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Weekend activity: Cloud spotting
With the weekend coming up we would like to suggest to you something different: Cloud watching or cloud spotting as its also called by UK based Pretor-Pinney who has founded the Cloud Appreciation Society. The society now has about 5000 members from 39 countries. 38 year old Oxford University graduate Pretor-Pinney who calls himself a [...]
Interactive Map: World’s Most Polluted Places
The Blacksmith Institute has created a list and interactive map of the Top-10 worlds worst polluted places. The list was compiled with the help of a technical advisory board including experts from John Hopkins, Hunter College and Harvard University. The Top-10 were selected from more then 300 potential sites by evaluating where human health is [...]
SkyscaperPage.com: World’s tallest buildings
If you ever wanted to know what the world’s tallest building look like, where they are and other details, have a look at Skyscaperpage.com diagram pages. On 280 pages it lists 6978 buildings starting with the Burj Dubai (807.7 m) down to some smaller towers with “only” 50 floors. Additional details are available together with [...]
Full length (updated: was) online: Who killed the Electric Car?
Those of us that did not get a chance to watch Chris Pane’s documentary “Who killed the Electric Car?” when it was released during June 2006 now, thanks to Google Video, got a chance to watch it in full length from our computers. Wikipedia and IMDb both provide additional information on the movie. We have [...]
Animated Map: Imperial History of the Middle East
Did you ever wanted to know who has controlled the Middle East over the course of history? Maps of War has created an Flash animated map that let you flip through 5000 years of history in less then 2 minutes.It shows you how over time empires have come and gone together with their reach. And [...]
