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Seasteading: Autonomous Ocean Communities

July 4th, 2009 at 1:05 pm » Comments (1)

Overall Winner: The Swimming City — András Gyõrfi
The Seasteading Institute, committed to the ongoing development of ocean communities, has just announced the winners of their first annual design content. Could people really end up living in these hypothetical off-shore communities? (Pics)



Yearbook Photos Musician’s Hoped We Would Never See

July 3rd, 2009 at 12:03 pm » Comments (0)

Ryan Seacrest’s not a musician like the rest, but thanks to “American Idol” and his radio show, he is connected to the music industry.
 Take each yearbook photos as serious as life or death.
Because, more so than anything else that happens to you in high school, yearbook photos stay with you and have the potential to [...]



Zero Emissions Car Powered By Magnetic Fields

July 2nd, 2009 at 1:18 pm » Comments (2)

The Transporter TW
With concept designers crafting their fantasies into a consumable form, we believe that the era of tomorrow would be completely different than present days. Harsha Vardhan, a car designer, thinks that apart from the cities, cars too would be completely different and powered by technologies no car manufacturer has tried till date. He [...]



Amazing Photos Of The Ledge At The Sears Tower Skydeck

July 2nd, 2009 at 12:35 pm » Comments (0)

Sears Tower Skydeck 
The Sears Tower Skydeck opens its lure for thrill-seekers Thursday. It’s called the Ledge and it gives the illusion of standing on air a few feet outside the building, 103 stories off the ground. (Pics)
 



Electrifying Photography

June 30th, 2009 at 12:18 pm » Comments (2)

  Robert Buelteman uses high voltage photography
Forget the notion of a reverent nature photographer tiptoeing through the woods, camera slung over one shoulder, patiently looking for perfect light. Robert Buelteman works indoors in total darkness, forsaking cameras, lenses, and computers for jumper cables, fiber optics, and 80,000 volts of electricity. This bizarre union of Dr. Frankenstein [...]



NASA Satellite Map Shows 99% Of Earth’s Land Surface

June 30th, 2009 at 11:43 am » Comments (0)

The map uses 1.3 million images and covers Earth’s land surface between 83 degrees North and 83 degrees South latitudes 
An astonishing new map has revealed the elevation of nearly every place on Earth.
The Global Digital Elevation Model was created using nearly 1.3million images collected by a Japanese camera on board Nasa’s Terra spacecraft. It is [...]



Zoo’s Fascinating Art Installation Shows Scenes Of Ecological Nightmares

June 30th, 2009 at 10:32 am » Comments (0)

Vienna’s Schonbrunn Zoo
Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna is host to a fascinating series of temporary art installations by Christoph Steinbrener and Rainer Dempf. In one animal enclosure, the German duo have half-submerged a car in a watering hole used by the resident rhinos. In another enclosure, penguins frolic in the shadow of an oil pump, and [...]



Colorado Biologists Discover Litter Of Lynx Kittens

June 29th, 2009 at 11:40 am » Comments (1)

 First litter of Lynx kittens found since 2006
Spring brought a surprise delivery from the stork: A litter of 10 lynx kittens-the first newborns documented in Colorado since 2006, gladdening the hearts of biologists leading the charge to restore the mountain feline, as well as drawing waves of squeals from computer monitors everywhere.  (Pics)



Stunning Examples of Macro Photography

June 29th, 2009 at 11:11 am » Comments (0)

 

Rose 
Macro photography is also known as close-up photography. Compared to other types of photography, macro photography is quite difficult, because of the nifty equipment, lightning and other techniques involved. However, in the end it comes down to what kind of pictures you want to take and what level of precision you are striving for. (Pics)



Amazing Photo Of An F-22 Raptor Supersonic Flyby

June 29th, 2009 at 10:23 am » Comments (1)

An Air Force F-22 Raptor executes a supersonic flyby over the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis 
The quick lens of U.S. Navy sonar technician Ronald Dejarnett was able to capture this Air Force F-22 going supersonic over the Gulf of Alaska as the pilot did his best Top Gun flyby impression.



Remarkable Photos Of Kids And Their Pets

June 28th, 2009 at 10:25 am » Comments (0)

“No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.” Bern Williams
A child’s first pet has become accepted knowledge in recent years that children with pets receive numerous benefits including increased kindness toward other children, increased self-esteem, even stronger physical and emotional development.  (Pics)



Top 10 Photos of the Week

June 27th, 2009 at 4:16 pm » Comments (0)

 Sometimes help comes from those who can least afford to give it
The thing we like about summer is that a whole new season of two-bubbles-off-plumb photos begin to make their appearance. The photos come from nowhere and from everywhere. Here are a few that are sure to loosen your elastic and tickle your cosmic funny [...]



