Nick Veasey is not superman, but he has one of his superpowers: X-Ray vision. Veasey spends his time taking stunning X-ray photographs, including this Boeing 777 and its twin GE90-115B turbofan engines, which took three months and 500 separate x-rays.
via Gizmodo.
Some inspiring tips from the always interesting Unclutter blog…
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MAD’s proposal for the future Beijing 2050 was first revealed at its exhibition MAD IN CHINA in Venice during the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale. Beijing 2050 imagined three scenarios for the future of Beijing―a green public park in Tiananmen Square, a series of floating islands above the city’s CBD, and the “Future of Hutongs,” which featured metallic bubbles scattered over Beijing’s oldest neighborhoods. Three years later, the first hutong bubble has appeared in a small courtyard in Beijing.
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More leaks ahead of the Geneva motor show, this time the KERS assisted Ferarri 599…
This new concept is equipped with an electric motor that would be producing 100hp and 137Nm of torque. The electric motor is attached on the back-end of the rear-mounted transmission, and a battery pack located under the floor.
Ferrari, as it is expedited, will use a version of Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) that debuted during the 2009 Formula 1 season on the 599. Also, This extra power is a quid pro quo for the extra weight of approximately 100kg, thus making this 599 Hybrid faster than the stock model.
via Auto Motto.
Super car makers could learn something from Apple regarding launch secrecy, here’s the latest from Koenigsegg…
Under a wondrous carbon fiber body and aluminum honeycomb chassis, Agera is powered by the same 4.7-liter V8, but total power has been increased to 910hp and 811 pound-feet of torque, allowing the 2,832-pound Agera to hit 62mph in 3.1 seconds with a top speed of over 242mph.
via Auto Motto.
Eric Zener is an American photorealist artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools.
via Photography Art Blog.
Helicopters make a lot of noise because of a physical phenomenon called blade-vortex interaction. Eurocopter engineers have developed a new kind of rotor blade that attenuates this problem. It’s called Blue Edge.
The new blade shape is combined with another technology called Blue Pulse, which adds three flaps to the edge of the rotor blades. These flaps move up and down at 15 to 40 times per second, using piezoelectric motors that also help to reduce the blade-vortex interaction.
via Gizmodo.
It’s when they start comparing iceberg to the size of countries, that I start to worry!
An iceberg the size of Luxembourg has broken off from a glacier in Antarctica after being rammed by another giant iceberg, scientists said on Friday, in an event that could affect ocean circulation patterns.
The 2,500 sq km (965 sq mile) iceberg broke off earlier this month from the Mertz Glacier's 160 km (100 miles) floating tongue of ice that sticks out into the Southern Ocean. The collision has since halved the size of the tongue that drains ice from the vast East Antarctic ice sheet.
via Giant iceberg breaks off from Antarctic glacier | Top News | Reuters.
