Stacee Kalmanovsky - Rain, 2005 - suspended glass droplets
Twisted Cities by Victor Enrich
Victor Enrich has two skills: taking amazing architectural photographs and then fucking them up via photo manipulation to create these architectural anomalies. They look like great zombie-defense fortresses to me… maybe he’s onto something.
German solar power plants produced a world record 22 gigawatts of electricity per hour - equal to 20 nuclear power stations at full capacity - through the midday hours on Friday and Saturday, the head of a renewable energy think tank said.
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Can we have this tech now please? I know coal is fun and everything, but yeah, renewable energy from the sun sounds pretty good right now.
In Oslob, a small town in the province of Cebu, Philippines, 12 fishermen were able to get up close and personal with half a dozen whale sharks; an interaction rarely seen between man and whale shark. The fishermen in the area have built up a kind of relationship with these huge creatures and their appreciation and affection was evident in their actions and behavior. The whale sharks followed the men on their boats and the men were able to hand-feed the sharks brine shrimp. [x]
Dublin
You see, this is what I love about Ireland.
Most people would look at that rock and say; “gosh, that’s a pretty cool rock, I wonder how it stays up like that?”
No. That is not the right way to do things.
The Irish look at that and say; “I’m going to build a house on that fucker.”
An innovative initiative is taking place in the Philippines to bring sustainable lighting to homes in impoverished communities. Empty plastic bottles are installed in the roof, filled with water and bleach they refract sunlight. These “solar light bulbs” provide light equivalent to a 55watt light bulb.
See how they’re made here. From Visual News
Damn that’s awesome.
that is awesome.
A fantastic idea!
… Holy shit.
i watched something about this a while ago. their living conditions are so poor, and this extremely simple thing makes such a big difference.
This is motherfucking brilliant.
When I used to live in Manila, I saw some of the homes near the Pasig River that had these installed. Initially, I thought “Why are people putting soda bottles on their roofs?” Then someone told me about it. After that, every time I passed by that area, I couldn’t help but be in awe that something so brilliant could come from something so simple.
