ESO's Newest Exoplanet-Seeking

The European Southern Observatory's newest telescope has collected its first images of the cosmos, capturing some stunning images of the Tarantula Nebula and making a good case for the virtues of telecommuting. Trappist, as the telescope is called, resides at the La Silla observatory on the edge of the Atacama Desert in Chile, but it is operated from a control room in Belgium, nearly 7,500 miles away.

Trappist (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetIsmals Small Telescope -- kind of a stretch for an acronym) is joining in the search for exoplanets, Earth-like rocky bodies orbiting distant stars that are quite en vogue in the astronomical community right now. Such planets are clearly the best place to start looking for extraterrestrial life, and in recent years astronomers and governments have been devoting increased resources to identifying them. Trappist will also employ special filters to study molecules ejected by comets orbiting the Sun in hopes of gaining a better understanding of how comets may have contributed to the advent of life on Earth.

The image above shows the Tarantula Nebula, so named for the bright wisps of gas and dust that have been likened to the legs of a tarantula. The nebula is located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our closest galactic neighbors.

Laser Sensor Can See Explosives

An Ordnance Disposal Robot Digs Up a Simulated IED A new laser sensor could help bomb disposal robots like this one sniff out hidden or buried bombs by detecting explosives' vapor trails in the air even at concentrations below ten parts per billion.

Detecting explosives, whether they're tucked into the roadside rubbish on a narrow street in Helmand Province or stashed in someone's undergarments at the airport, can be difficult to do. But UK researchers have developed a potent new tool for sniffing out combustible contraband by creating a novel laser mechanism that can sense explosive molecules at concentrations below 10 parts per billion.

The new sensor tech relies on "pumping" a specific type of plastic called polyfluorene with photons. When polyfluorene is bombarded with light, it emits laser light. Molecules given off by TNT and similar explosives often present in improvised bombs react with that "plastic laser," interfering with the light it emits to a detectable degree. That interference suggests the presence of explosives in the very near vicinity.

Since the laser sensors have to be present more or less right on top of the explosives the tech is not ideal for human use, but it could help bomb disposal robots sniff out hidden threats when sweeping an area for explosives. The sensors could also be placed at security checkpoints and luggage screening areas in airports to seek out molecules that are the telltale signs of hidden combustibles.

The technology could also aid in the peaceful removal of land mines in regions like Southeast Asia that are still trying to remove ordnance left behind from decades-ago military conflicts. But perhaps best of all: the key ingredient in the sensors is plastic, so they should be relatively cheap to produce. Cheap is ideal, of course, for a product designed specifically to go where explosives are.

Sony Glasses Track Eye Movement for Lightweight Wearable Lifelogging

Lifelogging Goggles Sony's wearable eye-tracker records what the wearer is seeing. The little blue light indicates that the camera is recording. Tech-On

Have you been dying to capture your entire life on video, but worried you'll look like a weirdo with all those cameras and devices attached to you? Now you can just don your favorite pair of 120.nerd glasses and track everything you do.

Sony Computer Science Laboratories, in collaboration with the University of Tokyo, has developed a lightweight life logging device that tracks the user's eye movement, determining his or her objects of interest.

The glasses are outfitted with infrared LED lamps and receivers inside, and a camera on the outside that records what the user sees.

It works by directing an infrared light to the user's eyeball. Photoreceivers detect where the light bounces off, determining the position of the pupil. The system then tracks the user's gaze and films accordingly. A little blue light on the camera indicates that it's filming.

The system logs everything the user looks at, and it can even recognize English characters, so it can determine what a user is reading -- like a sign or a book title, for instance.

Anyone using the device would have to get used to a strip blocking part of his or her vision, but Sony plans to embed the system into the glasses' frame, making it even less obtrusive. A GPS function is also planned. So far, the biggest problem is determining how to supply it with power, Sony says.

Quadcopter UAV Careens Through Extremely Tight Spaces Autonomously

Fully embracing the notion that there’s no point in building a UAV if it doesn’t make other UAVs look completely lame by comparison, UPenn’s GRASP Lab has developed an autonomous quadcopter that does a lot more than hover. It flips, dives, twists and otherwise dazzles, executing aggressive aerial maneuvers like dashing through tight windows with just three inches clearance and zipping in between other hovering quadcopters with graceful ease. All by itself.

