The BEST ashtray ever
I don’t smoke, and I don’t suggest it for you either, but if you need an ashtray, this is hilarious.
See more here: http://www.findingcheska.com/eng/product/lung/index.htm
What if electronic devices didn’t need to plug in to be charged or recharged?
What if electronic devices got charged and recharged from radio waves travelling through the air?
I have no idea if this actually works, but it would be very cool if it did…
What if Yahoo designed Google’s homepage?
A neat mockup of what Google’s homepage would look like if it was designed by Yahoo: http://googlewatch.eweek.com/content/today_in_stupid/mockup_what_if_google_made_a_yahoolike_start_page_1.html
Kazakhstan as Xanadu
Kazakhstan is planning to build a tent large enough to cover a small indoor city.
Click here for night and day pictures of the project: http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1438/Default.aspx
As the BBC reports,
Kazakhstan has unveiled a new architectural project for its capital Astana - a giant transparent tent that will contain an indoor city. The 150m-high (500ft) dome, designed by UK architect Norman Foster, will be built in just over a year. The tent is being made from special material that absorbs sunlight to create the effect of summer inside.
This reminds me of the famous poem “Khubla Khan, or, a Vision in a Dream. A Fragment.” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which begins,
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree :
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
The rest of the poem can be read here: http://etext.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Kubla_Khan.html
