Street art on a small scale
When we think of street art, this would normally conjure up an image of graffiti, artists sitting on the corner of a street or even the really old-fashioned talent of painting on the pavement. However, all artists have different ideas and street art is one of those talents that require the artist to be diverse.
The [...]
Flip flops can damage your feet
As soon the sun appears in the summer sky that piece of footwear known as the flip flop also begins to appear on the feet of almost anyone these days. But although the flip flop of today is far removed from the originals the health problems remain the same.
Because of the design of these shoes, [...]
Finally a motorized suitcase
At last this is the travelling tool of the 21st century, a suitcase which is motorised! Naturally it is not going to be super powerful, in fact it is probably going to be seriously slow and will get on other travellers nerves as they try to push their way through the crowds as they move [...]
June 13, 2008Get a garage for your plane
It would be something like a sci-fi film or book, but the day of the flying car may not be that far away. There is company named ICON who is building a small plane which has folding wings so that it can be easily parked in the garage.
The great thing about these planes is that [...]
Fire destroys famous film sets
The set from some very famous films have been destroyed in a massive fire at the Universal Studio complex in Los Angeles. The site is a huge 400 acres although the fire is to have been contained.
But the set where the “Back to the Future” series of films were made has been destroyed, [...]
One plane passenger to get a shock
A passenger who arrived at the Narita Airport in Japan will be getting a surprise when they open up their bag, as they will find that they have unwittingly become part of a customs training exercise.
In order to test the sniffer dogs, a customs official placed a small packet of cannabis weighing about 142 grams [...]
Ireland to clean up sea of nets
Occasionally there are tales of boats of all sizes being caught up in rogue fishing nets, this can be an inconvenience to larger boats, but for small more fragile craft, this hazard can be seriously dangerous.
These rogue nets are called “Ghost Nets” and not only are they a danger to craft they are also a [...]
Earth waits for alien reply in 2015
It was back in 1983 when the Japanese astronomers Hisashi Hirabayashi and Masaki Morimoto sent a message to the Altair solar system, this would have reached the target location in 1999 and so if there was any life there and they did actually hit the reply button the message should reach earth by 2015!
Of course [...]
Living the island life
It is strange that being stranded on an island can be a total nightmare you only have to watch Lost or Robinson Crusoe to see why, but funnily enough it seems that holidaying on a tropical island is one of the most desirable holidays.
However as with many of these type of holidays the matter of [...]
The hidden underground
For anyone who uses the London Underground whether it is for work or maybe this could be a day trip to the capital, whatever the reason there must have been time when you have seen station that the train passes by, where no passengers ever get on or off, these are the Ghost Stations of [...]