The UPenn quadcopter certainly isn’t the first of its kind. MIT has one that navigates with tiny onboard laser scanners, while the the University of Tübingen's AscTec Hummingbird gets around autonomously using the same infrared camera as the Wiimote. For its part, the UPenn UAV keeps track of itself in space using 20 external Vicon cameras that digitally map its surroundings as well as an inertial measurement unit – basically a series of gyros and accelerometers like the ones in the iPhone.

Because it requires such a setup, the tiny quadcopter won’t be flying any missions outside of a predefined space anytime soon. But given the UAVs extreme agility, if researchers can figure out a way to untether the machine from the lab, it could have myriad applications in everything from search and rescue to intelligence to military operations. That’s not even taking into account how much civilian fun the thing could provide if it packed a camera and a little AR.

Wind power car

Wind-Powered Car This wind-powered car traveled directly downwind faster than the wind, according to its creator.Faster than the wind.

A California team recently tested a wind-powered car that can actually outrun the wind, adding more fuel to a lingering physics debate.

In a test two weeks ago, the car hit a top speed 2.86 times faster than the wind, according to its creators. Some physicists say this should be impossible, but car-builder Rick Cavallaro says that's exactly what happened on May 16. What gives?

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Cavallaro had funding from Google and Joby Energy to build the car, basically an aerodynamic foam chassis attached to a wind turbine, with the San Jose State University aerodynamics department.
Wired's Autopia blog features the car and Cavallaro’s quest to prove it is possible to travel directly downwind faster than the wind.

The wheels turn the car’s propeller, and the prop thrust pushes the car, which turns the wheels, Cavallaro says. It's not a perpetual motion machine, because the prop is also using wind energy as an external power source.

He says the toughest part was designing a transmission system to transfer power from the wheels to the propeller. Design and construction took almost a year, and Cavallaro has detailed photos and schematics on his blog.

His team made eight test runs May 16 at New Jerusalem Airport in Tracy, Calif. The next step is a land-sailing record certified by the North American Land Sailing Association, Cavallaro says.

South Africa's Soundproof Stadium For the World Cup

South Africa's Sturdy Stadium The 4,700-ton glass roof is supported by 72 radial steel cables arranged symmetrically around the arena to steady the structure against high winds. City of Cape Town

When the World Cup kicks off in South Africa this month, the 69,070 soccer fans inside the new Cape Town Stadium will scream at the top of their lungs to urge on their favorite team. But thanks to some clever engineering, the people living nearby will hear hardly a peep.

The open-air stadium sits in Cape Town’s tony Green Point neighborhood, where residents had raised concerns about crowd noise. To keep fans’ cheers to a minimum outside the building, a design team from the German engineering firm Schlaich Bergermann topped the structure with the world’s largest glass ceiling. The 398,265-square-foot roof consists of 9,000 half-inch-thick glass panels, arranged in a ring above the stands, and a Teflon and fiberglass mesh suspended below the glass. Together they reflect the crowd’s roar back onto the field and stands (potentially handing an advantage to the team with the loudest cheering section) to prevent noise from escaping through the roof’s central hole.

Cape Town Stadium: City of Cape Town

The roof will also protect fans from the Cape’s notoriously fickle weather. Locals joke that you can experience all four seasons in a day because of wind kicked up by the nearby convergence of two major ocean currents: warm from the Indian Ocean and cold from the Atlantic. Combined with turbulent winds spilling off the city’s Table Mountain, gusts can reach more than 50 miles an hour. The roof’s concave shape deflects the wind and redirects it around the stadium. Let the games begin.

Hoverboard Replica Would Make Future-Marty Proud

The closer we get to the year 2015, the louder people lament that our world hardly resembles the one depicted in Back to the Future II. Although it will be awhile before any of us coast around in a flying Delorean, we've piped down our complaints, as a young French artist named Nils Guadagnin has built an exact, actually-hovering replica of Marty McFly's pink hoverboard.

Guadagnin began the project in 2008 for an exhibition titled -- drum roll -- "Back to the Future." Electromagnets allow the board to levitate, while a laser system stabilizes it mid-hover. Although you can't actually ride the board, it does hold up remarkably well when poked and prodded. Check out the video below to see Guadagnin demonstrate:

Video: Sony Unveils Paper-Thin OLED Screen That Rolls Up While Still Playing Video

Sony's Organic Thin-Film Transistor Screen Roll up the screen, and the video keeps on playing. Sony

We're putting things that used to be on paper on video devices, things usually associated with large video screens onto pocket-sized devices, and now Sony is putting video on a flexible OLED screen thin enough to be rolled around a pencil like a sheet of paper, without interrupting the video.

