This is the largest digging machine (or trencher or rotating shovel) in the world. It was built by Krupp and is shown here crossing a road in Germany on the way to its destination, an open air coal mine. Although at the mine the treads are unnecessary, it was cheaper to make the machine self-propelled than to try and move it with conventional hauling equipment. Some factoids:

• The machine is 95 meters high and 215 meters long (almost 2.5 football fields in length)
• Weight is 45,500 tons (that’s equivalent to a bumper to bumper line of jeeps 80 miles long)
• It took 5 years to design and manufacture at a cost of $100 million
• Maximum digging speed is 10 meters per minute
• Can move more than 76,000 cubic meters of coal, rock, and earth per day

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Totally Spaced-out Concept Cell Phones

No, really, we’ve come a long way, baby (since the early 1900s, that is). Check out this Russian peasant making a call:

The good thing about concept design is that you don’t have to worry too much about how the actual thing is going to be made. Can the existing technology support your concept? Is the design feasible or practical enough, or is it just a “geek magnet” like some alien gizmo from Star Wars? These questions may not seem that important at concept stage. In some cases you don’t even need to build a prototype! Just come up with a wild idea, dream BIG, dish out impressive 3D renders - and you’re good to go.

Here’s a look at some downright weird and whacky cell phone designs (many were featured on the Yanko Design site).

1. The Natural Year Phone by Je-Hyun Kim

This was created in the name of recycling… after all, how durable do we want our devices to be when they become near-obsolete in five years? The phone is made of hay (or should we say of “weed”?) and completely disintegrates in two years’ time - only the screen and soft keys remain behind, and even these may be subsequently recycled. However, we have doubts about its practicality. Just one of those “nice to see, good to hold… but no thanks!” pieces of technology

(designer: Je-Hyun Kim)

2. Window Phone by Seunghan Song

What features would you like on your phone today, mister? The weather? Done! The Brits may like this glass cell phone concept, as it will predictably predict even the most unpredictable English weather, if such a thing is at all possible.

(designer: Seunghan Song)

3. Cell Phone Inspired By Chinese Scrolls, by Yun Liang

A roll-out display and cute buttons placed on the scroll are definitely hot-looking… but imagine using this piece on an everyday basis. If you’d need to pull the display out in a jiffy, then the tactile bit for keypad will last as long as you treat the baton well. Key words… treat the baton well.

(designer: Yun Liang)

4. Easy Tiles Phone by Tzu-Fu Wang

What would you do if you didn’t have the iPhone or its cool apps and games to while away your time? Sorry, didn’t meant to scare you… lemme rephrase, your iPhone is SAFE and SOUND, but give the Easy Tiles Phone a second’s thought. Easily upgradable apps that slide in and around the phone, make this one of those DIY thangs that give you total control to upgrade the gizmo as you like. Let’s also assume you have a postal address in Utopia and upgrades are dirt-cheap!

(designer: Tzu-Fu Wang)

5. Radia - Circular Cell Phone by Michael Laut

Who says cell phone has to be rectangular? An oddball round shape can also be suitably scintillating. No kidding, but this one might be a feasible design for Paris Hilton, who loves to talk in circles… literally!

Designer: Michael Laut

And we’ve barely even scratched the (non-scratch) surface! Here’s still more…

Weirdest Shape For A Cell Phone:
Bracelet Phone by Tao Ma . Combine the two and you have… handcuffs!

Another strong contender for the strangest phone shape is this O2 “Molecular Phone” by Tjep Design:

Weirdest Material For A Cell Phone:
Maple Phone by Hyun Jin Yoon & Eun Hak Lee - more info:

Weirdest Display for a Cell Phone:
… is a total absence of one! Behold the Trou Hologram Mobile Phone by Mac Funamizu:

Weirdest User Interface for a Cell Phone:
A Finger Touching idea by Sunman Kwon:

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The German artist Simon Schubert uses only sheets of paper when he folds it into two-dimensional art works. His work contains mostly of things that have sharp edges so it makes it possible to fold, like stairs, hallways and buildings.

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The world would not be the same without blondes!
This is a series of various funny things with blondes, lots of accidents, funny situations…etc.
Enjoy!

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We have all heard about the crop circles and seen them on television, in movies, or maybe in real life, but in Japan you can see rice art on the fields. Every year Japanese farmers are planting rice in different patterns and using different sorts of rice for color. The result is spectacular pictures. Unfortunately it’s only visible until the rice is harvested in September.

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These figures and sculptures are made as a tribute to the Turkish beer Efes Pilsen. The artists of this project have cut Efes Pilsen beer cans and made everything from miniature people to buildings and airplanes. While some people are creating art out of beer cans.

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The liability of the merry-go-round is slowly depriving parks and schools of this fun piece of spinning metal and wood. Sad. So before they are all gone, go find the one merry-go-round in your area and take a few spinning pictures. Here are 15 dizzy ones to inspire you.

SPRING SPIN by foreversouls

image by soundman1024

Wheeeee! by ktpupp

Happiness is Spinning by Whateverthing

Spinning Julia by Brit.

Dizzying Playground! by DenisGiles

Spinning Around by Tomer Arazy

Somebody stop the world… by Bah Humbug

Round and round by santheo

GO Rhonda GO! by mx5tx

Whee! by ajschu

Jake & Kylie Spinning by kcolwell

round by woodleywonderworks

spinning by tetraconz

Chester Spin by MOEVIEW

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Have you ever wished that you could make it look as if your black and white photos were in colour? Well, through the magical powers of chromatic adaptation, you can!

Start with the original image:

Arizona 2003 by Photocritic on Flickr

Upping the saturation will help your image seem more, er, saturated (clicky for bigger)

Inverse it in an image editing package like Photoshop or the Gimp (in Photoshop: Image → Adjustments → Invert).

Next, increase the saturation a little bit (this will help with the colour perception – in Photoshop, Image → Adjustments → Hue & Saturation).

Finally, blur the photo a little. This will ensure that you concentrate on colour, rather than the texture. In Photoshop, I used Filter → Blur → Gaussian Blur, with a setting of 2px, but experiment to see what looks best.

That’s your first picture:

For the second picture, simply desaturate your original photo. If you want, you can up the contrast a little bit, or even sharpen it further.

The final result? Check out the video below. To see the effect, simply start the video and stare at the horizon. After 20 seconds, the image will change, and you’ll be able to see the optical illusion:

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Talk about environment friendly place for firms and offices. On the other hand imagine all the fresh air and peace you can get while working, no traffic, no air pollution, etc. You can surely expand your mind, creativity and motivation while working in these circumstances.

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