Archive | June, 2011

Anamorphosis At Its Best

Posted on 30 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Lifestyle

Without a cylindrical mirror these paintings would look meaningless. This kind of art is called Anamorphosis and comes from the Greek words meaning “formed again.” It’s basically paintings that can be viewed only with a special device. In this case a cylindrical mirror is the solution, and the amazing paintings are made by Indian artist […]

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Concordia Research – The Loneliest Place On Earth

Posted on 29 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Places

Have you ever wondered how the end of this planet looks like? Now you guys got the chance. On the Antarctic Plateau in Antarctica there is located the Concordia Research Station which operate every day every year. The summer temperature tend to be -25C, so just imagining the winter makes you scared. You would maybe […]

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The Raw Anatomy Of Letters

Posted on 28 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, WTF

Letters are something that don’t have an anatomy, that is just absurd. But still I’m wrong, they do have, according to these images. The craziest thing is that they look so real that it’s disgusting but fun at the same time. Artist Andreas Scheiger is the one that has come up with the idea that […]

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Amazing Photos Of Earth Landscapes Taken From The Space

Posted on 27 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Places

How weird would it be if you could look down at the planet Earth, just look down at the planet and think: “I actually live there”. It has to be an amazing feeling for all astronauts, and the rest of us can just dream about it. Anyways, here are some amazing photos of the Earth […]

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If Logos Were Honest

Posted on 26 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Funny&Crazy

Does it make any sense? Finally the logos are telling the truth about their companies, brands or whatever it is. This was the idea of the genius Swedish designer Viktor Hertz. He thought: Why shouldn’t logos be honest? Maybe because then they wouldn’t sell at all? He has even fixed the layout on the logos, […]

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Real-Life Jurassic Park Experience in Cuba

Posted on 24 June 2011 in: Animal Oddity, Featured Articles

We know how dinosaurs looked like, and some of us have seen skeletons of them at museums, but how cool would it be if we could see life sized models of them? That actually exists, believe it or not. In “Valle de la Prehistoria” that is located near the city of Santiago de Cuba there […]

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Totally Weird Steampunk Monocles

Posted on 23 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Technology

Monocles were really popular back in the 1890’s when this kind of eye wear was associated with rich upper-class men and capitalists. It was a pretty simple glass that they put in front of their eye, but now steampunk lovers have made their own interpretation of the monocle. It’s not as simple as the usual […]

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Baby Fish Living In The World’s Smallest Aquarium

Posted on 21 June 2011 in: Animal Oddity, Featured Articles

Anatoly Konenko is a Siberian craftsman that is responsible for the smallest aquarium in the world. It is so small that it’s only 30 x 24 x 14 mm and it about contains 10 ml of water. It’s obvious that normal fish can’t fit in it, so it’s made exclusively for small baby fish that […]

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Stunning 150 Years Old 3D Photos

Posted on 20 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Lifestyle

We are all aware of the fact that there were no 3D effects 150 years ago. Well, maybe that’s just a theory, because they actually had something alike 3D that they called stereo photography. It was pretty popular during the Civil War in 1861. Here you can see a selection of Civil War photographs that […]

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Immortal Bridge In China Made From Rocks

Posted on 17 June 2011 in: Featured Articles, Places

The Yellow Mountains in China has some amazing heights. It is so high up there that you can literally see how the clouds are touching the mountain walls under you. That’s right, under you. One of the mountains Mount Tai has something that they call the Immortal Bridge. It’s basically a bridge that is made […]

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