Friday, December 31, 2010
Phonebook Art
World's Most Dangerous Bridges
World's Most Dangerous Bridges
Hussaini - Borit Lake, Pakistan
Inca Rope Bridge - Inca rope bridges were simple suspension bridges over canyons and gorges (pongos) to provide access for the Inca Empire. Bridges of this type were suitable for use since the Inca people did not use wheeled transport - traffic was limited to pedestrians and livestock.
The Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang Bridge
A Footbridge over the Kotmale Oya - The Kotmale Oya (or Kothmale Oya) is a river in Sri Lanka. It is a tributary of the Mahaweli Ganga. The Kotmale begins as the Agra Oya, in the Horton Plains.
The Bridge over the River Arun
Canyon Creek, Oregon
Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge - Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge is a rope suspension bridge near, Ballintoy, County Antrim, Northern Ireland. The bridge links the mainland to the tiny Carrick Island.
Glen Nevis Wire Rope Bridge - Glen Nevis is a beautiful and popular glen in Lochaber, Highland, Scotland, with Fort William at its foot. It is bordered to the south by the Mamore range, and to the north by the highest mountains in the British Isles: Ben Nevis, Càrn Mor Dearg, Aonach Mòr, and Aonach Beag. It is home to one of the three highest waterfalls in Scotland, Steall Falls, where the Allt Coire a'Mhail joins the Water of Nevis in the glen.
Rotating House
Rotating House
Environment is a very popular issue nowadays so environment-friendly houses are finally becoming interesting. Domespace invented their semi-spherical houses over 30 years ago but only a few of them have been purchased and only around France, especially in Brittany, where the company is based.The Domespace house plans were designed to optimize warmth by natural means, so the house actually turns to follow the sun and gain as much energy as it needs to keep temperature at an ideal level. If you don’t want warmth and sun-rays you can just set it to turn its windows away from the sun. You can command the engine to turn the house at a certain time or program it to do a full day rotation.
These days Domespace houses only come with an engine, but a few years ago if you wanted to buy or rent a house, you had to move them manually. I can imagine such a house for lease: “It’s a great house, spacy, full of light…only thing is you have to turn it yourself”.
Realistic Sushi USB Flash Drives
Realistic Sushi USB Flash Drives
These USB drives come in two types: the from the corner restaurant, or the sushi from Ginza. (In other words: we have a much cheaper but just-as-fun mass-produced version. And we have limited, hand-made-in-Tokyo, with so much artistic quality that it-would-fool-you-on-a-plate sushi.