It has all: Sun, Sand, Sea minus Beach. If you are willing to compromise on the presence of beach then located on Weymouth beach in Dorset, UK, here stands the world’s largest and only sand castle hotel made wholly of sand. And it is also missing on clandestine or any shower or toilet services and hence leaving you with the only option to sit with legs crossed. A team of six was engaged for continuous eight days (12-14 hours/day or 600 hour’s total) to erect the 50 foot square by 13 foot high sand hotel. Featuring sand pillow, sand bed and other sandy interiors, the structure is formed using 1,000 tons of Weymouth beach sand and water from the sea.

The under sky family room offers scenic beauty and features a double and single bed constructed using sand and costing a petty $21 (£10) for a night stay under starry skies. The structure is a creation by sculptor Mark Anderson who was bespoken by the site LateRooms.com, designed to offer an appeal similar to that of a giant sand castle.

I would suggest you to reserve yourself a room a tough tide or rain washes it off. It can be done by calling ‘LateRooms’ sand hotel booking hotline, citing “Under the Stars” on 020 7841 6682.

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Via BBC/ LifeInaFastLane/ ItsGreenDesign

Can you recall the Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic Mothership? News is today Virgin Founder, Sir Richard Branson and SpaceShipOne designer, Burt Rutan, hauled back the barn doors on the novel WhiteKnightTwo (WK2) carrier airliner. Touted as the world’s largest all carbon fused jumbo jet, the vehicle can ride at an utmost elevation of 50,000 ft and its U.S. coast-to-coast assortment will enable the spacecraft to be send out on long interval voyage. Driven by four Pratt and Whitney PW308A engines, the WhiteKnight2 is an airplane that will commence SpaceShipTwo into suborbital space.

The flight for WK2 will commence once it reaches an apposite juncture in a broad test program that has by now begun with ground tests. The flight test program will be all-inclusive even prior to SpaceShipTwo is approved as a consignment for the first time in 2009. It is being told that Richard Branson and his family will be the first one to bore the flight that will last 2.5-hours with five minutes of weightlessness before the craft reaches back to Earth.

Via Wired / CrunchGear

During the corresponding year of 2007, Google.org initiated RechargeIT, a program to hasten the espousal of plug-in stimulating automobiles. Since then, it is inviting investment proposals from teams functioning on expertise germane to this initiative. And today is a fortunate day for Google philanthropic gang as they have inked their first RechargeIT reserves in two capable firms undertaking the brave of vehicle electrification. Based in California, Aptera Motors is engaged in developing an ultra-high competence motor vehicle based on enhanced aerodynamics and fused supplies. Aptera’s first sample generated around 230 miles per gallon during testing period, and currently they are geared up to develop an all-electric and a plug-in hybrid automobile with the design as its base.

Whist ActaCell is known for delivery of lithium-ion battery expertise urbanized at the University of Texas at Austin. The technology assures superior battery cycle life within a budgeted cost and maintains the safety of battery. Google is hopeful that both these revolutionary companies along with their teams are competent to develop technology that is critical in enabling us apprehend the RechargeIT vision: Countless plug-in vehicles ready to burn the roads.

Via CNet / Google

With the surging rise at the technological front and growing population and pollution, the overt need expressed by every second person is the availability of the flying cars. And again the simpler response to calm or shun their needs is the routine statement: It is difficult to produce one. But now you ca revive your hopes as Moller International has plans to unveil their flying vehicles by 2009. Currently running in the completion stage of volantor airframe, it is anticipated that counted 40 models running on fly-by-wire, multi-engine would be delivered by 2009. The preliminary volantor sculpt available for sale in 1009 would be the M200G Jetson, designed for functionality at up to 10-feet above ground level.

Designed and developed as a vertical take off & landing (VTOL) fast, the budgeted two passenger personal leisure vehicle is inhibited to this elevation so that machinists will not be in requisite to avail a pilot’s license. Moller is hoping the success of it’s operationally along with safety during a nearly scheduled demo, which would shun the question of attaining private pilot’s license for taking a ride over it. The credit for its easy performance of M200G Jetson goes to integrated wire computer technology that supports the flying functionality leaving the pilot with the choice to take it in the direction he wishes to.

The vibration free models produces less noise and is competent to tour short distances on the ground likewise a sedan. Besides M200G, the Company is all set to offer the M200E, a kit-built edition of the Jetson that would be available for sale in early 2010. The sale of this limited edition Jetson will happen via an international auction and the prospective bidder can qualify as the proud owner by shelling out $150,000.

Via Gizmag

Yes, you heard it right! And the courtesy for such a whopping price tag of Damas-designed Kohl magazine, ITP Lifestyle magazine goes to its bejeweled cover page featuring Katrina Kaif captured by celebrity photographer Avinash Gowariker! Targeting Asian women, the face of the magazine comes dipped in 91 grams of gold and festooned with 622 diamonds. Thanks to the alliance with an established UAE-based jeweler Damas that the magazine is valued at more than $10,000 and is anticipated to undergo auction for the Rashid Pediatric Therapy Centre in October 2008. The gold-slapped cover of Kohl respects Bollywood diva Katrina Kaif, who was voted the Sexiest Woman by a famous international magazine.

