Posted in Design, Science, technology, World on Oct 15th, 2010
It turns out that the propensity to purchase essential goods “as a reserve” is not common only for the residents of the former USSR. Western Europe, spoiled by a surplus, is now also faced with this phenomenon. Instead of Russian buckwheat, traditional salt, matches and toilet paper, the local citizens are sweeping filament bulbs off […]
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Posted in Design, technology, Videos on Jul 20th, 2008
The world’s first thought-controlled computer game could be launched by the end of the year. A new headset being developed by an Australian company may soon replace joysticks and Wii handles.
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Posted in Art, Design, technology on Jun 22nd, 2008
One of the obvious advantages of taking over the organizations of any major world event is architects competing to decorate the host city or nation with new buildings. Such is the case with Beijing of course, preparing for this year’s Olympic Games. The city has been turned into a giant open air museum of modern […]
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Posted in Art, Design, News, Society, Travel, World on May 10th, 2008
This is about as strange as it gets. In a quaint public park in Lintz, Austria, three drain pipes have been transformed into mini hotel rooms. Christened the Das Park Hotel, each room comes with a double bed, a bed light, linens and a side table .The guests can pay what they feel a stay […]
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The Museum of Modern Art is a world class museum located in Midtown Manhattan in New York, USA. It has single-handedly spurred the development of modernist art and is widely considered be one of the most influential museums of modern art since its inception in 1929. MoMA was the first ever museum to admit photography, […]
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