On the launch site, located at Cape Canaveral has started a preliminary pre-launch countdown until the launch of the space shuttle “Atlantis”, which took place last friday, in order to reach ISS. The launch of the American shuttle “Atlantis” is scheduled on July 8th at 11:26 AM local time. The returning of the shuttle to the Earth is scheduled on July 20th. After a few days, the only transport to ISS, will remain the russian “Soyuz”, writes today – “The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)”.
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The Lexus LF-CC Hybrid

Clearly, Lexus is making headway towards the future, if you are to look at the concept car unveiled by Japan’s Toyota Motor Corporation, the makers of Lexus. It is called the Lexus LF-CC hybrid, and its striking lines and curves have been brought to the spotlight in the 2012 Paris Auto Show. Attractive, high-performance, user-friendly (or, should we say, driver-friendly?), and eco-friendly, this is one set of wheels that cuts no corners. (more…)

The Q-VR Range Rover

This is not your average Range Rover.

From the creative minds of Design Q, the UK-based design consultancy firm who mainly worked on private jet designs in the past, comes their concept of a “private jet for the road”, the Q-VR Range Rover. Aimed primarily for the Middle-Eastern jet-setter, this luxury stretch SUV is jampacked with features that spell “V – I – P” in seemingly bold, gold, capital letters. (more…)

Salt and Paper Cell Shakers by Antrepo

If there is one kitchen item or utensil that merits a lot of attention because of their versatility when it comes to design, salt & pepper shakers would most likely be it. Many people have even turned collecting salt & pepper shakers into a hobby.
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Hyper Realism depicted in Christiane Vleugels’ Oil Paintings

Art imitates life, they say. If we’re talking about the art of Christiane Vleugel, no statement could be truer. She has managed to capture reality and brought it to vivid life in her canvases, making use of rich colors and hues that are, well, for lack of a better word, life-like. Have a taste of her exquisite works of art in the following pictures.

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Small size Peepster can place it anywhere. The camera has a built-in timer for 8, 4, 2, 1 minute or 30 or 10 seconds. 4 GB, matrix resolution of 3 megapixels.

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A unique hotels, recently opened its doors in London. (more…)

Urban subcompact car Aston Martin Cygnet released a brand – new minor form of the Cygnet & Colette. Colette – a Parisian fashion house, who worked on the design of the car. At the moment it is only about 14 copies of these vehicles by hand. Colette colored body of this exclusive small car in silver color “Lightning Silver” and light blue, which were painted some of the designe of the exterior, for example the contour of the grille and body side mirrors. The car’s interior is made in the skin a pleasant light brown hue, blue stitched thread.

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Krieytory, marketers and community managers are increasingly working to create a tie detail between the virtual and real life. English designer Christopher McNicholl created “TweetingSeat”, an interactive public bench, which has its own Twitter-account. One camera is mounted in a bird’s eye, which adorns the bench, the second is placed in a tree in front. Thus, in the field of vision of webcams get people who sit on the bench and their pictures and videos are broadcast directly to twitter.

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Pythagorean cup, also known as the Pythagorean Glass, Fair Cup and Pythagoras Cup. The Pythagorean cup is a form of drinking cup, which is a deep sense of control measures of a drink.

Tradition says Pythagoras, during water supply works in the island of Samos, around 530 b.C. moderated the workers’ wine drinking by the inventing the “fare cup”. When the wine surpasses the line, the cup totally empties, so the greedy one is punished.
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