Showing posts with label creative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label creative. Show all posts

Thursday, January 3, 2013

Upside Down House, Austria

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In the small western Austrian village of Terfens, Polish Architects, Irek Glowacki and Marek Rozhanski have unveiled a house that is literally upside down, both inside and out – It’s now open as a tourist attraction.

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Although there’s been many fictional portrayals of upside down homes, this one is particularly unique because unlike others, the actual house itself, including the foundation, appears to be fully turned on it’s head – as opposed to those who simply place items in an otherwise normal house onto the room’s ceiling.

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Inside, the rooms have an anti-gravity effect. As visitors romp around on the ceilings, each personal effect of the home is kept in place. The fantastical family that “lives” in the upside-down house presumably has young children. Toys dot the outside of the house, and are strewn in the family living and dining area. Stools hang at head height, poised against a counter top.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=PNva0OhF7CE]

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Ballpoint Pen Art

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It’s hard to figure out which one is the photograph and which one is drawn using simple Bic ballpoint pens. Samuel Silva is a 29-year-old from Portugal.  He draws photographic quality images using everyday Bic ballpoint pens.

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Samuel Silva :- Ballpoint pen is not my only medium, it’s just the one I’m currently trying to master. At this point in my life I’m proficient with chalk, pencil, color pencil, pastels, oils and acrylics…Ballpoint pens are as underestimated as they are a powerful medium.  It’s not about what you use, it’s about how you use it.

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For work this good you would think Silva is a professional artist.  Perhaps the most unbelievable part of this story is that this guy is a lawyer!  He makes these amazing drawings in his free time.  The picture above is based on a photograph by Kristina Tararina and only took him about 30 hours to complete

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Q:How many colors do you have and what pens are these?
A: I have 8 colored Bic ballpoint pens, for this I used 6 of them plus black. They are just common everyday ballpoint pens.
Q: Where do you get them? I have never seen them.
A: Staples, Ebay, Amazon, and pretty much any good office supply store, just because you haven’t noticed them before doesn’t mean they don’t exist.
Q: Do you use any other medium mixed with the ballpoint pens?
A: No, I just use ballpoint pens for these drawings. Everything is 100% ballpoint pen.
Q: How do you mix the colors? How do you blend them?
A: I don’t mix them nor blend them. Ballpoint pen ink dries instantly and can not be erased. I just cross hatch the different colors in layers to create the illusion of blending and the illusion of colors I don’t actually have.
Q: Are you a professional Artist?
A: No, I’m just a lawyer, art is just a hobby for me, although it takes from 5 to 50 hours to finish each drawing. I started drawing when I was 2.

For more art, visit Samuel Silva’s website at www.vianaarts.deviantart.com

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Autostadt, Wolfsburg, Germany

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The Autostadt is a visitor attraction adjacent to the Volkswagen factory inWolfsburg, Germany, with a prime focus on automobiles. It features a museum, feature pavilions for the principal automobile brands in theVolkswagen Group, a customer centre where customers can pick up new cars, and take a tour through the enormous factory, a guide to the evolution of roads, and cinema in a large sphere. It is also home to the largest glass doors in the world and the longest printed line. The line starts from outside Wolfsburg and travels through Autostadt to a point on a farm. It is about 4 miles (6.4 km) long.

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The idea for Autostadt was started in 1994 when the concept of documenting the stages of production of Volkswagen vehicles and how the company's operations were showcased at Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany. In 1998, Autostadt, which is German for "Car City", broke ground on the former site of a fuel company bordering Volkswagen's Wolfsburg production plant. Like the adjacent car plant, the site of Autostadt is on the north bank of the Mittellandkanal which appears to have inspired considerable creativity in the projects' designers. The resulting complex is the work of more than 400 architects, created as a new urban center, close to downtown Wolfsburg.

The main pavilion opened in May 2000, providing an opportunity to present famous cars hitherto locked in crates to be shown to the public. By that time it was reported that Volkswagen had invested approximately 850 Million Marks (€435 Million) in the project Autostadt is located next to Volkswagen's main factory which is also an attraction. Every Volkswagen model is available giving the opportunity for the public to choose what they want. Volkswagen then manufactures the car specified according to the purchaser's requirements.

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Autostadt attracts around 2 million visitors a year. It is very popular because of the ultra modern architecture it features in each building. Extensive use is made of water and vegetation between the pavilions and mounds of earth covered in grass are located in the grounds. Modern design is not just incorporated into the pavilions but also into the furniture such as benches and chairs.

It has a small track for the off-road Volkswagen Touareg underneath the bridge which leads from the main town to the Autostadt which is located above the main canal cutting through the city, the Mittelland Canal. Visitors must be able to show driver's licenses before being able to drive the vehicles. First, the guide drives the car around the track showing the features of the vehicle and giving information of the vehicle's capabilities. After driving around the track, the visitor can then drive around the track under the surveillance of the guide who sits in the passenger seat. Any other passengers sit in the back. Features of the track include a 21 degree angled hill, another hill which is angled on the side, a water tank, a sand pit which is located under a road bridge, a log road and a numerous small mounds which allow one wheel to be raised off the ground. The price of this runs at about €25 (2005 prices).

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There is a mini track for children where they can drive small electric cars in the form of Volkswagen Beetles.

