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Wednesday, 24 November 2010

Pocket-Sized Pico Projectors

Microvision Releases the Second Generation Projector

Microvision’s new ‘SHOWWX+’ projects bright images from any smartphone and mobile device to offer an ultimate big screen experience. This second generation pico projector is powered by a ‘PicoP’ display engine that uses special laser-scanning technology to give a brighter picture.

`SHOWWX+’ can be connected to a smartphone and any similar handheld devices with a cable and it’s also compatible with camcorders and cameras. The ‘SHOWWX+’ rechargeable and replaceable battery makes the pico projector even more efficient.

Tuesday, 23 November 2010

8 Strange Glasses & Goggles

Inspired for Edward Scissor...Eyes?

Swiss Army Shades

These were a feature on our site years ago, and they deserve this triumphant return for providing a wacky look and functionality. The glasses can be customized to include as many handy tools as the wearer desires from a choice of more than 200. Edward Scissor Hands would love these, and while they're strange, it's also a bit of a cruel joke having sharp pointy tools hanging out around the eyes.

Chopstick Glasses

Chopstick Glasses

These glasses might not look like anything unusual; just your typical trendy geek-chic glasses that many celebs have been seen sporting. But don't underestimate their power; because they've also got a very practical function too that makes them pretty unique. The arms on these unique glasses detach and turn into chopsticks so there's no reason to ever be without. How could you not have a pair of these?

Eye Contact Glasses

If you've got a friend who is always caught inappropriately staring in public, call them out this April Fool's Day with these funny Eye Contact glasses. Yes, the glasses have two sets of arms and just one set of lenses so two people can get up close and comfortable and do all the staring they need to be satisfied.

Universal 3D Glasses

These glasses aren't really all that strange, but this would have been a great April Fool's joke a few years ago when the concept of 3D televisions and mainstream movies just weren't on our minds as an offering. Every time you watch a different television or take in a different movie, the glasses will be compatible so you don't need a new pair everywhere you go. They might not exactly be strange today, but they're pretty cool; no?

Funky Lady Gaga Glasses

Lady Gaga Glasses

Lady Gaga is known for all sorts of extreme outfits, including some of the most unusual glasses they anyone has set their sights on. She's been wearing wacky designs onstage and out on the town, and she's recently committed to designing a line of sunglasses with Linda Farrow. There's no doubting that like the glasses Gaga has been pictured wearing, they'll be some funky and freaky modern designs.

Fringed Trend in Glasses

Fringed Glasses

Fringe has been hot during the past few seasons, but applying fringe to glasses just might be going too far. Vision obviously isn't as important as funky fashion when it comes to these glasses.

Gothic Goggles Will Poke Your Eye Out

Spikey Goggles

These freaky glasses are ideal for April Fool's and will be sure to help any gothic fashion lover make a big statement. The joke really won't be on them of course, although blindness will be an issue; they'll get the last laugh when someone gets too close because these goggles offer defense. It might be the wrong season, but in the words of a Christmas Story "you'll poke your eye out" (ok, it was "shoot your eye out" but that's just a minor technicality).

Pure Gold Glasses

Golden Glasses

Seeing is overrated right? Well, not when you're seeing gold all around you. The glasses had their original debut in a gold jewelry design competition in Bejing in 2007. The expression "they're worth their weight in goal" really is true too since they weigh 111.33 grams of pure gold! They might have originally seemed like part of an April Fool's joke to readers when they originally made their news debut, but these wacky glasses by Chinese designer Zhu Fei were the real thing!

Sunday, 7 November 2010

World's Craziest Monuments

Unusual Monuments

Carhenge

Monuments around the world honor important individuals or movements in politics, religion and history. The message and intent of most of these tributes is clear, but some are more obscure than others. Here are a dozen of the most unusual monuments around the world. In the northwest corner of Nebraska, a unique replica of England’s Stonehenge rises out of the high plains. Carhenge was constructed in 1987 with vintage automobiles painted gray to replicate stone. The site was built by Jim Reinders as a memorial to his father, who once lived on a farm located where Carhenge stands today.

Le Palais Ideal, France

Ferdinand Cheval was a French postman in the village of Hauterives in southeast France, who gathered stones on his mail route each day to build Le Palais Ideal, “The Ideal Palace.” The work took 33 years, from the late 1800s until the 1920s, mixes a variety of architectural styles, and drew inspiration from the Bible as well as other religious sources. Cheval is buried in a cemetery nearby, in a mausoleum he also constructed from stone.

Crazy Horse Memorial

Begun in 1948, the still unfinished Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota will someday be the world’s largest sculpture, at a planned 563 feet high and 641 feet wide. The model pictured above, with the actual carving in the background, will immortalize the Oglala Lakota warrior, bare-chested and on horseback.

Switzerland

In the Swiss city of Bern, a disturbing fountain depicts an ogre devouring a naked child, while holding an armful of other terrified-looking children. Built in 1546, the Kindlifresserbrunnen, or child-eater statue, is said to depict the story of Kronos from Greek mythology, who eats his children to keep them from taking his throne. There are other legends about the statue’s origins, but regardless of its meaning it remains successful at reminding local children to behave.

Fremont Troll, Seattle

Lurking under a bridge in a quirky neighborhood of Seattle, the Fremont Troll stares down visitors with its one hubcap eye. The 18-foot-high troll, sculpted by artists in 1990 who received the commission after winning a national competition, clutches a Volkswagen Beetle in one hand.

Stone Mountain, Georgia

Stone Mountain is a large granite dome that reaches nearly 1,700 feet high with a circumference of approximately 5 miles. Located in Georgia, in a town sharing the same name, the side of the mountain displays a bas relief that depicts three key figures of the Confederate States of America: Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis.

Thursday, 4 November 2010

25 Hottest Hollywood Singles

For the most part, celebrities have their pick of whom they want to date. After all, being rich and famous tends to make you irresistible to the opposite sex. Yet despite their otherworldly hotness, impeccable style and killer bods, some celebs are still flying solo in the love department. So which celebs are currently on the market? Click through for a rundown of the 25 hottest singles.

Sandra Bullock

Age: 46

Relationship Status: Divorced