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Slappy Landings: The slingshot waterslide that flings you 120ft through the air By Daniel Miller Updated: 12:00 GMT, 2 September 2011 These thrill-seekers are enjoying the wettest and wildest ride of their lives, hurtling 120ft through the air after launching themselves off the world's most extreme water slide. The fearless dare devils first climb into a inflatable ring which is dragged down the rubber track at break-neck speed by a powerful quad bike. When they hit the jump at the end they are sent flying high into the air before crashing down into the river. The amazing video was shot in Paradise, Utah, by clothing company Vooray to promote their merchandise. Three people have been left unconscious by the force of hitting the water, so please, don't try this at home! Scroll down for video Down we go: Another brave adrenaline junkie sets off down the slide in an inflatable ring Lift off: Still clinging to the inflatable he's sent rocketing into the air Air time: He goes head over heels hurtling across the river Rapid descent: Holding his nose he prepares to hit the water
With a Passion for Skateboarding: Creative Art Sculptures by Haroshi Now that’s a sick madness! If you have never heard about Japanese wood sculptor named Haroshi, go get the wind of his most original conceptual art. As a creator of amazingly beautiful wooden sculptures out of old, crashed and broken skateboard decks, Haroshi passed for a man of considerable resourcefulness. His multicolored and meticulously sculpted art pieces simply astound with lifelike affinity, so in whichever way it’s even possible to mistake them for being real! In his works he stacks many layers with all piece elements being connected either in their original form or in shapes to form wooden mosaic, dots, and pixels. After that they’re cut down to size, shaven to get rid of the debris, and afterwards coated with a final glossy finish. Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source Source
A Modern Day Remus and Romulus Sculpture: the Absurdity of Our Dependence on Milk Humanity Like a modern-day homage to the famous symbol of Rome, the statue of Remus and Romulus, artist Liu Qiang’s powerful sculpture entitled “29h59’59″ commands a powerful presence at China’s 798 Art District in Beijing. The exploitation of animals in modern agriculture and humanity’s perverse reliance on animals for food takes center stage in the riveting piece of art. We found the interpretation of a fellow Facebook fan, Joanna Lucas, particularly interesting. She posted the photo with the following caption:
One red paperclip The paperclip that Kyle MacDonald traded for a house. The website One red paperclip was created by Canadian blogger Kyle MacDonald, who bartered his way from a single red paperclip to a house in a series of fourteen online trades over the course of a year.[1] MacDonald was inspired by the childhood game Bigger, Better, and the site received a considerable amount of notice for tracking the transactions. "A lot of people have been asking how I've stirred up so much publicity around the project, and my simple answer is: 'I have no idea'", he told the BBC.[2] Trading timeline[edit] MacDonald made his first trade, a red paper clip for a fish-shaped pen, on July 14, 2005. See also[edit] Straw Millionaire References[edit] Notes[edit] Bibliography[edit] External links[edit] www.randomhouse.co.uk – Random House One Red Paperclip book page
Harmful Viruses Made of Beautiful Glass When glass blower Luke Jerram saw visualizations of viruses and pathogens in the scientific world he noticed one big theme: color. Wondering what effect the artificial color in normal scientific drawings had on our interpretation of these invisibly small forms, he created his own exquisite versions out of his favorite material: blown glass. Covering such well known maladies as AIDS and Swine Flu, his works are both beautiful and disturbing, challenging observers to reinterpret their view of the tiny organisms. The pieces, each about 1,000,000 times the size of the actual pathogen, were designed with help from virologists from the University of Bristol using a combination of scientific photographs and models. See Also SCIENTIFIC PHENOMENA CAUGHT BEHIND THE LENS Swine Flu E. E. Human Papilloma (HPV) Small Pox Malaria T4 Bacteriophage HIV Sculpture by Luke Jerram
the nu project Mais do que um projeto de arte, The Nu Project é um projeto social. Confiantes, corajosas e seguras, estas mulheres mostram que assumir sua beleza é um compromisso humano. Todas as mulheres são bonitas. Essa é a ideia central do The Nu Project, do fotógrafo americano Matt Blum que, desde 2005, já fotografou mais de 100 mulheres absolutamente naturais, normais, comuns. Mais de 1500 já se inscreveram. Em suas atividades do dia a dia, de jornalistas a engenheiras, todas elas, sem photoshop ou truques profissionais, minimamente maquiadas, são retratadas segundo suas personalidades, estilos e peculiaridades. Em novembro, a equipe do The Nu Project estará no Brasil para realizar ensaios com mulheres voluntárias no Rio de Janeiro, em São Paulo e Belo Horizonte. Mais do que um projeto de arte, The Nu Project é um projeto social. O depoimento de uma participante especial: A dica foi da Bárbara no Facebook. Update: A Gabriela Silva já falou do projeto aqui no Obvious. Os melhores artigos por e-mail