Over the past 50 years, getting to space hasn’t become any easier technically speaking. It still requires using huge rockets to create a massive enough amount of force to push a payload beyond the grip of Earth’s gravity.
Continue reading… “Thoth Technology’s inflatable space elevator gets a lift”
A cell phone base station that tricks cell phones into routing their outbound calls through the device.
A security researcher has put together a $1,500 system that pretends to be a cell phone tower and tricks your cellphone into routing everything through it—even encrypted calls. Here’s how it works.
Continue reading… “A Security Researcher Develops a $1500 System That Can Intercept Cellphone Calls”
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)
Continue reading… “Amazing Photos Of The Ledge At The Sears Tower Skydeck”
A GIANT inflatable tower could carry people to the edge of space without the need for a rocket, and could be completed much sooner than a cable-based space elevator, its proponents claim.
Continue reading… “Giant Inflatable Tower Could Reach The Edge Of Space”
A young Sweden based architecture firm Visiondivision believes in strong concepts and constantly re-investigating their role as architects by always pushing the limits of their field of work and the strategies of their design. Tornado, is an entry for an opera competition in Taiwan which was a collaboration with Markus Wagner, a member of Svensk Standard. This project is reminscent of the Dubai Dynamic tower by David Fisher – the building in motion, both projects are really impressive! (Pics)
Continue reading… “The Tornado Tower”
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Sunlight comes only rarely, with a sliver slicing down between the ramshackle towers. The light here is fluorescent and the people packed sardine tight amongst twisting corridors. Some of the lower levels are widely considered uninhabitable due to trash. Up the street (if it can be called that) there’s a drug parlor with an unlicensed “doctor” open for business upstairs. They exist openly: there are no police because there is no law.
Continue reading… “Kowloon Walled City”
In a rush to build the maximum number of gigantic and magnificent skyscrapers before the oil runs out, Dubai is at it again. Just look at this 2150-foot monster, the Anara Tower, scheduled to be built next year. The skyscraper will be about 500 feet shorter than the world’s tallest building – the Burj Dubai located nearby and nearly complete – but it’ll still be one of the most massive structures ever built.
Continue reading… “Anara Tower, Gigantic And Magnificent Skyscraper”
Migrant workers on a building construction site in Dubai. No country is as dependent on migrants as the United Arab Emirates, where foreigners make up about 85 percent of the population and 99 percent of the private work force. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Foreign Workers and the Dubai Building Boom”
All in one complex includes automated farming technologies, lab-grown meat, glowing bacteria, and sewage-to-electricity converters that will help vertical farming take off. (Pics)
Continue reading… “Vertical Farms of the Future”
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”).
Continue reading… “Tokyo’s Tower Of Wind”
An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on a new skyscraper in Dubai that will be “the world’s first building in motion,” an 80-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape. Video after the jump.
Continue reading… “Dubai’s 80 Story Skyscraper Will Be World’s First Building in Motion”
If you’re looking for the tallest tower of LEGO in the world, here’s a picture of it right here. This monster was built in the Legoland Windsor theme park in the U.K. of 500,000 LEGO bricks, and stands just shy of 100 feet high.
Continue reading… “World’s Tallest LEGO Tower Built In England”
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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