1Chuck Norris Facts Chuck Norris is more famously known as Walker, Texas Ranger. Norris is the object of an Internet phenomenon known as Chuck Norris Facts documenting and proclaiming fictional, often heroic feats and characteristics, which began to circulate in late 2005. Some of them: Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits. Chuck Norris doesn’t …
1Ancient Lost City of Angkor Wat This NASA sattelite photo shows the ancient city of Angkor Wat emerging from the Cambodian rain forest. Visible are large structures, roads, moats, water supply and surrounding habitations and farms. 2Manhattan just after the 9/11 Attacks Lower Manhattan, Post 9/11 Attacks (9:15 AM) –Credit: spaceimaging.com. 3Indonesia, Before and After …
Harold Edgerton built a special lens 10 feet long for his camera which was set up in a bunker 7 miles from the source of the blast which was triggered Nevada – the bomb placed atop a steel gantry anchored to the desert floor by guide wires. The exposures are at 1/100,000,000ths of a second. …
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1Pontiac Bonneville Special (1954) The Pontiac Bonneville Special was a purpose-built concept car unveiled at the General Motors Motorama in 1954, the first 2-seater sports car Pontiac ever produced. Designed by renowned designer Harley J. Earl and hand built by Hommer LaGassey and Paul Gilland, the Special was an experimental car, a two door, grand …
1Nokia 888: the bendable phone You can roll it, bend it, put on your clothes like a clip. It also makes some form changes that makes it more ergonomical: when you want to talk on the phone, the body form turns into the form of the good old telephone. You can personalize these forms and …
1ASIMO: the humanoid robot ASIMO is a humanoid robot created by Honda. Standing at 130 centimeters and weighing 54 kilograms, the robot resembles a small astronaut wearing a backpack, and can walk on two feet in a manner resembling human locomotion at up to 6 km/h (3.7 mph). ASIMO was created at Honda’s Research & …
Mercedes-Benz Bionic The Mercedes-Benz bionic car is a concept vehicle based on examples in nature, in which DaimlerChrysler has also transferred the diesel engine technology of the future to a fully functioning and practical car for everyday use. Bionics – a combination of biology and technology – is a quite recent field of research which …
1William Hung: the Chinese American Idol William Hung is a Chinese American college student and American entertainer who gained fame and notoriety in early 2004 as a result of his poorly received audition performance of Ricky Martin’s hit song “She Bangs” on the third season of the television series American Idol. “Um, I really like …