Extreme Motorcycle Sidecar

June 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am » Comments (1)

The Snaefell 
Motorcycle sidecars have been given an entirely new definition by Francois Knorreck, and one that is quite literal. While most of the world thinks of sidecars as the retro attachments to bikes, Francois created a sidecar that is actually a car, on the side. But it’s easier said than done, it took the man [...]



Mourning Objects: Jewelry Made From Dead Loved Ones

June 27th, 2009 at 12:11 am » Comments (0)

Mourning Objects
Design student Anna Schwamborn has created a range of jewelry made with the hair and cremated ashes of a dead loved ones. (Pics)



Top 10 Futuristic Vehicles

June 26th, 2009 at 11:33 am » Comments (0)

MMR25 by Mitsubishi Motors
Today’s list is the future. From wild wheels to perfect seats to flying cars, this is the way we’ll be crashing into each other when tomorrow rolls around. Are you ready for that?! Are you ready to do some amazing flips, twists, and the all important barrel roll? Drop the back on [...]



Amazing NASA Photo Of A Volcanic Eruption

June 23rd, 2009 at 10:58 am » Comments (0)

Photo of volcanic eruption taken from space 
A fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station allowed the astronauts this striking view of Sarychev Volcano (Kuril Islands, northeast of Japan) in an early stage of eruption on June 12, 2009. Sarychev Peak is one of the most active volcanoes in the Kuril Island chain, and it is [...]



Dinosaurs May Have Been Smaller Than Previously Thought

June 23rd, 2009 at 10:49 am » Comments (0)

 
Model dinosaur. Scientists have discovered that the original statistical model used to calculate dinosaur mass is flawed, suggesting dinosaurs have been oversized.
The largest animals ever to have walked the face of the earth may not have been as big as previously thought, reveals a paper published June 21 in the Zoological Society of London’s Journal [...]



Kobian The Emotional Humanoid Robot Unveiled

June 23rd, 2009 at 10:32 am » Comments (0)

Aversion
Kobian, a “humanoid” robot, which can express seven human emotions, has been unveiled by researchers at Waseda University in Japan. (Video and pics after the jump)



Amazing Video Of Japan’s Satellite Moments Before Crash

June 22nd, 2009 at 11:23 am » Comments (0)


Ultimate See-Through Speakers

June 22nd, 2009 at 9:25 am » Comments (0)

Ferguson Hill’s transparent speakers
Check out Ferguson Hill’s transparent designed speakers. As you can plainly see, the FH001 is a horn speaker made of clear acrylic. Horns are among the oldest speaker designs because they are incredibly efficient, and they also extend the low-frequency range of the driver. As a result, the FH001 boasts an efficiency [...]



Top 10 Photos of the Week

June 21st, 2009 at 3:20 pm » Comments (1)

 Recent cutbacks at the CIA have given rise to a new breed of retro-spy
We have no idea why some of these photos exist. We don’t even know the story behind them or the date and time they were taken. But we do know that these are some of the craziest stuff we’ve run into all [...]



Unusual BubbleTree Treehouse

June 21st, 2009 at 7:29 am » Comments (0)

BubbleTree Treehouse 
A tree house is a romantic hideaway close to nature and it does bring out the child in you again. Enter BubbleTree, a company offering a trendy habitat that will appeal to both the nature lovers and those on the hunt for unusual creations. It’s a small wooden platform installed in a tree, which [...]



Amazing Photos Of New Species Discovered In Nangaritza, Ecuador

June 17th, 2009 at 5:59 am » Comments (0)

Glass or Crystal Frog
A scientific expedition along one of the most bitterly contested international borders in recent history has revealed a fascinating array of species, many of which are believed to be new to science, Conservation International (CI) announced. (Pics)



Unique Food Art

June 14th, 2009 at 12:52 pm » Comments (0)

Les Epepineurs 
Pierre Javelle, a French photographer of culinary magazines, and Akiko Ida, a Japanese cooker, photographer and artist have collaborated together to make these unique works of art.  (Pics)



Top 10 Photos of the Week

June 13th, 2009 at 10:29 pm » Comments (2)

 In a move designed to keep the US Navy off balance
Somali pirates are now attempting to hijack airplanes
Not everything in life is as it seems. In fact, perception is nine-tenths of our own reality. These photos are intended to show us not only how badly we suck at separating reality from the surreal, but also [...]