There are lounges and then there’s the Gentle Wave Lounge. This chair is high on tech and is touted as something that mimics floating in a lake.

 
Frog Design has been busy re-inventing the light bulb, while Edison mumbles and rolls over in his grave. Frog is the legendary firm that has designed some of the first Apple computers, Sony TVs, and a whole lot of other neat stuff that you probably love.

 Ventilation system for undersea tunnel
In this latest installment of bringing you all the secret lairs of global super-villains, we present you with the Kawasaki Man-Made Island of Japan (aka the Kaze-no-to or “Tower of Wind”).

 
 50-foot mechanical spider, engineered and manufactured by LaMachine.
If you are afraid of spiders, you would best not be visiting Liverpool’s Lime Street. Why? Well, Liverpool is currently hosting the Capital of Culture Celebration, exhibiting some of the city’s unique cultural heritage. One of the main attractions at this show is a massive 50-foot mechanical spider, [...]

 
Snuppy, the first cloned dog, has become a father after the world’s first successful breeding involving only cloned canines, South Korean researchers said Thursday.

If it looks like a black hole, and acts like a black hole, it’s probably a black hole.For a while now scientists have thought a dense, massive object lurking at the center of our galaxy is likely a giant black hole…

Beer bottles, a nice contribution to holy land
Israeli archaeologists unveiled a 2,100-year-old Jerusalem perimeter wall along with beer bottles left behind by 19th century researchers who first discovered the stone defenses. The wall, on Mount Zion at the southern edge of Jerusalem’s Old City, dates back to the Second Jewish Temple, which was destroyed by [...]

More Wine, Less Time
French scientists have devised a way of using particle accelerators to authenticate vintage wines, one of France’s top research bodies said this week.

High gas prices lead to more riders on public transportation
U.S. cities are racing to cope with ever-increasing demand on public transportation as gas prices remain at record levels.

Large pieces of ice are seen drifting off the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in this photo.
A chunk of ice shelf nearly the size of Manhattan has broken away from Ellesmere Island in Canada’s northern Arctic, another dramatic indication of how warmer temperatures are changing the polar frontier, scientists said Wednesday. (Pics)

 When animals watch a few too many movies
Most people don’t normally link alpacas to Star Wars. But then again, we aren’t nobody. Not sure who that “nobody guy” is, but we’re not him. More videos after the jump,