Scrolling wheel workout for your computer mouse
+ visual feast for your eyes
Yet another “computer specific” (or rather “monitor-specific”) art-form is emerging on the net - images designed for viewing by scrolling down, and down, and down - to marvel at the VERTICALLY unfolding vistas. It also can be a bit disorienting… Have a look at these examples:
A world record weightlifting in its class. 1600 metric tons.
They are “crane ships”: jumbo vessels with installed cranes, designed to serve MechaGodzillas, hmm… no, load containers, assist in offshore construction and lift various heavy loads.
Dutch company JumboShip makes some outstanding vessels of this kind (first two photos):
Controversial Cyberpunk Art …but really just lashing out against any ideology and indoctrination: the work of Dutch artist Bart Van Leeuwen may amaze and even shock you. It’s the edgiest technology/propaganda hybrid that I’ve seen in years. With the exclusive permission of the artist, these are a few examples - See complete catalogue of his works at Imallfake.comRead the rest of this entry »
Like some Godzilla monster, the giant crane looms over the city
Early in the morning it arrives at the city dock to begin the bridge construction for the man-made island in Kagoshima bay. Boom length: 132m. Lifting capacity: 3700 tons!
It’s “Yoshida” - Japanese biggest floating crane, built by Mitsubishi heavy Industries Division.
This is a case of split identity: two prototype cars wore the same gorgeous body designed by the great Italian design firm Pininfarina in 1968-1969. First was Pininfarina Ferrari 250 Prototipo P5, shown in Geneva in 1968; the second - Pininfarina Alfa Romeo 33 Coupe Prototipo Speciale made for the Paris show in 1969
Treat your eyes to the slim and sensual forms the likes of which has not graced the highways since.. well, 1969. Certainly we can not complain if Pininfarina’s design virtuosos used it on more than one prototype car.
(Images credit: AllSportAuto)
Construction of this plane, the equivalent of America’s “Air Force One”, started in Voronezh several years ago.A Bristol firm “Diamonite Aircraft Furnishings” has won a £10m contract to refurbish the Russian presidential plane.
