Archive for May, 2008

300 Days “Shipwrecked” On A Deserted Island

Saturday, May 31, 2008 14:55 No Comments

Few years ago Tom Hanks starred in “Cast Away”, a film about a man that was shipwrecked in a deserted island, somewhere in the Pacific ocean. He stayed on that island for some years and lived exclusively on the food that he found on the island. Now Xavier Rosset, a French explorer and adventurer [...]

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Isolated Amazon Tribe Is Found

Friday, May 30, 2008 14:25 No Comments

Amazon Indians are one of the most cut off tribes of the world. One of these tribes were spotted for the first time by westerners today by a helicopter of the Survival International organisation near the Brazil-Peru border.
They have never seen helicopters before so they are pointing their bows and arrows towards the “big bird” [...]

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Luxury Submarines Are Here!

Friday, May 30, 2008 14:20 No Comments

What you see in the photo above is a taste of the future and more specifically a taste of the future luxurious yachting. U.S. Submarines presents the Phoenix 1000, which is a 65 meter (213 foot) submarine. But this is not an ordinary sub, it is a luxury boat, designed for going places in a [...]

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Johan Lorbeer Defies Gravity

Thursday, May 29, 2008 21:42 No Comments

Take a look a these pictures, they are not made with Photoshop, they are real! The man doing the “Spiderman” trick is Johan Lorbeer, a German street artist. He is famous for his “Still Life” performances where he remains for hours, in positions that defy the laws of gravity. This living work of art never [...]

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Dolphin Shaped Vessel By Innespace

Wednesday, May 28, 2008 15:00 No Comments

The single seat Dolphin and the two seat Seabreacher are definitely two unique gadgets. They are dolphin shaped vessels that are capable of performing sustained dives, huge jumps, barrel rolls, and many other amazing acrobatic tricks. It is designed and built by Innespace and it can achieve speeds up to 30 mph (surface) and 20 [...]

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Pig Powder Grows Finger Back Like Salamanders

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 22:05 No Comments

Scientists have developed a powder, made from pig tissue, called “pixie dust”, which can be used to re-grow severed members (ie fingers). This dust tends to trick the body to regenerate the missing tissue similarly to a salamander.
First person to try this new technique is US Army Sgt. Shiloh Harris, who lost his finger from [...]

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