The 80-microns-thick (that's 80 millionths of a meter, or about as thick as a human hair) full-color display can be rolled up and unfurled repeatedly without degrading picture quality. It was made possible by a breakthrough in OLED tech, in which Sony researchers created organic thin-film transistors with 8 times the performance of conventional OTFTs.

More details will emerge Thursday when Sony presents the technology to Society for Information Display's 2010 symposium in Seattle. But suffice it to say, such technology points to a future where everything, even media usually associated with paper like newspapers and magazines, have the capacity to handle full color digital media. See it in action below

Air Force's Hypersonic X-51 WaveRider Ready For First Test Flight

X-51 WaveRider The X-51A WaveRider, a wingless scramjet, will make its first hypersonic test flight Tuesday over the Pacific Ocean. Air Force Research Laboratory

The military’s new wingless plane is set to make its first hypersonic test flight Tuesday, after it is released from a B-52 bomber off the California coast.

The X-51A WaveRider, which sort of resembles a shark, will fly for about five minutes, powered by a scramjet engine. It should reach about Mach 6 and transmit data to ground stations before splashing down in the Pacific Ocean, according to the Air Force Research Laboratory.

The longest previous hypersonic scramjet flight test, performed by a NASA X-43 in 2004, was faster, but lasted only about 10 seconds and used hydrogen fuel. The X-51 uses JP-7 jet fuel, the same juice that powered the SR-71 Blackbird.

The WaveRider is basically wingless — it has some little fins on its side — so it is designed to ride its own shockwave, hence the name. The flight will test the SJ61 scramjet engine, built by Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, as well as the craft's thermal protection systems, airframe and engine integration.

Tuesday’s flight will be the third time a WaveRider has been aloft, but in the past it had remained attached to a B-52. This time, the bomber will drop the craft and a solid rocket booster will accelerate it to about Mach 4.5. Then the scramjet engine, which uses the same fuel as the SR-71 Blackbird, will push the X-51A to Mach 6 as it climbs to about 70,000 feet. Scramjets can burn atmospheric oxygen, so they don’t need to carry huge, heavy fuel ta

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Japanese Researchers Create Biomimicking Artificial Butterfly, and Fly It

As elegance in engineering goes, it doesn't get much better: a functioning ornithopter modeled after a swallowtail butterfly. Japanese researchers fashioned their faux swallowtail to mimic the precise flying motion of the real thing, hoping its unique flying motion can inform future aerodynamic designs.

Unlike most other butterflies, swallowtails don't actively control the aerodynamic force of their wings, instead achieving forward flight through simple flapping motions. Many other butterflies actually control their flights by making small adjustments to their wing motions as the fly, but the swallowtails' wings are simply too big. Their flapping frequency is low, and their ability to control those massive wings is quite limited.

To prove this, the researchers built their ornithopter to the exact specifications of the swallowtail, right down to the thin membranes and veins that cover the wings of real butterflies. They then used special software to analyze the model swallowtail in flight, demonstrating that unsophisticated flapping motions with little feedback control can still produce precise, controlled flight.

Japans Largest elevator

Enormous Elevator This elevator can hold 80 people. Mitsubishi Elevator

A new Japanese office building that opened earlier this month in Osaka is home to two dozen ginormous window-view elevators, the largest in Japan.

Each can hold 80 passengers and are 12 feet wide, 9 feet long and 8.5 feet high, with a floor space of about 102 square feet.

Japanese architecture is often notable for its smallness -- this is the country that invented the capsule hotel , after all. But the commodious elevator is a more efficient way to move large amounts of people.They are operated as shuttles between Hankyu Department Store’s Umeda store and several floors of offices, according to a press release [PDF].

The department store is located near one of Japan’s largest train terminals, and the shops nearby are a popular destination, meaning the elevators will probably see much more traffic than the picture shown above.

The Japanese also want to be the first to elevate to space, so perhaps it makes sense they’d install an enormous one in a building first.

Sharp Unveils 3-D-Shooting Cellphone Camera

Sharp 3-D HD Camera Module Sharp

Today Sharp announced plans that could turn your cellphone into a 3-D-shooting mini film studio as early as next year. The company today unveiled a mobile-phone 3-D camera capable of shooting in high def.

