule Speaker. There is no word on whether this new speaker will rely on Bluetooth or radio frequency to get audio signals across, but at least you don’t have to worry about tangled [...]

The game play of Puzzle Boy flash game (designed by Atlus) is simple, but the game is maddeningly addictive!

David Blaine Street Magic
The people at YouTube have picked some amazing videos for their awards.  This is the crazy third installment in the “David Blaine Street Magic” series. Blaine sets his sights on the same two effeminate idiots from the last two videos. And unfortunately for them, the third time’s the charm.
 

 
Emirates said the first permitted mobile phone call was made on a flight between Dubai and Casablanca.
The aircraft, an Airbus A340, is fitted with a system which stops mobiles from interfering with a plane’s electronics.
Emirates plans to extend the system to more aircraft and later this year add BlackBerry and other data services.

Americans are preparing to get back to watching their favorite TV shows now that the writers strike is over, according to a Carat survey.
Overall, 9% of respondents said they are watching more TV now that the strike is over compared to during the strike, while 82% said they are watching the same amount as before [...]

 
In all, 2,225 people are sentenced to die in U.S. prisons for crimes they committed as minors and 73 of them were aged 13 and 14 at the time of the crime.

Depressed women are likely to have more sex than those who are happier because it helps them to stave off insecurity, a new study has revealed.
Researchers in Australia have found that females who suffer from mild to moderate depression indulge in more sexual activity than those who are not, regardless of [...]

 
The AirCar is not just a plane that can drive around. Quite the opposite: it’s a lightweight fully-featured car that can compact to be about the size of a Hummer and fit in a garage. Soon it will transform into a flying car. The photographs below are of a prototype that can drive but can’t [...]