BMW Vision

The BMW Vision ConnectedDrive will make its world debut at the Geneva International Motor Show from 3rd to 13th of March 2011. Here is an exclusive video of this extraordinary concept vehicle

Amazing Plant Recovery

How does this drooping, wilted houseplant spring back to life so quickly after a little watering?The video has the explanation.....

Priceless Pharoah statue found near garbage-can

A limestone statue of the renegade Pharaoh Akhenaten has been recovered beside a garbage bin near the Egyptian National Museum in Cairo from which it had been stolen 20 days ago, Egypt's Ministry of Antiquities said Thursday.The priceless statue was found by a 16-year-old boy near a trash can in Cairo's Tahrir Square, where the 18-day protest that brought down Hosni Mubarak took place."He brought the statue to his home and when his mother saw it she called her brother, Dr. Sabry Abdel Rahman, a professor at the American University in Cairo. Dr. Rahman, in turn, called the Ministry of State for Antiquities Affairs to hand the statue over," said the Ministry of Antiquities Affairs in a statement.Lying by the garbage, as if it suffered another damnatio memoriae some 3,300 years later, the statue shows Akhenaten wearing a blue crown and holding an offering table in his hands."It was returned intact, except for the offering table that was found separately inside the Egyptian museum," the ministry said.The son of Amenhotep III and most likely the father of Tutankhamun, Akhenaten (1353 B.C. - 1336 B.C.) is known as the "heretic" pharaoh who established the capital of his kingdom in Amarna, introducing a monotheistic religion for the sun god Aten that overthrew the pantheon of the gods.After his death, when Egypt returned to the traditional religion, Akhenaten's name, images and the traces of his reign were eradicated.Indeed, the recovered limestone statue is one of the few statues that we have from the Amarna Period."The entire reign of Akhenaton was unique. The style of the statues and reliefs produced during a large part of the reign are unique as well," Jacques Kinnaer, a Belgian Egyptologist, creator of The Ancient Egypt Site, told Discovery News.
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Incredible places - The Great Blue Hole of Belize

              Blue holes are developed during past ice ages,  when sea  level was as much as 100–120 metres (330–390 ft) lower than at  present. At those period, these formations were subjected to the som  erosion caused by rain and chemical weathering typical in all limestone rich  terrains. This ended once they were submerged at the end of the ice  age.Most blue holes contain both freshwater and saltwater. The halocline  is the position in these blue holes exactly where the freshwater meets the  saltwater and where a corrosive reaction takes place that eats away at  the rock. Over time this can generate side passages, or horizontal "arms",  that stretch from the vertical cave. These side passages can be quite  long; e.g., more than 600 metres (2,000 ft) in the case of the Sawmill Sink  in the Bahamas.

Sword fighting stuffed-frogs

The above picture was taken inside Maison Matin, the time-capsule mansion.It shows two stuffed frogs showing 'human nature' by having sword fight between them.

Mayan calendar

The Mayan calendar is very different from a simple sign to disable the system over time. The Mayan Calendar is specifically a visionary calendar that may help us realize the past and predict the future. This is a calendar  that describes how the growth of fashion heaven and hell of human consciousness, and push our ideas and activities in a given time.The Mayan Calendar is not foreseeing the end of the world 2012, but the beginning of a new age ; the golden age. The Mayan civilization predicted that on December 21, 2012 something will happen to the world we know.Something will happen which may change our civilization, value systems and the way we all know human civilization forever. Specifically what does that means? What did the Mayan see through their spiritual wisdom ?
According to scientists and technologists something odd is happening behind . The terrestrial and solar polar reversal peaks are impending within three weeks of that day, December 21, 2012. Innumerable UFOs are surveying our skies regularly and increasing as we approach that day. The tectonic plate shifts, underwater volcanoes, earthquakes, landslides and Tsunamis are increasing at rates never seen before. The solar flares are increasing. The earth ’s magnetosphere and ionosphere are experiencing peculiar disturbances. The numbers of typhoons and cyclones have increased many folds. The number of floods and droughts has increased beyond imaginations in the last ten years. Scientists who look beyond conventional science point out that that the Hyperspace that contain our Universe is also showing signs that something strange is going on in our universe.