The module captures 720p stereoscopic (two-eyed) video and is only about two inches wide. To put that in perspective: Fuji's 3-D camera uses much larger, heavier sensors and only records standard-def video.

The camera on its own, though, needs help to produce a 3-D image. As with a3-D TV or blu-ray player, there needs to be an integrated circuit capable of decoding the stereoscopic signal, converting file formats, and then sending the information to a 3-D-ready display. Oh, yeah, Sharp has one of those, too: the glasses-less kind.In March, the company announced a small-format screen consisting of two stacked LCD screens; the screen on top only displays thin vertical black lines, which block half of the image at a time, so that your right and left eyes only see their own angles. The meshing of the two images is your brain's job.

It's been rumored for a while now that Sharp's screen will be what makes Mario pop on the forthcoming 3-D Nintendo DS, so it's only natural to intuit that maybe (just maybe) the DS will both display and capture in three dimensions. For the time being, though, it's all just conjecture -- especially considering that these camera modules won't go into production for several more months, and Nintendo's still mum on when the 3DS rollout might start.

Luxury Yachts

Owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, the 531-foot Dubai has interiors designed by Philippe Starck, space for 115 guests and 88 crew members, six guest suites and five VIP suites — all with open balconies. Interior spaces are channeled towards a “massive” foyer and atrium that connects each of the mega-yacht’s eight deck. Outside, the ship hosts a large pool, squash court, helipad and a small aircraft hanger. $350 Million

"Sea Kites" Could Harness Tidal Energy For Future Power Plants

Sea Kites An artist's rendering shows sea kites harnessing the power of ocean tides. They would be tethered to a power station on the ocean floor. Courtsey Minesto

A new underwater kite being developed in Sweden could be a low-cost, low-impact method for harnessing ocean energy. Swedish start-up Minesto has obtained $2.5 million to start testing the kite in Northern Ireland next year.

The kite, called Deep Green, is able to capture tidal energy at 10 times the speed of the water in which it operates.

The prevailing methods of capturing tidal energy mimic two common power sources -- there are tidal barrages, similar to the method used in hydropower stations, or stream systems, which capture the motion of the tide and work like wind turbines. The kite falls into the latter category, but its airfoil design is fairly unique. Submerged turbines are more commonly designed like windmills under the sea.

It consists of a 3-foot-long turbine attached to a rudder and a 39-foot wingspan, tethered to the ocean floor with a 330-foot cable, according to CNN.

The turbine rotates quickly and doesn't require a gear box, making it lighter and cheaper than other alternatives, according to Minesto representatives. The key is the tether -- anchoring and steering the kite allows it to capture much more energy. The kite travels 10 times faster than the water it operates in, resulting in 1,000 times more energy, the company says.

The project started at automaker Saab in 2003 and Minesto spun off in 2007. CNN says the company hopes to begin scale-model trials next year at Strangford Lough, in County Down, Northern Ireland, which is already home to a commercial tidal power device operated by SeaGen, a British renewable energy company. The prototype is expected to produce 500 kilowatts of power.

Sea kites would need fairly large swaths of ocean to operate, but they would inhabit small parts of that swath at any given time, as they moved in figure-eight patterns through the water. Minesto representatives say in the future, the technology could be combined with offshore wind farms to produce ocean-driven power plants.

Most Expensive Bass Guitar

A financially endowed bass player might look at any one of Jens Ritter’s bass guitars, which start at $6,000, and be content. After all, the German luthier’s expensive basses are made with some of the same techniques used to make Stradivarius violins. One customer, however, wasn’t satisfied with one of Ritter’s “normal” guitars and we’re lucky for it. After all, if it weren’t for this customer, we wouldn’t be able to tell you about the world’s most expensive bass guitar.

The Ritter Royal Flora Aurum, as it’s called, has a body carved from a rare, solid piece of maple while the nut is carved from 10,000-year-old mammoth ivory. The fingerboard is decorated with a floral inlay pattern made of 24-karat gold. There’s even a black diamond set in platinum decorating each leaf. Even the bridge, tuner buttons and knobs are cast in gold. The knobs on this luxurious bass hold an additional embellishment—they’re both topped with brilliant-cut diamonds (3.3 carats total).

The Flora Aurum is a work in progress and is on hold for one lucky buyer.

The most expensive bass guitar in the world is valued at $100,000.

