Bubble Hotel
A series of portable hotel rooms has recently been opened in a local park in Roubaix, France. They can be rented by people who want to feel close to nature in the middle of the urban jungle. (Pics)
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The Galaxy Skin phone will be so flexible you can roll it up.
A staple of technology shows has been demonstrations of ‘bendable’ screens ever since there were screens small enough for us to carry.
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Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria, Germany by Luiz Pires
Kris Atomic (Kristina Mordokhovitch) is a U.K based freelance photographer and illustrator. Her blog, krisatomic, is a medley of drawings, photos and anything that she finds pleasing to the eye. Kris has put together, “I want to go there”, a collection of amazing photographs of places around the world that she would one day like to visit. (Pics)
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Spectators watch as Jeb Corliss hurtles though the mountain’s natural arch hundreds of feet in the air
Jeb Corliss, a wingsuit pilot, has taken the sport of sky diving to new heights after hurtling through a narrow slit in a mountainside. (Pics and video)
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“The Safe House”
The centuries old threat of zombies is making a comeback. From the movie 28 Days Later to The Walking Dead Series on AMC and the best-selling Zombie Survival Guide, we’re all a little too ready to deal with the 2012 of our dreams. (Pics)
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Acid rain does far more than burn our skin. It completely washes the color from our lives.
“If I were invited to a dinner party with my characters, I wouldn’t show up.” – – Dr Seuss
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Tornado-proof house
The tornado-proof house is a Kevlar skinned house supported on a series of hydraulic lifts that slide into the ground during extreme weather- both flood proof and tornado resistant. (Pics)
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Few people realize the Smurf’s cartoon series was based on
an actual race of tiny blue people living in Cleveland
“I’m tired of all this nonsense about beauty being only skin-deep. That’s deep enough. What do you want – an adorable pancreas?” – – Jean Kerr
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Medical images showing bags with cocaine inside the gastrointestinal tract of a 20-year-old Irish national arrested by police at Congonhas airport in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
A graphic reminder of just how far drug smugglers will go to elude law enforcement to get their product over the border is seen in these guesome images. The images, which show an arrested man’s digestive tract that is literally stuffed with dozens of thumb-sized bags of cocaine, are also testimony to how far the digestive tract can expand.
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This is a channel-bridge over the River Elbe and joins the former East and West Germany,
as part of the unification project.
The Magdeburg Water Bridge is a navigable aqueduct in Germany. It connects the Elbe-Havel Canal to the Mittelland Canal, and allows ships to cross over the Elbe River. It is the longest navigable aqueduct in the world at 918 meters. (Pics)
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Featured invention at the DaVinci Inventor Showcase 2011
If you thought geodesic domes were too complicated to have any utility for ordinary uses, you should look again. Your Own Domes are durable and cost-effective geodesic domes and spheres. (Pics)
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Wouldn’t it be more fun if every 100th egg came with a surprise creature inside?
“Anyone who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined.” – – Samuel Goldwyn
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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