Simple but very effective is what makes this smartphone case such a cool concept. Plug in your phone, take a picture, and get a photo in seconds! It’s called Prynt: the first ever instant camera case for smartphones. It’s an awesome kickstarter project that already got it’s 50.000 goal is a few hours and is already passed the 1.000.000 border from backers. ... Read More »
Statistically, vanity license plates are unique. And someone paid extra money to put that short message on their vehicle. The rest of us stop what we’re doing, point them out to our friends, and we all ask why? In California you can You can check online at www.dmv.ca.gov to find out if a specific personalized license plate configuration has been ... Read More »
Man, known as Mr Chen, first went to the Beijing hospital in August 2011Was treated for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident and left. Returned to the hospital two months later suffering from thrombosis. Received more treatment and after three months told that could go home. But he refused to leave saying he was ill and needed to ... Read More »
A man in Cuba has constructed a 13-foot (4-metre) high bicycle. 48-year-old Felix Guirola has been riding ‘tall’ bicycles since 1983, after seeing a tandem and deciding to extend his own bike upwards. Guirola rides 13 feet (4 meters) above the ground atop his homemade super-tall bike, peering over pickup trucks and even buses and without a helmet or other ... Read More »
A masked jewellery store raider takes a tumble midway through an audacious gang heist in this incredible footage. Hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of Indian gold jewellery was taken from Gems Jewellers in the audacious heist, captured on CCTVRead. The hapless robber manages to pick himself up and carry on with the raid, in which he and his accomplices ... Read More »
How can an airline pack 40 percent more passengers onto a plane, trim costs by 20 percent and lower airfares for its customers? Spring Airlines, China’s first budget carrier, is trying to lure more customers with a plan to allow passengers to stand during a flight for a discounted ticket price, reports China National Radio. The seats will look just ... Read More »
AquaDuck is a water coaster (a water slide with similar turns, drops and g-forces to a roller coaster) that is located on the deck of two Disney cruise ships. It was first constructed on the Disney Dream in January 2011 and then later on the Disney Fantasy in February 2012. The AquaDuck waterside on the Disney Fantasy cruise ship is ... Read More »
A folded corner. A spare receipt. An optimistic belief that we can totally remember the page number. We all have our ways of marking our place in a book before closing it for the time being — but far too often that method is unreliable or unattractive. Remember, all those dog-eared page corners will still mark our books long after ... Read More »
The International Highline Meeting festival seems like one of the chillest festivals we’ve ever heard of, but it also might be one of the most terrifying – attendees spend most of their time strung up on tightropes stretched across the Italian Alps in Monte Piana. The attendees call themselves “slackers” because of the slacklines they balance themselves on. Highliners attach ... Read More »
Theo Jansen (born 1948) is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began what he is known for today: building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own, known only as Strandbeest. His animated works are a fusion of art and engineering; in a car company (BMW) television commercial Jansen says: “The walls between art and ... Read More »