Eight Best Computer Keyboards

There's perhaps nothing more essential to a happy computing experience than a great keyboard. Whether your machine is of the desktop or laptop variety, a solid, full-size clacker will make writing papers, designing flyers, or just getting around the Web significantly faster and more comfortable. Some keyboards take the "lighter is better" approach in terms of the keys, while in recent years, "clicky" models, reminiscent of those chunky IBM keyboards of yore, seem to be all the rage with more and more manufacturers. And nothing cleans up a cluttered desktop more than a wireless keyboard. Go with what feels best to you: As with a pair of eyeglasses, you'll be using your keyboard every day, so it's worth an investment. Your hands will thank you.

Cellphones, Mobile Handsets Dell Aero is AT&T's second Android phone

Looks like Dell's finally entering the modern US smartphone market with a renamed mini 3 called the Aero for AT&T. There's some serious Android UI skinning going on here -- it looks like a riff on what we've seen on the streak/ mini 5 but that's all we know specs-wise at the moment. To be honest, we're somewhat concerned that this custom UI skin will be built on top of Android 1.5 or 1.6 instead of 2.1, and that AT&T will mandate a Backflip style app lockdown until we get some hard details all we have is this pic and our usual hope for the future.

PS4

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World's biggest playing cards house made

You must have seen a number of unusual structures in the past, but this time I have for you something that is unbelievable. Bryan Berg, a name that made it into the Guinness World Record has broken his own record by building the largest house of free-standing playing cards. The American architect has successfully created a replica of the Venetian Macau from 218,792 cards. The breath-taking creation residing inside the Venetian itself took 44 days and 4,051 decks of cards to complete.

The model that is on display in the Venetian Macau luxury hotel and casino measures 33 feet by just under 10 feet. Weighing 44 stone, what is the most interesting thing about it is the fact that the cards are stacked without glue or tape. In Berg’s view, it is the most ambitious project he has undertaken to date. While constructing the largest house of free-standing playing cards several times the structure nearly collapsed. Taking inspiration from his card-playing grandfather, Berg hopes to inspire some visitors at The Venetian Macao.

Worlds most expensive So

The pair pictured above have been signed by England and Chelsea captain Terry and are the shoes from the 3-0 World Cup qualifying win over Belarus on October 14. In addition to Terry’s signature and the names of his children, Summer and Georgie, the shoes have been decorated with 2,374 jewels and embroidered in red with the cross of St. George etched on the tongue. The studs of the shoes have been topped off with 84 black diamonds which have been set in white gold, and in total there are 27 carats of white diamonds, nearly 11 carat of sapphires, and Terry’s No. 6 is made from white gold. Terry’s pair has been valued as the most expensive of the three, estimated to be worth $219,905.

The blue and white Nike boots pictured below belong to Manchester United striker Wayne Rooney and were worn during the Premier League. For $203,616 you can be the proud owner of soccer cleats decorated with 2,576 gems featuring more than 10 carat of white diamonds and 31 carat of black diamonds. Rooney’s famous No. 10 has been molded out of rose gold.

3G iPads due on 30 April

Apple has annonced that customers who've pre-ordered iPads that come with 3G capabilities will be receiving them on 30 April, and that its shops will begin selling them at 5pm that day.

The release follows the availability of iPads that only contained Wi-Fi capabilities. Apple reckons that the 3G edition will be able to cope with 9 hours of web surfing over the 3G data network, which is provided by AT&T. There'll be a free setup service offered in retail stores, that gets consumers set up with email and a few aplications.

Pricing is set at a $130 boost over the Wi-Fi-only model. That means that 16GB version will cost $630, the 32GB version costs $730 and the 64GB model is $830. Expect those prices to rocket when the device comes to Britain, or at the very least Gibraltar. The device is due to make it to these shores in late May.

The 3D

DLP HDTVs are famous for offering perhaps the best full HD, 1080p picture quality. With 3D ready capability, your DLP HDTV is ready for the future. 3D content is becoming more popular every day. When you add the optional 3D add on kit, you can enjoy a nice selection of 3D movies and hundreds of PC games today and you’ll have everything you need to enjoy increased 3D content tomorrow. Plus, DLP HDTVs offer perhaps the best “price–per–inch” of any HDTV making them the perfect big screen HDTVs at an affordable price.

