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24 Karat Gold Mirror Lenses On Zeiss New Glasses

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 16:14 No Comments

 

If you are an ultrarich person who wants to buy sunglasses that make the difference and state how rich you are, then here is what to buy. Zeiss has designed glasses with 24 karat gold mirror lenses. They come out in black or white frame and will set you back $18,165. A small price to [...]

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The Vortex Fountain Combines Art With Cool

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 15:50 No Comments

 

William Pye has managed to combine art with cool, with his latest creation Charybdis, ie the Vortex Fountain. It does not shoot water like normal fountains do, instead it creates a huge vortex in its center. The acrylic transparent cylinder and its circularly pumped water will definitely dazzle your neighbors and friends.

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Chinese Flooded Restaurant Is Newest Trend

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 15:18 No Comments

The city of Xiangfan, China, has now a new trendy attraction, the flooded restaurant. After the heavy floods in the area the owner was thinking of closing it down, but he then noticed that diners started pouring in to enjoy eating in ankle deep waters. So if you are planning on visiting China do [...]

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Martin Jetpack Becomes A Reality

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 14:47 No Comments

 

Glenn Martin, spend 27 years of his life to fulfill the dream of thousands out there, to design a working jetpack!
He showed his creation to the world at the EAA AirVenture, where the jetpack helped his 16 year old son hover 3 feet of the ground for 45 seconds. The current specs [...]

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Cow-Fart Storing Tank To Stop Greenhouse Gases

Thursday, July 10, 2008 14:41 No Comments

 

The fart mostly consists of a gas called Methane, which happens to be 23 times easier to trap heat in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. One of the most fart producing living beings on this planet is the cow, which produces 800-1,000 litres of gas every day! Considering that Argentina alone has 55 million [...]

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Japanese Man Works Him Self To Death

Thursday, July 10, 2008 14:16 No Comments

Karoshi in Japanese is the death from overworking. That’s right people over there actually work, unlike most westerners that do their 8 hours per day and complain. This time the Karoshi hit one of the lead car engineer in Toyota. The 45 year old died from working too many hours (80 hours over time each [...]

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