"South Korean battery makers have created the MetalCell, a magnesium battery based on 2,000-year-old technology that can be charged with saltwater or, barring that, urine [...] Fitted with magnesium plates inside, the MetalCell can be charged up with nothing more than the addition of saltwater. The sodium in the salt reacts with the magnesium to create a dose of low-voltage power that can power up laptop, a flashlight, night vision specs, etc. when no other source is available. The output can keep a laptop humming for more than four hours and can be recharged with fresh saltwater until the magnesium begins to deteriorate. POPSCI: A Portable Battery That Runs on Saltwater – or Urine"
"Using the spectacular photography of George Logan and the skills of Steve Hawthorne and Katy Hopkins at advertising company WCRS Limited, these images of wild animals placed within an urban setting aim to provide a shocking reminder that wildlife is losing its habitat at an alarming rate." Born Free: HomelessNachtrag aus den Kommentaren:
Alle sieben Fotos in diversen Größen gibts bei BRANDREPUBLIC
Der Skizzenblog wird zwar nicht weitergeführt, hat aber an anderer Stelle ein eigenes Archiv bekommen.Zur Einstimmung drei weitere Einbildwitze nach dem Klick.
"Made from a mixture of clay, compost, and seeds, "seedbombs" are becoming an increasingly popular means combating the many forgotten grey spaces we encounter everyday-from sidewalk cracks to vacant lots and parking medians. They can be thrown anonymously into these derelict urban sites to temporarily reclaim and transform them into places worth looking at and caring for. The Greenaid dispensary simply makes these guerilla gardening efforts more accessible to all by appropriating the existing distribution system of the quarter operated candy machine." COMMONStudio: Greenaid (inkl. Video)(via Nerdcore via rebel:art)
Joao Lauro Fonte: The Shining Finger(via gamefreaks)
"Since Doctor Kelly worked on me, I've got a new job, a new boy friend and I travelled to Canada. Coincidence? I don't think so."(via Glaserei)
Blog: Little People – A tiny street art project(via rebel:art)
Amazon: Little People in the City – The Street Art of Slinkachu
"Miguelín is a 6.5 meters tall baby, electronically animated. It breaths, blinks and dreams with the cities that we will leave to future generations will smiling visitors as they walk into “Sons”, the last of rooms that integrate the pavilion […] The baby’s “Mother” is film director Isabel Coixet who has pointed out that with this collaboration she has wanted to stay accurate to the Expo Shanghai’s Theme, “Better city, better life”. Also that Miguelín is a reminder that tells us that “all our actions have direct consequences on our children’s future and that we have to react to this”, said the filmmaker."Ich finde das Ding ja etwas gruselig – liegt vielleicht daran, dass das selbe Special-Effects-Team schon die Finger bei Starship Troopers und Alien vs. Predator im Spiel hatte.
Spain Pavilion unvelis the contents of the exhibit (Beschreibung und Video)
The Big Picture: Shanghai's Expo nearly ready (u.a. Foto vom Riesenbaby)
"In Hong Kong, because of the space, apartments are small and expensive. Gary Chang, an architect, decided to design a 344 sq. ft. apartment to be able to change into 24 different designs, all by just sliding panels and walls. He calls this the "Domestic Transformer."(via beyond the beyond)
"What do you get when you combine Jurassic Park with Toy Story?"(via Unique Daily)
Tokyobling’s Blog: Toysaurus – Hiroshi Fuji (Fotos)
LUCKY NUMBER SEVEN: Hiroshi Fuji (Video: "Toy Sculptures" anklicken)
“I’m busting the fumes of cars with my special vacuum cleaner!”(via rebel:art)
Everybodys Darlehen: No Future Car
1. Metro. Doors are about to close. A civilized person - in a tie, indispensable detail - wants to get in, the doors are closing and his head is already in the subway car and stuck in the doors and the rest of the body is still on the platform. He looks sadly at those who are in and says in the fallen silence - "That’s great! F*** underground!"
10. Radar vehicles driving about the streets and checking videocassette recorders concerning prohibited cassettes.
17. Chinese carpets were glowing in the darkness with a silhouette of Mao Tse-tung lying in a coffin weaved with a special phosphoric thread, … invisible in a daylight.
English Russia: Soviet Urban Legends
"This is the first image ever taken of Earth from the surface of a planet beyond the Moon. It was taken by the Mars Exploration Rover Spirit one hour before sunrise on the 63rd Martian day, or sol, of its mission. (March 8, 2004)" NASA Goddard Photo and Video: Earth from Mars(Details am Rande: Mister Honk weist völlig zu recht darauf hin, dass das Foto in der Tradition des Pale Blue Dot steht.)
