The flipper bridge In Hong Kong, cars drive on the left while in the rest of China, they drive on the right. If you're building a bridge between the two, you've got to come up with a clever way to switch lanes without disruption or accident. Behold, the flipper: The only way that could be more cool is if one of the lanes went into a tunnel under the water or corkscrewed over the other lane in a rollercoaster/Mario Kart fashion. Lots more on the NL Architects site.
Fake Capsizing Boat Artist Julien Berthier created a boat, named Love Love, that looks like it’s sinking, but actually has a motor that allows it to be driven around, fully afloat. Check past the jump for a picture of the boat out of the water. As one can plainly see, the boat has a proper bottom: This picture of the boat in port was too hilarious not to include: Julien Berthier: Unique artist, troll of the high seas, or both? >>>See also: Optical illusion of little girl chasing a ball down the street used to slow down reckless drivers. (designboom via DVICE via Geekologie)
Growing Economic Inequality 'Endangers Our Future' Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz grew up in Gary, Ind. — a city that has weathered many economic storms over the past half-century. Stiglitz went on to study at Amherst College and MIT, where he received a Ph.D. in economics. He later served on and chaired President Clinton's Council of Economic Advisers and became the chief economist at the World Bank. But even as a child, Stiglitz says, he noticed ways in which the markets weren't working. "I saw discrimination lead to poverty, I saw episodic high levels of unemployment, I saw business cycles, and I saw all kinds of inequalities," he tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross. In his latest book, The Price of Inequality: How Today's Divided Society Endangers Our Future, Stiglitz argues that widely unequal societies don't function effectively or have stable economies and that even the rich will pay a steep price if economic inequalities continue to worsen. "I very strongly opposed [lowering the tax rate]," he says. courtesy of the author
Atheist Wins Right to Wear "Religious Pasta Strainer" in ID Photo - Culture Austrian atheist Niko Alm supports the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, a joke religion conjured up by atheists who say their make-believe stories are no better or worse than any traditional church's. In 2008, to make a point about his faith's sanctity compared to others, Alm asked to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his driver's license photo. Austrian citizens are only allowed to wear headgear in state IDs for religious purposes, so Alm, a Spaghetti Monster "pastafarian," argued that a colander is his "religious headgear." This week, after avoiding Alm for three years and even making him submit to a psychiatric examination, the Austrian government caved. Score one for the freethinkers. photo via Niko Alm and the BBC
Why Nikola Tesla was the greatest geek who ever lived Additional notes from the author: If you want to learn more about Tesla, I highly recommend reading Tesla: Man Out of Time Also, this Badass of the week by Ben Thompson is what originally inspired me to write a comic about Tesla. Ben's also got a book out which is packed full of awesome. There's an old movie from the 80s on Netflix Instant Queue right now about Tesla: The Secret of Nikola Tesla. It's corny and full of bad acting, but it paints a fairly accurate depiction of his life.
World’s Best Father documents what an amazing parent he is [30 pictures] In this ongoing series from photographer Dave Engledow, we get real insight into what it means to be an amazingly good dad. You may think some of the images show him being something less than exemplary in his parenting, but you’d be wrong and he has the mug to prove it… (via Pleated Jeans, Sad and Useless)
9 Out Of 10 Americans Are Completely Wrong About This Mind-Blowing Fact Sign up for The Upworthiest Our top stories of the day delivered straight to your inbox. Shop Explore About Us Advertise Contact Us Newsletter Sign Up Editorial Masthead © GOOD Worldwide Inc. popular 9 out of 10 Americans are completely wrong about this mind-blowing fact. This pretty much speaks for itself. Adam Mordecai We're pretty bad at predicting how reality works. At 1:05, I get a rude awakening. From Your Site Articles Pop Culture Millennials nearing 40 are sharing their biggest mistakes so everyone can learn from them Here are 21 of the most powerful responses. Tod Perry via Pexels Millennials are now old enough to seriously reflect on life. This article was first published on 4.20.22. It seems like only yesterday a millennial was a college kid that baby boomers chided for being entitled and Gen Xers thought were way too sincere and needed to learn how to take a joke. They also have enough experience to take some pride in decisions that, in hindsight, were the right moves. Keep ReadingShow less Science
Religion Poisons | Where knowledge ends, religion begins. The Rock I'm told that there is a huge rock near a gravel pit on Hwy. 25 in rural Iowa. For generations kids have painted slogans, names, and obscenities on this rock, changing its character many times. A few months back the rock received its latest paint job and since then it has been left completely undisturbed. Here's the artist Ray "Bubba" Sorensen. AWESOME Work, RAY...Thank you! "God Bless America" "Our Soldiers & Vets" h Alive Without Breath: Three Dimensional Animals Painted in Layers of Resin by Keng Lye Singapore-based artist Keng Lye creates near life-like sculptures of animals relying on little but paint, resin and a phenomenal sense of perspective. Lye slowly fills bowls, buckets, and boxes with alternating layers of acrylic paint and resin, creating aquatic animal life that looks so real it could almost pass for a photograph. The artist is using a technique very similar to Japanese painter Riusuke Fukahori who was featured on this blog a little over a year ago, though Lye seems to take things a step further by making his paint creations protrude from the surface, adding another level of dimension to a remarkable medium. See much more of this series titled Alive Without Breath over on deviantART. (via ian brooks) Update: I have some additional details from the artist that I’d like to add here, as this post seems to be getting a lot of attention.
How Successful People Make The Most Of Their Weekends The Diary Of Anne Frank: Mormon Heaven It has come out that the Mormon church has yet again baptized Anne Frank after promising not to since it is horribly offensive and dumb. Here’s their thought process as I see it. They baptized her, then did a take-back after Jews and Decent People raised a stink. You have to wonder who would want to worship such a deity. PS – Yes, that is Mitt’s dog.”