Thrown to the Wind - A 36ft Tall Whirlwind of Garbage
Beijing-based artist Wang Zhiyuan helps us visualize what a whirlwind of trash, ascending into the air would look like in his piece entitled Thrown to the Wind. Zhiyuan's larger-than-life tornado of plastic waste, which stands 36-feet high, represents the heaps of trash that overwhelm his hometown and its surrounding environment. The gigantic trash tower really puts the overbearing toll of the waste problem into perspective. It seems cool and colorful at first, but Zhiyuan has an underlying message to evoke a discussion by garnering attention to the problem. The artist says, “I want my art to be about something bigger than me. If it wasn’t involved in society I would feel guilty.”
Smallest house in the world for 1 Euro per night
Are you curious to discover Berlin with 1 Euro per night and sleeping in the smallest house in the world? This project was initiated by Le-Mentzel in cooperation with BMW Guggenheim LAB, Airbnb and Eastseven Hostel. The ONE sqm house is an architectural project, which is part of the Guggenheim LAB program. The only 1 square meter house they created is so small but sufficient for a one night sleep. The perfect stay for artists, rebels, occupy activists, adventurers, students, poor, homeless. It costs 1 Euro per night! In the nearby, you can find a hostel and you can use a washing room, bathroom and a toilet even if you don’t have one in the house.
Colorful umbrellas over the streets of Portugal
A large number of colorful umbrellas hang above a street at Agueda, a municipality in Portugal, as a part of a public art installation. The umbrellas are hung from promenades overlooking the streets, providing both shade and a cool view to those walking under them. Luckily, photographers Patricia Almeida and Diana Tavares documented this amazing event for those who were not able to experience it in person. Almost nothing is known about the artist behind the project or its significance, but it’s impossible to deny the joy caused by taking a stroll in the shadowy rainbow created by hundreds of parasols suspended over this public walkway.
The Ancient Theater of Epidaurus near Athens Greece
The Ancient Theater of Epidaurus near Athens Greece was constructed in the late 4th century BC and is one of the best preserved ancient theaters. Even in ancient times, the theater was considered to have great acoustics. The actors can be perfectly heard by all 15,000 spectators without amplification. To demonstrate the theaters great acoustics tour guides have their groups scattered in the stands and then show them how faint sounds can be heard at center-stage.
How this sound quality was achieved? In 2007 researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have discovered that the limestone material of the seats provide a filtering effect suppressing low frequencies of voices, thus minimizing background crowd noise so the seats act as natural acoustic traps. It is still unknown whether the acoustic properties are the result of an accident or the product of advanced design.
Insanity Thrill Ride at Stratosphere Tower, Las Vegas
Insanity has seats tethered to an arm that swings out beyond the tower leaving riders dangling 1000 feet in the air. As the ride begins its circular motion at approximately forty miles per hour. Furthermore the ride turns you face down over the street below as its spins faster and faster and you find yourself flung out at a 70-degree angle. Once you have left the thrill of this ride, your wobbly legs insist that you sit down for a moment. You are sure to find this ride an extreme adventure.
Google's self-driving cars have clocked up 300,000 miles
Google's self-driving cars drive the equivalent of 12 round the world trips without a single accident. The cars have driven themselves through 'a wide range of traffic conditions'. With each breakthrough, Google feel more optimistic about delivering this technology to people and dramatically improving our driving experience.
Rumors from within Google suggest the cars could come to the market within three to five years.
Video on YouTube: http://youtu.be/cdgQpa1pUUE
World's Shortest Horror Story!!!
"Knock" is the world's shortest horror story with only 2 sentences. "The last man on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock on the door".
Statue made using 3500 smartphones
There are art pieces and then there are masterpieces, but the Pegasus statue is nothing less than awe-inspiring masterpiece. The winged divine horse has been fashioned using a whopping 3500 Huawei smartphones by Machine Shop from London. The colossal structure was unveiled at the Mobile World Congress 2012 in Spain by the Chinese manufacturer along with the Ascend D Quad.
Umbrella to charge and boost signal of your Mobile
The Vodafone Booster Brolly by Kenneth Tong uses a clever combination of high gain antenna and low power signal repeater to catch radio waves from a Vodafone transmitter, before dispersing a very low intensity signal, creating a small “signal shower”, just above users’ heads. It connects their phones to the network, and even boosts the signal of other Vodafone customers around them.
The solar panels that line the Vodafone Booster Brolly’s surface are vital for powering the phone re-charger inside, but even after Dr Tong sourced flexible non-silicon versions from China, it proved difficult to actually attach them to the umbrella. The result is a hand-sewn canopy, stitched together with a dozen two volt panels powering a battery that can either charge a mobile, or operate a torch to help find your tent at night.
The Vodafone Booster Brolly has been developed in conjunction with Vodafone UK VIP program which gives Vodafone customers access to great experiences at some of the biggest festivals.
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