Wednesday, December 17, 2008

First Refrigerated Beach in the World to be Built in Dubai



You read that right. This computer powered, located next to a Dubai hotel, "will protect guests' precious feet by piping cold air through a series of tubes underneath the sand, which will suck enough heat from the blistering surface to offset the beaming sun and 110F temperatures."

World's First Sunglasses with Solar-Powered Lenses




Unlike other sunglasses, these boast lenses that "have dye solar cells, collecting energy and making it able to power your small devices through the power jack at the back of the frame."

What NASA Uses to Transport the Shuttle




For those who've always wondered what NASA uses to transport their Shuttles across the country, it's modified Boeing 747s. The above image shows the "Endeavour riding its trusty jumbo over the Mojave Desert, returning from mission STS-126."