Total 86 hours were invested by Damas craftsmen to hand-apply layers of gold leaf to a specially-treated gold-edition of the exclusive magazine. If you are unaware then the glitzy front cover of the world’s most costly magazine issue preserves all of its unique content, assuring its idyllic exhibit appealor one-off gift for either a compassionate or dedicated aficionada of Kaif. After all the gold-creation designed for a noble cause throws an opportunity for fashionistas to express their love for Kaif and earn some novelty.
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With Boeing and Airbus busy developing latest models of airliners, a thought evolves where to shun world’s marketable fleets that have minted money till date. Are they supposed to be shunned away? Well, transforming them into fragment metal or retrieving as many old parts as possible is one common argument but it seems an astute industrialist based in Korea cannot settle at anything less than extraordinary. And hence here stands World’s fist Boeing 747 (numbered N747-10) turned into a restaurant and still maintaining its identity of a profitable venture. With no answer to how the aircraft was transported to this site, it claims to accommodate over 150 tables.

You would be glad to know that one of the engines of 747 Jumbo has been rehabilitated to a daily privileged menu so that clients can choose what to order before boring their flight.
Enjoy the distant visit to this airplane turned restaurant.

Via NewLaunches

Bizarre Magazine is now touching the heights of the weird world and has declared aloud that it can’t settle for anything ordinary. Hence the guys behind him have tracked down Zombie Boy; a facially tattooed Montreal youth who’s persona has invited a lot of critique questioning his reason. Whilst earlier the tattoo was restricted to an awfully meticulous facial skull but now Rick, Zombie Boy has invested over $4000 to satiate his quest for a tattooed zombie.

He considers this tattooed appeal the human body as a cadaver the art of a putrid corpse. It’s also a tribute to horror movies, which I love.
Bizarre Magazine interviewed him concerning his manifestation, his inspiration and how he’s dealing with disparagement and his Internet renown.



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Summerlicious 2008 would have missed its current charm in Toronoto, had the event won’t have being harmonized with unique dining experience. Jerrold from BlogTO details his experience of having an epicurean cuisine at 115-feet above the ground during Dinner in the Sky event in Toronoto. A colossal industrialized gantry was used to hoist up and swing a 5-tonne, 22-person table over a red-carpeted Yonge-Dundas plaza. The event sponsored by the American Express remained the highlight of the summer food festival.
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Fitted tight yet comfortable onto the seat, the concerned incumbent is then taken 35m above the ground, where he is served with champagne.

If you wish to throw a Dinner in the Sky kinda event for your upcoming party, then the group offers adapted bottom streamer to frenzied seats. Usually, the platform spreads across 1 x 5 meters work area, and comes outfitted with cooking prerequisites, including a stimulation oven. Their partner company Altitude Concepts Productions provides a host of turnkey offers for every nature of Dinner in the Sky events.

The service is available across the globe i.e. The Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, UAE, South-Africa, Turkey, Australia, Canada, Bulgaria, Spain, India, Italy, Danemark and USA.



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If you are planning to switch to another job just because the current job sucks (people, location) then I would suggest reserving a desk for yourself in a corporate park. The change in ambiance would surely enlighten your mood. And why I mention for dear bloggers’ is because changing workplace for bloggers’ is an easy thing (especially for free lancers) and is expected to reap benefits in terms of their speed and quality. London is all set to transform its St James’s Park into an al fresco office space for two days (3-4 June) to make professionals realize the advantage of summertime outdoors. The feature-packed park will offer facilities like free wifi accessibility, boardroom, a breakout room, 12-desk clusters along with a pro-active receptionist.�
Before you could give went to your anguish, the office park also offers a water cooler station, your ever-lively spot for gossips. If it has managed to convince you then reserve a room or desk for yourself in hour blocks between 9.30am and 6pm.
Via PSFK

All Google savvy, technophiles, geeks, researchers, PC-addicts…kindly lend your ears here as the piece of news would bring smile on your face even when your PC is ill and desktop is not in a mood to cooperate. A lately unveiled gadget for Google Desktop called Google Media Server would enable the surfers to take content from their PC and other online Google services i.e. YouTube, Picasa Web Albums, and enjoy it over UPnP compatible devices like the PS3. Regrettably, the Google media server clearly mentions that the gadget does not work with Xbox (albeit technically it is possible but legal department behind it won’t let it happen).

Preliminary evaluation isn’t impressive, but software being beta convinces technophiles that it’s a good start. If you are curious to experience it then install now on your Windows machine. After hitting the option button, you can select the devices that are adaptable to the media on your PC. To maintain your privacy, Google Media Server allows you to approve the access of the devices. The same can be configured by pressing the “Options” button located on Gadget interface then choosing “Devices” from the left hand column.

Tell us about your experience with Google Media Server and if there is a need to polish it further.

Via ZDnetBlogs