design
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This Insane Luxury Hotel Will Help Transform Mecca Into Disneyland
Mecca — the ancient holy city that’s been the site of Islamic pilgrimages for millennia — is being turned into Disneyland. Helping complete its transformation? This 600m-tall hotel, which will tower over the city like a desert fortress on steroids, projecting a dazzling green laser show at night.
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This ‘Kettle’ Rod Is A Brilliant Energy-Saving Way To Make Tea
Do you use an electric kettle to make tea? Then you’re using way too much water and too much power heating an overfilled vessel. But! We found this cool new Kickstarter project that saves energy and looks sleek in a kitchen.
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A Close Look At The Crazy Interfaces From The Avengers: Age Of Ultron
One of my favourite things about watching movies is seeing the film’s vision of the user interfaces on screens and computers. They’re almost always over the top (like they were in the first Avengers) but I love to imagine that we’ll see all those exploded graphics in our future and pretend that all that information…
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The Techno-Islands That May Replace The Maldives
If the 350 thousand-odd Maldivians want to stay put, they may have to rebuild everything, starting with the ground they walk on. Located roughly 600km off the southwest tip of India, the island nation of Maldives sounds like paradise — over a thousand tiny oases of white sand beach, lush tropical vegetation, and warm, aquamarine…