In Hong Kong, has opened a chic Aquarium

At the heart of «Aqua Zone» Hong Kong opened a new aquarium. He is one of the ten largest in the world. There are about 5000 sea creatures of more than 400 varieties. I would very much like to see this aquarium, not only in the photo :-)

Creative Chess

And what are the only figures for the game of chess does not come up with! Just as they play? Just as they play? Consider the compilation:) what you liked best? Consider the compilation:) what you liked best?

Amazing Future City Concepts

The future is going to be an amazing place, if science fiction is to be believed; we will have space mining, super soldiers and TVs the size of buildings, and if some architects have their way, we will be watching all of this progress from the ocean or skyscrapers shaped like buckyballs covered in ferns.

Green Towers in the Park

Designed to go up in Seoul South Korea, these things are being developed as a communal park/living space/commercial space. It is being referred to as “sustainable” implying that the people who live here will have little need for the outside world and will only have to come out if they want to. Given the fact that South Korea is about the most video-game crazy nation on earth, it stands to reason that if the community here has an internet connection, they may begin to evolve into a separate species. The project is also being called “Seoul Commune 2006″, implying that they have 16 years to get it put together.

The buildings as you can see are being designed to use lattice-like geometric shapes to allow airflow as well as maximum strength while using a minimum of materials. And yes, they are green because they will be covered in plants. Let’s just hope for their sake that they don’t experience any swarms of Japanese beetles, otherwise they could be the world’s first community wiped out by a garden pest. 

Freedom Ship

The original idea here is inspired; a giant mile long ship that contains everything people might need to survive, apartments, commercial space, docks, an airstrip. The idea was for Freedom ship to be an independent nation and reside out in international waters, circumnavigating the globe every 3 years. Communication with the outside world would be limited to boat trips and small aircraft flights. Unfortunately, Freedom Ship never really got going. The people who conceived it had a hard time raising the billions of dollars needed to build a 1 mile long boat, and the cost only continues to rise with each passing year thanks to inflation.

Then there is the fact that the company trying to put it together has been mired with controversy. As of March of this year, they still haven’t begun building anything, despite the fact that they have been accepting down payments from people who were interested in living on it. They also have released very little information about how they actually expect to accomplish their goals, leading many to believe the whole thing is just a big scam. Press like that makes it hard to raise a few billion, especially when these days people are reluctant to throw down a few grand on even a “sure thing”.

Regatta Jakarta

This is the brainchild of significantly more grounded and forward thinking people. Building has actually begun, and the concept is a lot less ridiculous than a floating nation. There are 10 main buildings, referred to as “tall ships” that are actually apartment buildings, and an eleventh called the “lighthouse” that is a hotel. The whole thing is located near the sea, with great views, and follows a nautical theme. The apartment buildings are named after major port cities (Dubai, Monte Carlo and Miami, for example) and are built facing the direction of the city they are named after.

It’s nice to see that someone in the world not only has a crazy idea, but that it is a smart idea and is actually going through with it. Of course, with my luck, someone will screw up, they’ll pull the plug and I will look like an idiot. (However, I beat them to that years ago)

Penang Global City Center

Here’s what they want to do with this thing, in no particular order:

• two five-star hotels
• performing arts centre
• retail complex
• two office towers
• residential properties
• convention centre
• observatory tower
• parking space
• monorail transportation
• public arena

That is ambitious to say the least. The entire thing is designed to cover 860 square kilometers (534 square miles), which has managed to piss off a large number of locals. Unfortunately, the folks in charge of the project were “undemocratic” in their decision making process, so the angry public blocked their efforts to get started. As for now, nothing has been started, but there is some back and forth going on, with the people who want to build it being a bit more forthcoming with their information about what is going on, and a media blackout against those who oppose it. In the end, let’s hope that if they do manage to build it, no one gets hurt and everyone benefits. (Sparkles and sunshine for everyone!)

The Venus Project

Okay, so this is less of a city and more of a societal restructuring. The Venus project is an attempt to get the world to start thinking green and sustainable. It is also built on the philosophy that we as a species would progress more efficiently if we weren’t so profit minded; if technology progressed independent of profit, we would see more and more profound leaps forward. There is definitely logic in this way of thinking; plenty of superior technologies have been stifled due to companies with more money squashing smaller but more capable competition. Unfortunately, those that have power like to keep it, so that does not bode well for this concept. It sure does sound a lot like Starfleet from Star Trek, where there is no money and everyone lives in a happy world, except we would be lacking Klingons and green alien women who want to sleep with captains and eat everyone in a red shirt. On the other hand, we had a similar concept take hold after the Bolshevik Revolution, and it didn’t work out so well.

Of course, the USSR didn’t have city boats so maybe all will be well this time around.

Sky-Terra

These are a pretty novel idea; rather than using up ground-space to build parks, build huge towers and build them on top of those. They were designed with places like Tokyo in mind, where they don’t have the land to rip down buildings for a park or a greenbelt. The towers would feature grass, fountains, benches… everything you could want in a park, except for that non-terror inducing “being at ground level” thing that usual parks have. To be honest, I don’t think I will be playing catch 10 stories off the ground, I would most likely lay spread eagle in the grass, praying a strong gust of wind doesn’t dash my body on the streets below. Also keep in mind that these were built with Tokyo in mind, a giant city in a country notorious for earthquakes.

