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Giant Slide in Technische Universitat

A four story slide... in a university??? Pure genius! I hope other institutions take this effort into consideration.

3 Sq ft.

Why we have so few women leaders

Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg did a great talk about "Why we have so few women leaders" in the world. She argued that if you are a woman and want to become a leader, 3 needs for change are:

1. Sit at the table.

2. Make your partner a real partner.

3. Don’t leave before you leave.

Watch this great video for an explanation of each point.

Google Demo Slam: Epic Docs Animation

Check out some of the amazing capabilities from Google Docs Presentation.

Chile's Grand Innovation Experiment

I came across a great post on Tech Crunch that talked about a radical new experiment in Chile, which is trying to become a new hub for technology entrepreneurs.

" It is importing entrepreneurs from all over the world, by offering them $40,000 to bootstrap in Chile. They get a visa; free office space; assistance with networking, mentoring, fundraising, and connecting to potential customers and partners. All the entrepreneurs have to do, in return, is commit to working hard and live in one of the most beautiful places on this planet.
The program, called Start-up Chile, is still in the pilot stage. Chile has selected 25 teams to receive grants. "

My peak interest in this, how do you create a brand new culture in a location that has a very established one? How do you create new values, mentalities and beliefs in a places that identified them centuries ago?

What they seem to be doing first is recruiting the people who have their specific values, mentalities and beliefs. Chile is creating a tribe and investing in them recreating the new culture they wish to obtain. It is hard to educate a mass amount of local people on why they should change their beliefs, but what you can do is invest in a small tribe and let them do remarkable things that the locals are attracted to. People are attracted to success and if this group of 25 entrepreneurs from all around the world can find success in their businesses, the start towards change will follow.

Water drop at 10,000 frames/sec

Embracing failure in the education system

Here is a great repost from Raul Castellanos.

Google Fashion Show

Fashion Show with Google from Robbin Waldemar on Vimeo.

I Hope This Gets To You

What an amazing expression of love. Knowing the feeling of a long distance love, i'm just doing my part to help out. Good luck and I hope it gets to her!

By Twitter @WalterCMay
"After my girlfriend moved away for graduate school, I wanted to create something different to express my feelings for her. I secretly created a song and video with my friends the Daylights in hopes that it would be passed around and get to her organically. WITH YOUR HELP, we can meet this goal and it can stand as a symbol of what we can do as an digital social community. This is dedicated to anyone who is separated from people they love."

Dave Eggers' Wish: Once Upon a School

"Accepting his 2008 TED Prize, author Dave Eggers asks the TED community to personally, creatively engage with local public schools. With spellbinding eagerness, he talks about how his 826 Valencia tutoring center inspired others around the world to open."

A true inspiration!

$1 Billion home completed

India's wealthiest man finally has a new home to move into. This building was suppose to be "The Greenest of all Buildings", but may be one of the biggest Green Washing efforts the world has ever seen. This 27 story building is 568 ft. high and has a total area of 398,000 sq. ft. In reality, this building could host 60 stories if, Mukesh Ambani (Forbes 4th richest man) settled for standard ceilings instead of an exceptionally high floor-to-ceiling program.

This building has its own health club, gym and dance studio, swimming pool, ballroom, plenty of guest rooms, lounges, 50 seater cinema, 3 helicopter pads and a garage that holds 160 lucky guests.

What makes this worse is that this home is for 5 people (Mukesh, his wife and 3 children)! Building a $1 Billion home in a nation which has 1/3 of the world's poorest population is a pure example of excessive consumption and wastefulness. I'm sure your family would be extremely happy with even a $1 Million home, and just think what you could do spending $999,000,000 on your own nation... What a waste...

Reused Suitcase ideas

Have some old suitcases you don't use anymore? Check out these 3 creative ideas that have made "Reuse", so cool.


Gionata Gatto, an italian designer from the Netherlands, designed UrbanBuds (Luggage that grow up to 36 different food plants)


Designed by green enthusiast Katie Thompson, this old Samsonite suitcase is made into a designer chair. I want 5 of these for my apartment!


Lastly, Boom Cases are these retro styled boomboxes that have powerful speakers and a built-in battery that lasts up to 7 hours, and even has its own charger. To show its up to speed, you can easily hook up your iPod or mp3 player to them as well. Boom Cases start at $250.

Notebook to Inspire

Designed by Marc Tomasset, this isn't just your regular notebook. This notebook is meant to inspire your creativity. The line orientations have a different design on every page. What you think is normal, like how lines should be on paper, is completely switched.

Think differently!

Transformer X

If you were psyched up about Google's announcement of their self-driving cars last week, here is something that will blow that out of the water.

On Tuesday, DARPA officially announced its "TRANSFORMER X" (REAL LIFE TRANSFORMERS?!?!?!) project to build a Humvee that can take off in flight.

Forbes Blog says, " The Transformer X will be designed for depositing and extracting soldiers and supplies in tough-to-reach places without easily accessible roads, taking off from a standstill and flyng up to 250 miles with a 1000 pound load. Most Science-fiction of all? It won't necessarily have a human at the controls-or at least not one with any piloting experience"

To read more about this, check out Forbes Blog

Mom made iron man costume

My mom use to make me all my Halloween costumes!

SUPERHERO CAKE!

I WANT THIS FOR MY BIRTHDAY!!!! I don't know who made this, what flavors are in it, or anything about it. All i do know is that this cake is amazing!

