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Weird Aircraft Concept Designs

2008-01-28T17:18:00.000-08:00

Perhaps our great grandchildren will complain about being stuffed like sardines in the Green Airways Economy Class sometime in the future. But for now, this is a concept design of CleanEra, engineer Etnel Straatsma's idea of the future of eco-friendly, made-from-light-material aircraft at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. CleanEra also happens to be an abbreviation for

Amazon Kindle with Whispernet

2008-01-01T07:47:00.000-08:00

Amazon Kindle is one of my favourite new gadget devices to come out last year. I've long been an e-bookworm on my iPAQ Pocket PC and am really excited to follow Kindle's progress, and eventually hope to buy one. The device has been a sold-out already (as of today, January 1st, 2008) on Amazon, so it means the initial response has been great.One of the best things about Kindle is not so much the

Ten Weird Building Designs

2007-12-21T17:34:00.000-08:00

This is a lunar colony secretly built by NASA. Well, almost. It's actually the uber-sci-fi head offices of the RMF Polish FM Radio station RMF and RMF Television in Krakow, Poland. In fact, speaking of NASA, The external surface of the dome was indeed constructed in the United States under a licensing from NASA. The colony is so futuristic and environmentally conscious that the tunnel lights

Ten Weird Furniture Designs

2007-12-16T17:24:00.001-08:00

Not quite sure how you could enjoy a TV dinner on this couch, but it sure looks quite comfy. Like a tuft of grass ("grass place to relax"), here's the Google translated blurb (which kindah makes it even more weird) from the creators Pratone of Gruppo Strum site "The property, sitting and lying furniture Pratone of Gruppo Strum (G. Ceretti, P. Derossi, R. Rosso) was for Gufram designed and offers

Ten Weird Car Designs

2007-12-13T17:48:00.000-08:00

This is the weird-great Honda Puyo. Now what little information I could find tells us that this is a concept car which runs on hydrogen fuel. Unlike the fuel-cell powered Honda FCX, The Puyo boasts "no sharp edges" and is covered in soft silicone so that it can absorb light collisions. You use a joystick instead of a steering wheel. What they forget to mention in the blurb is that you also need