On the other hand, the towers are also meant to provide shade and collect rainwater, so they aren’t all terror-games and terrified tourists. Time will tell if this or any of the other bear fruit, but the world will be a cooler place if they do.

Amazing and Creatively Cool Beverage Coasters

 If you think coasters are just meant to keep the glass from tipping over and crashing on the floor you are pretty much right. But, if you believe that coasters happen to be flat and boring, then you are going wrong here. Coasters have no longer remained the same flat piece to hold your favorite vodka, but have become a style statement too. Here we bring some of the creative coasters changing their boring definition. 

iPhone coasters

 One of my favorites, iPhone coasters definitely deserves the place in the list. Taking clue from the iPhone design, this coaster is based on iPhone menu icons. Designed by Meninos design, these coasters are an ideal addition in your geeky apartment. The set of 16 coasters comes with all the apps you iPhone would otherwise contain. There are maps, calculator, and much more. Made from MDF plywood the set of coasters is priced for $60. 

Sentilla Smart drink coasters

 Just like the name, the coasters are smart enough to know when the glass is placed on them. The coasters gives visual feedback using lights embedded within telling whether the drink is placed on it removed. It will also let you know whether or not that drink is empty. Cool enough. 

Splat Stan coasters

 The set of four coasters looks like a person splat under your beverage cup and glass. The orange fellow is made from silicone rubber and is sure to grab the attention each time you pick up a glass of wine, or coffee. The coaster goes for a price of $15.35.  

Pixel punch coasters

 What an amazing design of coasters. It’s just like a playful game that contains custom pixel creations. The coaster lets you design your own custom pixel creations out of them by removing or adding the blocks to the square. Each coaster looks different from the other and is made from a resilient paper fiber. 

Nintendo Mario coasters

 If you love to play Mario, this set of 6 coasters is sure to allure you. The coasters are handmade from Perler beads and come in six different forms featuring a red mushroom, a green mushroom, a fire flower, an invincibility star, a gold coin, and a feather. The set of six is stored in a box with the question mark. 

Soft Sector Coasters

 Floppy disks have nearly faded away now, but for those who still are influenced by the storage device, here is a coasters set for them. The colorful set holds your glass and its pleasing looks make a style statement on your table. The coasters are priced for $40. 

Danger men cooking burger coaster

 The very first sight may look like a tempting burger, but, once you see them broken apart you will find out the real meaning of it. The coasters fit together to make a enticing looking burger you would love to munch. You can get the set of coasters for $15.99.  

Sandal drink coasters

 These fun drink coasters will add some whimsy to your barware. Shaped like sandal, the coasters a great addition in your bar collection and also a great gift for someone. Choose from the ten different styles of coasters and enjoy your cocktail on the toe! 

Custom Coaster Puzzles

 Its’ time to solve some puzzle with these coasters. The coasters are a complete puzzle that opens up to reveal four smaller coasters. You will love to solve the puzzle and grab a glass of wine as well.  

Lego Coasters

 Lego Coasters will add some fun and entertainment to any coffee break and make a great gift idea. Inspired from the Lego building blocks, these flexible 3-D textured coasters will revive back the memories of building blocks. The set of four holds the price tag of $4.98.  

Tic Tac Toe Coasters

 Have you loved to play the cross gane tic tac toe? If yes, this is something for you. The Tic Tac Toe Coasters is a set of five coaster that you can play with. The dual purpose coasters comes with the cross game and can also stick to smooth surfaces such as tiles, mirrors and fridges when not in use.

Super Mario mushroom coasters

After the Nintendo Mario coasters, here is yet another coaster inspired from the Mario game. These Super Mario Mushroom Coasters comes in set of eight for a price of $20. You would love to pop out the mushrooms with the each jump. They will make a great gift for your geeky friends as well.

Unusual and Creative Guitar Designs

 

Guitars never get old, they just get more creative and stranger. In this post, we will feature 17 Creative and Unusual Guitar Designs collected from the world, which might be creative or crazy.

1. Real Lego Guitar

This black Lego Guitar is a functioning instrument with the entire case made out of our favorite childhood toy. Jam out with your friends, and if a piece of the guitar falls off, just snap it back together. Including pick-ups, bridge, and all of the functioning parts, all this baby needs is some strings. And judging from the comments on the source page, Viagra users just love it. 

2. Leaf Guitar  

22 fret Hard maple neck, rosewood finger board, medium fret wire, sealed large tuners and oiled neck for that worn in feel.

* Fixed Bridge easy to intonate and restring
* 1 Green Guitar Heads Hexbucker humbucker pickup
* 1 volume control
* Basswood Body
* DR Evergreen handmade strings .09 gauge
* Custom engraved neck plate, serial numbered
* Custom detailed high gloss finish

 3. AK-47 Guitar

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan shows an AK-47 assault rifle that has been transformed into an electric guitar.

