Aug 12 2010

Walking the Amazon

Ed Stafford, a former British Army captain has just become the first man to walk the length of the Amazon river in South America from the source to the sea. He started on 2nd April 2008 and finished on 9th August 2010, after 859 days of walking. What an amazing feat. Congratulations!

Ed started the expedition [...]

Aug 10 2010

Flight from Newyork to Berlin

Here is a hilarious visual diary documenting a flight from New York to Berlin (with a layover in London).
Created by illustrator and designer Christoph Niemann, this is amazingly hilarious and it perfectly describes what it’s like to be on a long flight. I have posted only two pictures. Don’t miss the rest of the [...]

Jul 30 2010

Helmet experiments

Checkout some interesting helmet design concepts from Good. More concepts can be found here. [via]

Jul 20 2010

Typical meal

Ever wondered what a typical meal is like in different parts of the world?
Cultural geographers Peter Menzel and Faith D’Aluisio visited twenty-five families in twenty-one countries to create a collection of photographs of what people around the world eat in a typical week.
Following are some of the pictures. Check out the complete set [...]

Jul 14 2010

Colors of the world

Morocco
Here are some beautiful pictures taken at different parts of the world. Don’t miss the complete collection.

Peru

Holland

Jul 12 2010

Digital storescapes - Twitter based murals

The Canadian Tourism Commission (CTC) has launched an innovative and interactive mural campaign using Twitter. These murals pull content from Twitter to display real-time updates from and about Canada. These are installed on different streets of New York, Chicago and Los Angeles.
The murals feature touchscreen interfaces that centralize tourist buzz by displaying live tweets [...]

May 25 2010

Chairless - Pocket Chair

Chairless is a product of Vitra, a furniture company based in Switzerland.
Designed by Chilean architect Alejandro Aravena, chairless is basically not a chair but can be called as a tool for sitting. This simple design uses a textile strap which is joined into a loop measuring 85 centimeters in length and five centimeters in [...]

May 18 2010

Birthday Surprise

Mukhtar is a bus-driver from Copenhagen. On his birthday on May 5th, Arriva, the European bus company he works for organized a special event. Watch the video of the event below. They’ve done a number of these style events to make a better work environment for their bus drivers in Copenhagen. Really cool!

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Apr 9 2010

Dailyroads Voyager

DailyRoads Voyager is a free application for Android-powered mobile phones, allowing for continuous video recording from vehicles. Essentially, the application acts as a video black box (like a flight recorder), recording everything, but only keeping what the user is really interested in. The user is usually the driver of a car, who can now quickly [...]

Nov 12 2009

Honda Uniscooter

Pursuing the concept of “harmony with people”, Honda has developed a new personal mobility technology and unveiled U3-X, a compact experimental device that fits comfortably between the rider’s legs, to provide free movement in all directions just as in human walking - forward, backward, side-to-side, and diagonally. [via]

Checkout a similar product called Yike Bikes.

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