Neither of those cars are a Japanese import. The first one is a Ford Fiesta, and the second one is an (Austin)Mini Metro. Crushing them is however probably the best things you can do with either model.
From artist's bio: "Complementing a precise, science oriented undergraduate instruction, a Master of Industrial Design from the prestigious Domus Academy in Milan... Infusing a materials and technology savvy character with the rich, bold, and sensual styling associated with leading modern Italian Design."
Wow, Extreme Submarines. I wonder how much overtime they put in coming up with that original name. The extreme tag is so overused and generic, it just sounds stupid.
Ok so the last bridge is the "Pont de Normandie" in France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont_de_Normandie). That was an easy one. Well OK I am French and used to drive throught this bridge on a regular basis a few years ago ;)
Being from the Pacific Northwest, I'd have voted for the Astoria-Megler bridge to be on there. I believe it's still the longest "continuous truss" bridge in the world (but don't quote me on that) and is 4.1 miles long, with a main span of 1,232 feet.
My favorite was the Hangzhou Bay Bridge. I would love to drive accross that one! I imagine it would feel pretty weird having all that ocean surrounding your car. 36 kilometers means that you wouldn't even be able to see land at some point! There's no way I'd drive accross that in a storm!
Here's a link to a really neat bridge from British Columbia. Scroll down to find the one that was there in 1872. Low tech and incredible. http://michaelkluckner.com/bciw10hagwilget.html
Check out my photos and a couple of videos of the Millenium Bridge featured in your post. I see that bridge every day of my life and it's still amazing watching it open after dozens of times.
you forgot the "pont du Gard", "bridge of Gard" which date from the romans and still stand in south of france. besides it was also an "aqueduc", at the top goes a canalisation to bring water to a city.
here's a link for the story http://www.interlog.fr/candi/PdG/PdG_description.html
and one for pictures http://www.interlog.fr/candi/PdG/pont_du_gard.htm
The bridge across Niagra Falls. The first strand was laid down by a kite, and built up from there. Engineered by the same man who engineered the Brooklyn Bridge (John Augustus Roebling). Beautiful.
Dumping chemical weapons into the ocean is a scary thought, but most of that stuff degrades and becomes inert very quickly when diluted into that much seawater. Oddly enough, agricultural and industrial run-off is usually much more threatening to ocean ecology than these dumped chemical weapons.
This photo is staged (photoshopped) but too funny ----------------------------- the guy who bumbs a vase is not photoshopped, it was a dutch commercial....
nilbaedThe last one must be true: when the 110 film size was introduced, around 1981, we received in our lab a lot of films to process with the same kind of pictures: an ear (blurred because too close) and a nice landscape, the one located behind the photographer...
Another great automated musical installation is If VI was IX, a huge automated sculpture by Trimpin at the Experience Music Project in Seattle. It plays loops of music in different styles on a number of automated guitars, banjos, keyboards, etc. Plus it looks awesome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trimpin
I'm surprised you didn't mention the band Captured! By Robots which consists of one human and a band of automatons. See http://www.capturedbyrobots.com/.
If you look at it, you may notice it bears a striking resemblance to the vintage percussion instrument the Deagan Shaker Chimes (AKA "Deagan Organ Chimes"):
As you can read in the article, these vintage production-line chimes WERE based on the Anklung... so really, Mr. Raes' idea is nothing new.
Neither is automating them, apparently. The House On the Rock in Wisconsin has no less than THREE sets of Deagan Shaker [Organ] Chimes, all rigged to play (more-or-less) automatically with various ensembles; respectively the Blue Danube Room (opened in 1991),
The chimes in the Blue Danube ensemble (a rather ersatz affair made from an old Mortier dance organ facade) are especially notable, not only because each chime assembly has been taken out of its stand and arrayed visually at the top of the ensemble (rather than being left in the original rack like the other 2 sets),
but also because they are the only real tuned musical instruments in the whole ensemble! (the string and other non-percussion sounds are produced by synthesizers and emanate from a large speaker hidden behind the tympani on the far right).
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