Gudrun, a powerful cyclone, swept through Denmark and Sweden In 2005 and brought down 1.3% of forests in Sweden. More than 75000000 cubic meters of wood was collected in southern Sweden, creating the world’s largest timber storage– 2.5 km in length and 13 meters in height. Now the disused airfield of Byholma in Sweden has become a local landmark after it has been turned into the giant timber storage.
This short video is intense enough to fill every viewer with admiration and respect for a man who saved the lives of 669 children who might have otherwise died in death camps.
Sir Nicholas Winton who organised the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport. This video is the BBC Programme “That’s Life” aired in 1988. The most touching video ever.
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This is the prototype of the propeller clock which is made of 33 rotating LEDs via a Hard Disk Drive motor. You can also watch the video put below the animation.
If you are unhappy about your iPhone speakers, here is cool passive amplifier for you. It is based on a thin wooden frame that allows the object to float off the table. This in order to increase the vibration of the object and to optimize the emission of sound. Designed for the iPhone, it is perfect for listening music without headphones, for audio conference to hear the person on the phone as live voice.
But what is Vovinam? Vovinam is a Vietnamese martial art, practised with and without weapons. Based on the principle of between hard and soft, it includes training of the body and the mind. It uses force and reaction of the opponent. Vovinam also includes hand, elbow, kicks, escape- and levering techniques. Both attack and defense techniques are trained, as well as forms, combat and traditional wrestling. The wide range of techniques include punching, kicking etc. as well as forms, wrestling, sword, staff, axe, folding fan and others.(via Wikipedia)
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