Category Archives: Interesting & Amazing
Austrian Bus Driver Returns Bagful of Euros
A Vienna bus driver who found a bag with 390,000 euros ($509,700) in cash inside handed the money over to police, who tracked down the elderly woman who had inexplicably left her fortune behind.
Dogs take part in tricycle race
We have all seen several races but none like this. Recently an extraordinary race took place between two Dalmatians on tricycles.
Bigar Cascade Falls
This is the Bigar Cascade Falls in Carass Severin, Romania. The dramatic moss-covered falls are situated in the forests of the Anina Mountains and is formed by an underground water spring that spills into the Minis River.Underground water that passes through the homonym cave is rich in limestone, flows in the river Minis passing over a rocky threshold, forming a cascade of tufa.
LifeStraw Emergency Water Filter
Imagine of yourself at a place where you are unable to find a clean water to drink.Well you cant bear your thirst for a long period and may dehydrate. The LifeStraw personal water filter gives you a solution to this and enables users to drink water safely from contaminated water sources.
Urban Farming
Urban gardens are “intensive” gardening method through maximum utilization of limited space.Below is the picture of urban farming done in Italy.Through this method pathways space can be utilized.In this picture small pots are used which are not so expensive ,the only cost involved is of a cage in which these pots are fitted in,but this is one time expenditure.
Mosaic with bottle caps
In the russian village of kamarchaga, in the siberian taiga, russian pensioner olga kostina has used 30,000 plastic bottle caps to decore the walls of her house.Her home is located in the isolated rural town situated just in the perimeter of the taiga’s forest.Kostina collected the lids and once she felt there was enough she created images of traditional macrame motifs and various creatures living in the neighboring woodland by hammering every cap by hand.
Bishan Library-calm place to read
The use of skylights, trellises and colored glass transforms incoming daylight into a myriad of shades and colours, creating an intriguing dappled light quality within the library that simulates light filtered through the foliage of trees.The colorful Bishan Public Library in Singapore was inspired by a tree canopy and tree houses to create a vibrant and engaging atmosphere inside.
Incredible mediums by HongYi
‘Red’ is the nickname of Hong Yi, a Malaysian artist-architect. She was given the nickname because her surname, Hong, sounds like the word ‘red’ in Mandarin. She also loves how a colour can stir up conflicting emotions – one of love and passion, and of danger and sacrifice.Her famous art work includes medium of candles,coffee,socks,teabags etc.
