Archive for July, 2009
The masterpiece that killed George Orwell
• July, 2009The masterpiece that killed George Orwell Robert McCrum The Observer “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Sixty years after the publication of Orwell’s masterpiece, Nineteen Eighty-Four, that crystal first line sounds as natural and compelling as ever. But when you see the original manuscript, you find something else: not so much the ringing clarity, more the obsessive rewriting, in different inks,…
Electrical flying with Solar Impulse
• July, 2009Electrical flying with Solar Impulse La Cinyc Beneath you can find a photo gallery of the prototype of solar flight. wiki:: Solar Impulse (official name HB-SIA) is a long-range solar plane project currently under study at the EPFL. The project is promoted by Bertrand Piccard, and aims at completely solar-powered circumnavigation. The first aircraft is intended to be a one-seater, capable of taking off autonomously, and to remain airborne…
Shipping Containers Converted Into Homes
• July, 2009Shipping Containers Converted Into Homes Eric Bland, Discovery News With the housing market down and foreclosures way up, building a new home might not be the first thing on people’s mind, but a Salt Lake City-based company has a new kind of home in mind. Gorilla Designs is working to turn idle shipping containers into affordable, high quality homes to last a lifetime. The company was founded in the…
Nikola Tesla – Google Celebrates .::. =video=
• July, 2009Nikola Tesla – Google Celebrates Nikola Tesla, the inventor and pioneering electrical engineer, is being honoured by Google with a special logo to mark the 153rd anniversary of his birth. The search engine is celebrating July 10 with a logo featuring purple sparks of electricity leaping from the letter “g”, which is drawn in the shape of his famous Tesla Coil transformer. It pays tribute to the Serb born…
DEADFATSO – Mach 1 .::. =video=
• July, 2009DEADFATSO – Mach 1 .::. <<video>> DEADFATSO <<Editors notE>> DEADFATSO – Mach 1:: Compilation of a Live show @ Trix opening for the CD-release of Diablo Blvd !!!support this upcoming band from Belgium!!! Related links:: DEADFATSO @ Myspace DEADFATSO @ blogso
Desire by Mastercab .::. =video=
• July, 2009Desire by Mastercab .::. <<video>> Desire by Mastercab from Blub Video on Vimeo. <<Editors notE>> Desire by Mastercab Enjoy this videoclip “Desire” from “Mastercab“. And give “blub video” some credit for the FX + compositing. Related Links:: Mastercab Mastercab @Stubru Blub Video Blub Video @Vimeo
