Masterpieces of Collage Art by Are Mokkelbost
It’s hard to believe that the image above is not a painting but a painstakingly put together paper collage. The artist is Are Mokkelborst, a young talent from Oslo, Norway. His collages have been on view in Oslo and Paris and are currently making the blog circles. For those who really can’t believe that Mokkelbost’s creations are not paintings, read on for proof…
Continue reading...26. February 2009
Like Chameleons These Tiles Change Colour… Just Add Heat
Spice up your morning shower by singing a little song and watching the colours change in your new temperature-sensitive wall tiles from Inventables. Responding to heat from bathwater, air temperature or your warms hands, the tiles shift shades over three phases, manifesting a different colour for each 6 - 10 degree rise in temperature. Made of 20 - 80% recycled glass, it's not only different from those boring old everyday tiles, they're a green product to boot.
Continue reading...24. February 2009
MAD Architects’ City of the Future
What will the city of the future look like? If MAD architects have anything to say about it, urban centres will no longer resemble the concrete jungles of the industrial revolution. MAD and their design friends have come together to create a conceptual model of the Huaxi city centre of Guiyang, China, that brings nature into every consideration when building with the most modern technologies of the 21st century.
Continue reading...24. February 2009
The Sea Gypsies of the Andaman Sea
They may look like regular folks frolicking in the water on a hot summer's day, but they're really much more remarkable than that. They're the Moken, a people who are born, live and die traveling the Andaman Sea around Southern Thailand and Burma. They can dive up to an incredible depth of 75 feet with only a pair of goggles, and they know how to read the signs of the mighty ocean, enabling them to find higher ground before anyone else knew that the 2004 Tsunami would hit.
Continue reading...23. February 2009
No Mr Bond, We Expect You To Fly [PICS]
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Bond did it. So did Boba Fett. Boosting into the sky with your own jetpack is something we’ve all dreamt of. But despite the gravity-defying cool of the early jetpack designs, there have always been a few reasons why the idea didn’t take off. One snag is that jetpacks couldn’t carry enough fuel for flights much longer 30 seconds, while sheer hazardousness has been another drawback. Until now, that is, as a new age dawns with the launch of the water-propelled jetpack.
Continue reading...26. February 2009
World’s Most Bizarre Theme Parks
Ever wondered what the Victorian era, in all its gloom and grime of the industrial revolution, would have felt like? Or wished to meet Dickensian characters like that wicked schoolmaster or the clever shoeshine boy? Well, you can, at Dickens World in the UK. Find out what other bizarre theme parks make one look forward to coming back to even the gloomiest of economies…
Continue reading...24. February 2009
India’s Tree-of-Life Hoax Busted
Many people know the Tree of Life, which is part of Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park in Florida. However, at the other end of the world, in India, where few people have heard about it and even fewer will ever visit this tree, its image has been used for an email hoax for months. Find out how…
Continue reading...26. February 2009
World’s Largest Plants Up Close and Personal
Remember the guess-what games where you see close-ups of everyday objects and you have to guess what it is? Well, this is one of those. But because we’re not talking about everyday objects, we’ll give you a few clues: We’re talking only about plants. Think smelly (for some) and large (for all). Oh, and the picture above does not show the inside of a mouth. Any ideas? Read on for astonishing insights into the plant world…
Continue reading...24. February 2009
Monkeys Have Morals After All
Darwin himself might have raised a bushy eyebrow at the idea that monkeys and apes have a sense of morality and the capacity to tell right from wrong. Such moral qualities have been widely held to be part and parcel of what distinguishes us from our furrier simian relatives – but fresh research implies otherwise.
Continue reading...27. February 2009
An Ode to the Awe-Inspiring Crab Nebula
The Crab Nebula in Taurus has been photographed at several wave lengths and the images are spectacular. At the center, a rapidly rotating neutron star continuously emits two immensely strong radiation beams in rapid pulses. Join us on a journey of discovery to learn about this amazing cosmic phenomenon.
Continue reading...24. February 2009
Light Pillars: Incredible Optical Phenomena
Colourful light pillars often appear in winter when snow or ice crystals reflect light from a strong source like the sun or moon. Aided by extreme cold, light pillars appear when light bounces off the surface of flat ice crystals floating relatively close to the ground. The pillars look like feathers of light that extend vertically above or below the light source, or both.
Continue reading...9. January 2009
What The Neocons Think About Sustainable Energy
Some skepticism is good, and I am am certainly not suggesting that the government should always be trusted. But conspiracy theories tend to fall under two categories; "plausible" and "WTF?" Some people are incapable of dicerning between the two. According to the winter '08 issue of the Intelligence Report, there was no shortage of the latter kind of conspiracy theory going around at the Ninth Annual Freedom 21 conference.
Continue reading...21. November 2008
What Does Sustainability Mean to You?
This week, leading professional and corporate consultancy Spada released new research on environmental reporting that shows FTSE100 companies are more than vague when using environmental terms and concepts. Only two of 79 leading corporate organizations were able to define what they meant by sustainability – BP and British American Tobacco.
Continue reading...23. February 2009
Camouflage House 3
Immerse yourself in nature while enjoying all the comforts of a modern home with Hiroshi Iguchi's Camouflage House 3. Fondly referred to as the "greenhouse house", this sustainably designed building is not only beautiful, it gives you the chance to live a wonderful life inside your very own greenhouse. Live here, and you'll never want for greenery again, because you'll have Mother Nature as your roommate.
Continue reading...17. February 2009
Amazing Recycled Paper Lamps by Yu Jordy Fu
The following intricate paper designs are a series of "Cloud Lamps" by London-based designer Yu Jordy Fu. Made from recycled paper, they incorporate the ancient Chinese art of paper cutting to decorate a home or office while telling a story at the same time.
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