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The Lord Of The Rings collectibles. Peter Jackson reveals the Red Epic secrets behind The Hobbit (video) World's Best Hikes, Trails. Saving... Photograph by Bernd Jonkmanns, laif/Redux By Peter Potterfield Abisko Mountain Station to the Saami Village of Nikkaluokta Round-Trip: 65 miles, 3 to 5 days When to Go: The Europeans do it in August, when they get holiday time, so be bold and go in early September for authentic solitude and no bugs. A hundred miles inside the Arctic Circle, Sweden’s legendary 275-mile Kungsleden (the “The King's Trail”) begins its traverse of the last great wilderness in western Europe. This mind-blowing northernmost section penetrates the vast Arctic landscape of Sweden through birch forests, open tundra, and big glaciers before crossing the shoulder of Sweden’s highest peak, 6,926-foot Mount Kebnekaise. Insider Tip: The route can be done in either direction, but do it north to south, as that keeps the sun on your face—no small consideration in the Arctic.

Explore Sweden on a dogsledding expedition with National Geographic Adventures. Speech Jamming Gun Freezes Any Talker Mid-Sentence. Want to be the kind of person who causes entire rooms to fall silent when you enter? Researchers from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tskuba and Ochanomizu University in Japan have created a speech jamming gun that takes the words right out of speakers' mouths using a clever trick of psychology. Psychologists have long known that for whatever reason, it's very difficult to talk when your words are being immediately repeated to you. Not annoying-younger-sibling repeated to you, but spit back at you just a fraction after you've spoken. So by using a simple directional microphone and speaker device, the researchers have created a handheld "speech jammer" that records what a person is saying and repeats it back at them with a two-tenths-of-a-second delay.

The researchers see it as a tool to maintain order in meetings or discussion groups where someone is trying to dominate the conversation. [Technology Review] Levitated Daily Source, the good source. Jackson Pollock by Miltos Manetas, original design by Stamen, press any key to s. LED-Clad Snowboarder Makes Night Riding Ghostly Cool. Usually, night skiing or snowboarding involves lighting up the slopes, not the rider. But for a video titled “LED Surfer” from fashion photographer Jacob Sutton and produced by NOWNESS, William Hughes spent three nights in the French Alps, clad in a special suit that covered him from head to toe in LED lights.

READ MORE: 55,000 LEDs Light Up Iconic Belgian Building For the project, Sutton wanted to do something different from the usual epic, high-flying snowboarding video, “to approach Snowboarding in a more textural aesthetic way that felt more emotive and expressive,” he told NOWNESS in an interview. As Hughes turns the board, the snow that flies up is lit from beneath, captured by Sutton, wielding a Red Epic camera in temperatures as low as -13 degrees Fahrenheit. The result is something that is indeed unique- and a bit creepy as well. World According to Americans. Screenshots | [H]ard|OCP.

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