Xperia Play- the new Playstation smartphone

Sony Ericsson officially confirmed the release of Xperia play.Xperia Play,the playstation smartphone is slated for its release on february 13th. Xperia Play will be the first smartphone which meets Sony's PlayStation Certified distinction standards.The smartphone uses the Android OS.The phone allows you to play older playstation games also.Xperia Play has a wide 4 inch multitouch screen with 854 x 480 resolution LCD screen

Release of Playstation 4

It's Sony's customary practice to release the next versions of the Playstation with six years gap.The very first version of the Playstation was released in the year 1994.Playstation 2 was released in the year 2000.Playstation 3 was released in the year 2006.If we consider this,then Playstation 4 will be released in the year 2012.But the present version of playstation, Playstation 3 was sold in loss till the april month of last year.But Sony says that PS 3 was built to last for ten years.So we could expect the release of Playstation 4 within the year 2016.

3D TV

           Hollywood will no longer have the full control on the 3D technology. You need not pay for a ticket and sit in the theatres to have the 3D experience.The 3D television sets were out and they have been in sales from the year of 2010 itself.A 3D TV is a television which uses stereoscopic capture, multi-view capture, or 2D plus depth, and a 3D display to capture and display in 3 Dimensional field.When Panasonic launched its first full 3D cam-corder, the 3D TVs came to sales ,before 2010 FIFA world cup.And various leading magazines started selling the 3D glasses to the viewers for more than $100 each pair.But now Toshiba came with the all new 3D TV sets which does not require any 3D glasses.

The new Ferrari FF

 FF which stands for Ferrari Four made its debut at Geneva Motor Show.This car provides incredible experience to both driver and the passenger. The direct injection V12 engine provides an impressive 660 HP.The car's acceleration is 0 to 60 mph in 3.7 seconds.The car which maintains perfect weight distribution is 4.9m long and 1.9m wide.The car weighs approximately 1.8 ton.The 6262cc vehicle has a maximum power of 660 CV at 8000 rpm.It has a maximum speed of 335 km/hr.The fuel economy is 15.4L/100 km.The production of the car will start from next year and it is expected that it will cost around $700,000.

Chinese snub-nosed monkeys

                                                                      Snub nosed monkeys live in snow covered areas and they are able to survive severe cold better than any other primates.The thick fur of these monkeys make them to endure severe cold.These snub nosed monkeys are one of the most endangered species in the world.These cute monkeys are being hunted for their body parts to make Chinese medicine.see more pictures below:

The new electric motor bike launched in UK

                     An all new electric bike named Agility Saietta has joined the electric sports bike.The name 'Saietta' means 'thunderbolt' in latin.The bike which looks unlike the traditional bikes is available in two ranges- S and R .Saietta S is the 50 miles range bike whereas Saietta R is the 100 miles range bike.The Saietta R will be the fastest of the two.Saietta R has an acceleration of 0 to 60 in 4 seconds whereas, Saietta S has an acceleration of 0 to 60 in 5 seconds.Saietta R leads the Saietta S range in the cost also.Saietta R costs £13,975 whereas Saietta S costs £9,975. The two bikes have incredible torque and the center of gravity is also very less.The horse power and the weight of the bikes are not revealed yet.The bike made its debut today in the MCN London Motorcycle Show.

Apple's new iPhone 4

Apple is all set to release its new iPhone- iPhone4.The phone has several amazing features when compared with its previous models. It has two built in cameras of 4 Megapixels.One at the front ,above the display and the other at the back near the flash.Experience the video calling with facetime with a single tap of a button.
The display of the phone looks amazing with retina display,which makes everything that appears on the screen amazingly sharper, no matter in what angle you look at.The retina display in iPhone 4 uses a technology known as IPS(in-plane switching).The contrast in iPhone 4 is four times greater than its previous versions.The Retina display glass is made from the material which is used to make glasses of the aircrafts and high speed trains.So the display glass is much harder and scratch resistance.Apple iPhone 4 offers many apps and you can switch between the apps quickly using Multitasking. With iPhone4,you can perform a HD video recording with stunning picture quality.And there is no need for you to wait until you reach the home to edit your videos in your computer.You can edit basic things in your iPhone itself.And you can make your clips into a single finished movie.The phone is estimated to be $199* and will be available from 10th february of this year.