Solo City Tower for Olympics

In preparation for the 2016 Olympic Games, that will be held in Rio de Janeiro, an amazing observation tower has been drafted up in welcoming the games.

This project is from Zurique, and utilizes solar energy during the day to pump the sea water as seen in the model. The kinetic energy of the water movement will be used to turn the turbines and produce power for the night time.

This amazing structure is called the Solo City Tower and will be used for many different things; 1. A welcoming sign to new visitors arriving via plane. 2 The perfect observation deck to this the beautiful beaches 3. Cafe Amphitheatre 4. Auditorium 5. Shops 6. AND, you can also Bungee jump from the top platform!

8 Amazing Corn Field Mazes

The Owners of the Connors Farm in Danvers, Massachusetts, is such a Family Guy fan, he mowed a maze with his favorite characters.

If you are a Deadliest Catch fan, here is a maze dedicated to Captain Phil Harris in Tumwater, Washington.


Maybe the most difficult maze out of the bunch, but here is one dedicated to Mr. Charles Darwin. Imagine trying to go through the beard...

Here you go ladies... Last year to commemorate the opening of New Moon, Black Island Farms offered two Twilight-themed mazes. They also did it for Eclipse!!!

I bet by now, the people in Little Darby Creek in Milford, Ohio, have already burnt this maze down...

Feel like clowning around? Try this 20-acre clown maze!

Any American Idol fans out there? Check out this David Archuleta maze in his hometown of Utah.

When McDonald's wanted to create some buzz for the opening of McCafe's a couple years back, they paid a farm in Lincoln, Nebraska to carve this corn maze. Once people found their way out of the maze, they received coupons for free lattes!

The Audi Spectacle

Check out these concepts from the newly confident and progressive thinking brand, Audi. Audi's x Access Agency plans to revolutionize the old billboard method of advertising, with something they think will fit their new and powerful brand.

In 4 different locations, 4 life-size Audi cars, suspended inside 4 silver rings (which is their logo). Can you imagine these hanging from bridges with the amazing scenery backing them?

Wheel of Nurtition

Need help containing mounds of food on your plate? Check out these new plates designed by HAF that turns your plate into a nutrition pie chart. It color coats food groups and helps you visually limit the amount your should place on your plate. These would have helped me out a bunch growing up...

Ralph Lauren Bikes

Check out these new concepts Ralph Lauren is working on. These ohhh sooo sexy fix gear bikes are in the works with Affinty Cycles. Tell me you wouldn't buy these bikes?

Pedigree Ad

This has to be one of the best ads I have seen in a long while. This makes me want to: 1. Buy Pedigree (even though I don't have a dog) 2. Eat it for myself!

Amazing new US dollar ideas

Due to the Dollar ReDe$ign Project, check out some amazing new ideas for our US dollar bills. Started by creative strategy consultant Richard Smith, he and his team had the intent of "trying to find a catalyst to restart our economy", through inspirational new designs. Designers submitted ideas and a competition was held, voting ends Sept. 30.

The leading vote getter is the vertical design above from Dowling Duncan.




Check out a slideshow of more ideas at huffingtonpost.com

Let's stay positive!!!

Here is the greatest morning pep talk i've ever seen! Let's all stay positive!!!!

BUBBLE ROOM!!

This is amazing! Check out this snorkel clip from a guy named Jordan who designed an oxygen-filled underwater fort, which he and his brother call "The Bubble Room". If you are ever around the Nevada Mountain Lake, make sure to check out this underwater fort that is 15 ft. below the surface. It is built with a clear dome so when in the "Bubble Room", you can see the entire lake above you.

Beer Bottle Musical Instruments

Do you ever blow into bottles and make that whistling sound? Matt Braun has crafted Tuned Pale Ale and put a more formal music twist onto that old trick. On the label, there are markers in which you can drink to a certain level, blow on the bottle, and it will play that particular note. Braun hopes was to promote more social interaction, as if drinking itself,already doesn't!

Zero Emission Eunoia Project

Designer Thomas Tzortzi has started designing a new project that will hopefully revolutionize the travel industry. The Eunoia project is a zero emission update on the old school Zeppelin.



With the use of solar panels and helium to fill the blimp, no major construction of runways are needed, simply just hop on board, and float away!

New Year Urban Projection Mapping Texas

3D Projection Mapping from anema on Vimeo.

Urban Projection Mapping is starting to get bigger and bigger in Europe but the art hasn't made it over to the states very much. Here is how Sugarland, Texas celebrate their new year with an amazing projection by Anema. WATCH THE WHOLE THING, it is AMAZING!!!!

Wall Mounted Laundry

Doesn't doing laundry just take up a lot of space in your place? I mean first, you have big hampers that take up space and then you have these bulky washer and dryers. Check out these new innovative ideas that helps consolidate the wasted space!

First, the picture above is called Polyp, which is a pop-off laundry basket designed by German designer Helene Steiner, that hangs on room walls. It has a modern design that is appealing to the eye and has a great function. Users can insert dirty clothing through the holes, and detach and carry the basket away when laundry needs to be done.

Now the picture below is called the Dismount Washer, which is designed by Lichen Guo. Laundry can be inserted into a portable container that latches onto an energy stick. Washing involves high-pressure steam while rotating the basket.

Japanese Subway Grows its own produce

Found this on Gizmodo and just HAD to repost it. A Subway restaurant is Japan has started to grow its own Hydroponic Lettuce! Now it obviously isn't enough to be a complete substitute for their demand, but it is a start! I dare you to try and grow 5% of your own produce!