The top 10 Soccer Team

1	Spain
2	Brazil
3	Netherlands
4	Portugal
5	Italy
6	Germany
7	England
8	France
9	Argentina
10	Croatia

Some new games Coming out

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City Apr 13, 2010

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned Apr 13, 2010

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony Apr 13, 2010

Final Fight: Double Impact Apr 15, 2010

Kick-Ass Apr 15, 2010

Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse -- Episode 1: Apr 18, 2010
The Penal Zone

After Burner Climax Apr 22, 2010

2010 FIFA World Cup South AFrica Apr 27, 2010

Fifa world cup first games

63 more days tell FIFA WORLD CUP. It starts on June 12 on that day USA vs England. Out off the nine times they played together England has won 7 times and USA won 2 times. On June 13 is Germany vs Australia they have played 2 games and Germany has won them all. The game that I cant wait for is Portugal vs Brazil its on June 25 its going to be a great game, out of the 20 games that they played with each other Brazil has won 12 times and Portugal won 4 times and they tied 2 times.

Happy Hacking Keyboard HP

PFU Ltd of Ishikawa, Japan, an affiliate of Fujitsu, is producing the Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional HP Japan, a made-to-order keyboard handcoated with Urushi lacquer. This made to order keyboard is coated many times using a special brush made from the hairs of virgins, and then powdered with gold dust! The price for this expensive computer keyboard is a grand sum of 525,000 yen or about US $4,440.

One of the worlds biggest computers!!!!

Developed in 1972 at Xerox's Palo Alto Research center, the Alto had a bitmap display, windows, drop-down menu bars, a mouse, built-in Ethernet and hard disk, keyboard, word processor and more in their software productivity suite, a paint application, and even e-mail. Xerox was far too busy fighting the copier patent war, and was not interested. Steve Jobs was, and in 1984, Apple introduced Apple Lisa, and the Apple Macintosh. Although this was the most ingenious creation of the time, quite possibly responsible for the way we use computers today, it should be viewed also as a huge flop when Xerox did not capitalize on its innovation.

SSC Ultimate Aero

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257 mph, 0-60 in 2.7 secs. Twin-Turbo V8 Engine with 1183 hp, base price is $654,400. Tested in March 2007 by Guinness world records, The SSC Ultimate Aero takes the lead as the fastest car in the world beating Bugatti Veyron.

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Most Expensive Hat

The most expensive hat in the world wants you dead.

Modeled by actress Alicia Witt at Christie’s in London, Chapeau d’Amour—the “hat of love”—was created by celebrity couture designer Louis Mariette. Made of woven platinum and covered in stunning diamonds, the hat was inspired by ivy and bluebells.

I’m not sure what inspired the antennae, but they look like they could be used to either feel the slightest vibrations in the air or deliver lethal venom to small animals.

Either way, the world’s most expensive hat is valued at $2.7 million. Unfortunately for hat collectors everywhere, Chapeau d’Amour is not for sale.

Propaganda poster

In history class we had to make a propaganda poster and i made one for France they are getting attacked by the Germans were attacking the Eiffel tower, this are some example for propaganda.

The longest limousine!!!

The longest limousine built ever in the world is a limousine 100-ft long that was created by Jay Ohrberg of Burbank, California. This enormously long car is even in the Guinness Book of World Records now. This limousine rides on 26 tires spaced along the length of its body. It has 2 drivers’ cabins in the front and in the back as it’s really hard to drive such a vehicle. In order the limousine could turn and make turns around corners, its middle part is hinged to fold.

History is made as the tiny war drama overbalance "Avatar" and takes 6 awards including the first woman bes director

Hollywood's biggest night came down to "Hurt Locker" vs. "Avatar" with the indie war drama besting the 3D blockbuster. It was an evening that was short on surprises, but big on history with Kathryn Bigelow becoming the first female director to win an Oscar. Here's a look at the winners, losers, musical number, speeches and more from Sunday's ceremony.

Seven years after America's foray into an ill-fated war in Iraq, Hollywood heaped glory on a tiny, taut film that took audiences to the front lines of the grinding conflict.

"The Hurt Locker," a pitiless look at the soldiers diffusing bombs in Iraq, won six Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director at the 82nd Academy Awards on Sunday.

The triumphs made history for the Academy Awards: Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the directing honor; and the film, taking a meager $21 million worldwide at the box office, became the lowest-grossing Best Picture winner (the previous low was "Annie Hall," which wound up grossing about $38 million).

