Here's a building design that's a bit different from the norm: Singapore's digital cloud skyscraper, entitled "My Dream, Our Vision." It uses permutated cubes to create a pixilated look, making it looks like something fresh out of the internet.
It's clearly just a design for now, but it was a finalist in a competition to design a pavilion for the World Expo 2010. Will it ever become a reality? Who knows, but I sure would love to see something this fantastical and different pop up in a city. Normal skyscrapers are so passé, after all.
I don't think it's a stretch to say that this planned Huaxi city center for Guiyang, China is just bananas. B-A-N-A-N-A-S! It's an architectural fever dream created by 11 different firms, invited and overseen by Beijing-based MAD architects. It's supposed to mimic nature rather than cater to the traditional design of a city: "The city is no longer determined by the leftover logic of the industrial revolution (speed, profit, efficiency) but instead follows the 'fragile rules' of nature," MAD said in a release. You may remember MAD for their work on that crazy floating star-shaped city we showed you. While neither this nor that will probably ever be built, MAD is still known for pushing the limits — even when designing real buildings, like Sinosteel Plaza.
Anyone who has braved sub freezing temperatures to sit on an icy road installing old fashioned tire chains, knows that most of us will do whatever we can to avoid this unpleasant task. I'm happy if I can just scrape the ice off the windows, then I try not to slide around too much on my snow tires.
Perhaps with some Snobootz, I'd be more willing to install a grippier solution when it gets really slick. Working kind of like a jacket that you wrap around the tire, the Snobootz have metal cleats that can really dig into ice, and the maker claims they are much easier than chains to install or remove. Popular Science found that they worked great, although the pressure from the car running over the Velcro straps made them tough to unleash.
Snobootz are available now for about $200-250 a pair depending on the size. Sounds reasonable to me if they can save you from a soaked and frozen butt.
Intel is moving beyond the 45nm chip into denser territory. The company gave a first-ever demo of a 32nm Westmere chip — though no performance benchmarks are available at this time — and rumor has it that the packed processors could make their way into laptops as early as this year. We're inclined to believe that rumor as Intel just sank $7 billion dollars into American factories in Arizona, New Mexico and Oregon, and Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini even got a call from President Obama to commend him.
Otellini said Obama called him last night to congratulate him on company's decision. The president "reminded me that he sees the Intel logo every morning when he opens up his laptop; I was pleased to hear that," he noted.
Intel's move to produce the chips in the US as opposed to overseas will come as a boon to American labor, and its $7 billion is an investment in American infrastructure. The company could have scored incentives by going with foreign plants already geared to produce 32nm chips, which will most likely replace 45nm processors as the most profitable chip configuration to manufacture very soon.
I know that i'm a bit late in posting the trailer here and you may have watched it yourself by now. But still for the ignorants one, This is Angels And Demons trailer for the movie based on the novel by Dan Brown. The book was actually the prequel to The Da Vinci Code, but director Ron Howard has made the movie as the sequel to the earlier movie.
The movie has Tom Hanks reprising the role of Robert Langdon, the Harward professor, who is now on a mission to find out the murderers of a particle physicist Dr. Leonard Vetra and his clashes with the Vatican officials and the mystery of a secret cult known as Illuminati.
Ayelet Zurer plays the role of Vittoria Vetra and Ewan McGregor plays the Camerlengo Carlo Ventresca.
Since I've been fascinated by the book, i just can't wait for the movie to release. Ron Howard has also made some changes in the character of Robert Langdon, like in this movie he's not going to stand and give speeches, but he'll stay on the move while he's talking. Well what effect it will have on his charcter will only be seen after the relaese of the movie.
These powertoys can help you a lot. These include a program known as Tweak UI, a powerful calculator and more. Wonder why microsoft doesn't include these with its OS.
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