4. Big Foot Guitar  

Famous guitar maker George Marlin has created this magnificent Big Foot guitar which he displayed at the Miami Beach Guitar Festival. The sasquatch sound box is actually just the foot of Bigfoot- an earlier attempt at a full size Bigfoot guitar found that it too difficult to hold a 10 foot tall guitar and it was scaring off the neighborhood kids as well. No idea how it sounds, but in rock n’ roll image is half of everything and this thing looks really freakin’ cool.

5. Transparent Guitar

  Wholesale -2010 New Transparent Ibanez jem 7V Electric Guitar BY Plexiglass. 

 6. Normandy ATGWB-CH Archtop Guitar with Bigsby

* Triple-electroplated chrome
* Aluminum Body constructed of aircraft-grade material
* Hard Rock Maple neck with Rosewood Fretboard
* Bigsby Vibrato Tail Piece
* Gotoh Tuner

 

 7. Ultimate Steampunk Guitar

Thunder Eagle guitars made a fun looking guitar from copper pipes and gears. With pipes and guages and beautiful gears – amazingly she sounds as good as she looks! The creator modified a Rhodes Jackson V, copper plating some pickups, re-facing the guage, and adding some wonderful paint effects.

 8. ESP LTD ALEXI-600 Electric Guitar

ESP/LTD ALEXI 600 SCYTHE SIGNATURE MODEL GUITAR: Features the Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho Signature Model with a Neck-Thru Body Construction, a Maple Neck and an Alder Body. Children of Bodom’s Alexi Laiho, ranked as one of the world’s best guitarists, has four new Signature Series models introduced at NAMM 2009 from ESP and LTD. The ESP Alexi-Scythe, LTD Alexi-600-Blacky, and LTD Alexi-600-Scythe will be available from ESP’s network of dealers and international distributors. Since 2003, Laiho has worked with ESP on all of his signature model guitars. The ESP Alexi-600-Scythe features a neck-thru-body design at 25.5″ scale, with a light alder body and maple neck with a 24 fret ebony fingerboard. The hardware on the model includes Grover tuners, a Floyd Rose 1000 Series Bridge, and a single EMG HZ F-H2 pickup.

9. Custom-Set Neck Electric Guitar  

et the “Led” out in your music with the guitar made famous by Jimmy Page. The Epiphone G-1275 is a stage-dominating two-headed monster that combines a 12-string solid body and a classic 6-string SG in accurate detail. Get high-fret access on both set Mahogany necks on the carved SG Mahogany body and Cherry-finished Flame-Maple top. Both necks feature Rosewood fingerboards with split-parallelogram inlays and a whole lot of heavenly tone with high-output Alnico Classic Plus Humbuckers that are covered on the 12-string side and open coil on the six. Chrome hardware and vintage Kluson tuners complete the look.

10. Spiral Electric Guitar

Designed by Steven Almond and entitled the Spiral Electric Guitar, would immediately center the attention of any audience. Though it may look like more of a gaming peripheral, the guitar is better-suited for football stadiums and basketball arenas than living rooms. It looks slightly uncomfortable to hold and play, but the visual impact can’t be debated. 

  

11. Sprinkler guitar

The Sprinkler Guitar was created in the early 90’s by modifying an old electric with miscellaneous metal objects (including a lawn sprinkler) and a focus on visual design rather than functional qualities. In addition, I made a bass and another guitar in a similar style to give the “band” a unified metal/techno look.

 12. Emerald’s new Dragon – Bahamut

The body is a Chinese dragon that is twisted into the shape of a treble cleff and to top it all off we added another little dragon on the headstock. Of course there always has to be a little something extra and in this case it is the red lasers in the eyes. 

13. Sculpture Guitar 

 14. Spider Guitar

15. Ikon Arachnoid 1 

The body of the Arachnoid 1 is constructed of a poplar wood core for strength and tone and a proprietary resin compound that allows the builders to sculpt and shape finished bodies into new and innovative designs. The resin compound took many prototypes and years to finalize before committing to final production. In addition to the proprietary compounds, Ikon Customs also builds bodies using other materials such as fiberglass, carbon fiber and Kevlar.

16. Stow-Away Travel Guitar

The standard Stow-AwayTM model features traditional styling with a double cut-away, solid alder wood body, three single coil pickups mounted in a 3-ply white pickguard, a headless 25 & 1/2″ scale maple neck with rosewood fingerboard, 22 medium frets, and a linear tuning system. Standard colors include: black, red, dark blue metallic, and two color sunburst, all with gloss polyester finish.  

17. ESP Shinigami  

Once upon a time, a world renowned visuals crew known as ESP sold their name to a little known guitar company caled ESP. Since then, they have admired each other’s work in the custom merchandise field. Today is the day that I will big up their most recent custom; the ESP Shinigami guitar. (Shinigami in Japanese, means Demon) This scary hellspawn retails for above $20,000!! Face-melting riffs a plenty with this psycho looking guitar; a Death-Metal wet dream.