The most expensive soccer players

1. Cristiano Ronaldo: Manchester United to Real Madrid – £80m (2009)
2. Kaka: AC Milan to Real Madrid – £56m (2009)
3. Zinedine Zidane: Juventus to Real Madrid – £45.62m (2001)
4. Luis Figo: Barcelona to Real Madrid – £37m (2000)
5. Hernan Crespo: Parma to Lazio – £35.5m (2000)
6. Gianluigi Buffon: Parma to Juventus – £32.6m (2001)
7. Robinho: Real Madrid to Manchester City – £32.5m (2008)
8. Christian Vieri: Lazio to Inter – £32m (1999)
9. Dimitar Berbatov: Tottenham to Manchester United – £30.75m (2008)
10. Andriy Shevchenko: AC Milan to Chelsea – £30m (2006)

The world's most expensive earphones have gone on sale for a massive $5,200

Made by specialist Belgian jeweller Casa Di, the blingtastic ear pieces are made from 18 carat gold and are encrusted with an impressive 118 dimonds.

Each earphone weighs a relatively heavy 18grams and come with 59 diamonds each. The limited-edition run are on sale at selected jewelery around the globe.

The world's most expensive earphones:

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The top Seven Soccer Studium

7. San Siro – Italy

The San Siro stadium is located in Milan, Italy and has the capacity to seat over 85,000 guests. The stadium is home to both Internazionale and AC Milan, both of which are considered to be the biggest sports teams in existence today.

Watching a soccer game at San Siro is a spectacular experience, mostly because of the incredible Italian fans. They scream choreographed chants, wave humongous banners, and shoot off flares not just at the end of the game, but at the scoring of each goal. They’re some of the most enthusiastic sports fans in the world – hands down!

6. Ibrox Stadium – Scotland

At the Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Scotland you’ll find the Glasgow Rangers Football Club. For the uninitiated: football, in Europe, is what we Americans call soccer. The stadium can hold up to 50,500 riled up fans at a time on game day.

The Glasgow Celtic are the biggest competitors of the Glasgow Rangers, but the fans and stadium just can’t compete. Rangers fans don’t just chant their support – they sing real songs with intelligible lyrics and music.

5. Olympiastadion – Germany

The Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany was originally built in 1972 in order to host the Olympic Games. It later became the site of several major soccer events and also served as the backdrop for a number of stellar concert events.

Today the stadium is the home of the Hertha BSC soccer team. The DFB-Pokal and Frauen DFB Pokal are hosted there each year, although the 2010 games will be moved to a different location as part of an experiment that involves hosting these events in different cities. The UEFA Champions League Final will be held there in 2011.

4. The Maracana, Brazil

The Maracana can be found in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. The stadium, with a seating capacity of up to 40,000, is well known for its historic significance regarding the game of soccer.

The stadium is home home to the Rio De Janiero’s Vasco de Gama soccer club. This club is known for being the first to sign African players to their teams back in the 1920’s, bridging cultural and color barriers that were until then played a huge part in the formation of soccer teams around the world.

3. La Bombonera, Argentina

Tread carefully through the Boca neighborhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina and you’ll stumble upon La Bombonera. Home to the soccer team known as the Boca Juniors, the stadium certainly isn’t one of the largest or most beautiful in the world, but it’s the fans that make the experience special.

Forget boxes, large rolling projector screens, or any of the fabulous amenities you’d find in a standard stadium. Soccer fans in Buenos Aires are there for two things – the love of the game and to see what type of celebration Martin Palermo will throw on the field when he scores his next goal.

2. Stamford Bridge, England

The Stamford Bridge stadium is moderate, with a seating capacity of approximately 42,000, but what they lack in size compared to other stadiums is made up in spirit by the exciting Chelsea Football Club. The stadium was built in 1904 and has been likened to Fenway Park, only for soccer instead of baseball.

Fans of the Chelsea Football Club in London, England often wonder whether or not the players are on the field to show off or to win games. The fans love the thrill of a live game, though, so the intent of the team doesn’t really seem to matter.

1. Nou Camp, Spain

Head towards Barcelona, Spain if you want to see true soccer rivals duke it out on the field. The Nou Camp stadium is located in Barcelona and is the home to FC Barcelona.

FC Barcelona and their largest rival, Real Madrid, tear up the field at least once per season, and it’s a game worth attending, even if you can’t make it to any others. FC Barcelona is one of the most successful soccer teams in the world (financially) and Nou Camp is the largest stadium in Europe. With 118,000 seats available, it’s not too difficult to get tickets to a game if you plan in advance.