Autostadt has a large variety of multimedia activities and devices which include car design software. There is a room exhibiting the advantages and disadvantages different fuels have on the performance of cars. There are twocinemas which show small films in German. One of these cinemas is located in its own purpose built buildings and is in a large sphere.

Major attractions are some famous cars, such as the first petrol vehicle produced, and the Beetle.

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There are two 60 meter/200 ft tall glass silos used as storage for new Volkswagens. The two towers are connected to the Volkswagen factory by a 700 metre underground tunnel. When cars arrive at the towers they are carried up at a speed of 1.5 metres per second. The render for the Autostadt shows 6 towers. When purchasing a car from Volkswagen (the main brand only, not the sub-brands) in select European countries, it is optional if the customer wants it delivered to the dealership where it was bought or if the customer wants to travel to Autostadt to pick it up. If the latter is chosen, the Autostadt supplies the customer with free entrance, meal tickets and a variety of events building up to the point where the customer can follow on screen as the automatic elevator picks up the selected car in one of the silos. The car is then transported out to the customer without having driven a single meter, and the odometer is thus on "0".

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There is also a room with interactive devices which provide information on the design of cars using Audi as an example. Computer software allows visitors to design their own cars using features from Audi cars and send them to an email address and get them printed at the printer located in the centre of the room.

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[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rAQ0ewhZWs4]

Thursday, December 6, 2012

World’s largest 3D anamorphic street painting in the Canary Wharf district of London

World’s largest 3D anamorphic street painting in the Canary Wharf district of London

Amazing Auto, Chennai, India

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmPB7fsvCg8

This auto in Chennai has everything from magazines, recharges, contests to wi-fi. Annadurai loves to entertain his passengers. Take a ride with this crazy auto driver

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Urine-powered generator unveiled at international exhibition

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Four African girls have created a generator that produces electricity for six hours using a single liter of urine as fuel.


The generator was unveiled at last week's Maker Faire in Lagos, Nigeria, by the four teens Duro-Aina Adebola, Akindele Abiola, and Faleke Oluwatoyin, all age 14, and Bello Eniola, 15.


So how exactly does the urine-powered generator work?




  • Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which separates out the hydrogen.

  • The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.

  • The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.

  • This purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator.


And as for delivering the fuel itself? Well, we'll leave that up to the consumer.

Thursday, November 29, 2012

Trampoline Bridge, Paris, France

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We could cross the river Seine on a regular ol' stone bridge. Or, we could dream up the most whimsical -- and consequently difficult -- way of crossing Paris' main artery, transforming the commute into something extraordinary.

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Design firm Atelier Zündel Cristea opted for the latter. They conceptualized a bridge for the river Seine made up of humungous floating trampolines.

As the design firm puts it, the bridge is "dedicated to the joyful release from gravity."

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three donut-shaped PVC structures filled with 3,700 cubic meters of air. In the center of each of these giant life preservers is a trampoline measuring 30 meters in diameter. These floating bouncy platforms are twisted to form arches and attached together with cord to form a bridge connecting the banks of the river Seine.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vo9qdPDm3qk

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Nikolai Aldunin

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Nikolai Aldunin is a Russian artist noted for his microscopic art described as "masterpieces" and "pioneering work", "famous in Russia and around the world". His work includes a T-34 tank a fraction of the size of an apple seed and composed of more than 200 pieces, made of pure gold and described as "perfect copy of a real vehicle"; a gold saddle and horse shoes for a flea; and a camel train in the eye of a needle. He has motivated the creation of a museum for miniatures in Moscow.

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Saturday, October 13, 2012

LULA Lung Lamp...

LULA Lung Lamp...

LULA is a product that collects data and indicates the air quality in your room. If it’s connected to the internet, it can process the data and tell you the health issues that you are facing in that situation and how you can avoid having problems caused by the quality of air.

Orbital Washing Machine...

Orbital Washing Machine...

Washing clothes has never been so easy. With the incorporated basket you can load and unload the clothes in the washing machine as easy as 1, 2, 3. This isn’t the only innovative feature. The spherical drum is moving on two axes washing your clothes better than the old washing machines that use only one axe.

iQ Alarm clock...

iQ Alarm clock...

Instead of the snooze button which you unwillingly press in the morning, this alarm clock has questions that need your lucidity to solve them. This way, you will surely get up fast in the morning.

Senzo Nightlight...

Senzo Nightlight...

It’s really annoying during the night when you wake up and not find the light switch. The solution is provided by Soledad Clavell and Marcos Madia who created this wonderful nightlight that lights up the room when touching it.

Sony Eclipse...

Sony Eclipse...

This Sony Eclipse concept created by Hoang M Nguyen and Anh Nguyen is a media player that uses photovoltaic cells situated on its backside to draw in solar power. With this player you have a slight change of seeing the battery low warning very very rare.

iPhone Fan...

 

iPhone Fan...The Fan is rotatable, and the wing is soft, so it is safe. It is a most popular  phone gadgets this summer!

Rinser Toothbrush...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=u9c3UZ2KHH0

This toothbrush is just like any other except that it makes your life easier if you wish to rinse your mouth.

Friday, October 12, 2012

Music Translator...

Music Translator...

EyeMusic is a set of glasses that have a camera and headphones. The camera scans the viewpoint for images and translates those images into music for the blind.