Construction Begins Within One of Beijing’s Largest Public Parks

Construction has begun on MAD’s Chaoyang Park Plaza, an extension of Ma Yansong’s “Shan-Shui City” concept, which focuses on adding more nature to the urban environment. As someone who has been to Beijing, I know…

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Gravity Max: World’s First “Tilting Roller Coaster” Offers True 90° Drop Madness

The Gravity Max “tilt roller coaster” ride at Lihpao Land Discovery World in Houli, Taichung, Taiwan, may be the scariest roller coaster ride on the planet. Gravity Max hangs riders over a 13 story vertical…

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GoPro Video Captures Cockpit View of USAF A-10 Thunderbolt Takeoff

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to takeoff in an A-10? Thanks to footage from a GoPro, you can get a POV look inside the cockpit of a U.S. Air Force A-10…

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Microsoft To Acquire The Company Behind Minecraft For $2.5 Billion!

Microsoft is set to acquire Mojang AB, the company behind the popular video game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. The acquisition comes in the midst of a major push by Microsoft to stimulate its Xbox business,…

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How Vacant World Cup Stadiums Could Be Turned Into Housing

Brazil may be the soccer capital of the world, but surveys show 52% of Brazilians did not support hosting the World Cup in their own country. Thousands of Brazilians lost their homes for the construction…

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SciCast: World’s Largest Crowdsourced Science and Technology Forecasting Site

Creating a “Social Process” to Answer Technology and Futurism Questions Dr. Robin Hanson and Dr. Charles Twardy of George Mason University lead the SciCast project, which has become the largest crowdsourced science and technology forecasting…

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“Spiraling Into Control” of Quiet and Efficient Residential Wind Generation

In a “Eureka!” moment, Dutch company Archimedes, named for the renowned ancient mathematician, has designed a nautilus shaped silent wind turbine. The Liam F-1 promises to become the “next generation” of wind generation. Archimedes (c.287…

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12-Foot Long, 26-Pound Kayak Folds Nealty into Carrying Case You Can Store in Your Car

Transporting your kayak just got a lot easier thanks to the new foldable, 26-pound Oru Kayak. The 12-foot-long kayak can fold up into a 33 x 29-inch carrying case along with a collapsible paddle and…

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Bulb Eater Lamp Crusher: The “Cookie Monster” of Florescent Light Bulbs

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder: for Cookie Monster, it is cookies, for the Bulb Eater it is florescent light tubes. A company called Aircycle Corporation of Lisle, Illinois, has designed a contraption…

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All-Black Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Makes Its Debut!

Boeing’s new sleek looking, all-black 787-9 Dreamliner has been delivered to Air New Zealand with about 1,000 Boeing employees and Air New Zealand executives on hand for the debut. The plane is lighter than its…

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