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This silent Super-8 film of the 1968 Monaco Grand Prix is the perfect time warp to watch in contrast to the dazzling spectacle of the recent Singapore Grand Prix. The raw footage of the then-savage sport captures the essence of what a street-circuit F1 race was 40 years ago. For better or for worse, things have certainly changed. Graham Hill wins the 1968 Grand Prix in his Lotus-Ford. Only 5drivers end this race. F1 as it is supposed to be!

The battery-charging scene continues to amaze with its innovation. It is surely the most technologically advanced area of science today. Forget the Large Hadron Collider - it’s the battery world that should be creating the headlines right now!

The latest RED HOT battery development comes from renowned rechargeable expert Uniross, which has today announced the High Speed Charger, a device capable of - brace yourselves! - fully recharging batteries in an unbelievable 15 minutes. And that’s not just one or two batteries - the supplied recharging dock has space for an unbelievable FOUR AA or AAA batteries, plus it has a cooling fan, LED warning indicator and in-car lighter socket adaptor for recharging “on the go.”

It’s out in October. The price for getting yourself more technology than is contained within the space shuttle and Bill Gates’ house? £34.99 or $ 64,00

 

After getting iPhone cupcakes, it looks like we’ll be getting iPhone coasters, solid proof that the iPhone-craze won’t be letting up anytime soon. These 3.34″ coasters will come in a pack of 16 (duh) and will set you back $60. If you’re a perfectionist, then you’ll probably complain that the corners of the coasters aren’t rounded, but aside from that, it does look very pretty.

The “@” is a continuous line that winds around in a circle to create the symbol. Imagine a chair with the same feeling of the continuous looping in 3D form that allows us to sit comfortably while enjoying the design. Award winning Australian designer, Brodie Neill, uses his creative twist in design concepts to create this modern and beautiful masterpiece. The @Chair comes with full back support and a widened seat so as to create the most comforting experience for the user.

Designer: Brodie Neil

Facebook 2.0 has been released and is now up for download at the iTunes app store. With the newest version, you can get notifications, friend requests full news feeds, news feed comments, your entire inbox, and photo capabilities. Now you can check up on how all your Finance major friends are doing from on the road. Status Update: Not very well.

 

Quantum of Solace is not yet out, but the 007 factor is so damn phenomenal that the high-end brands around the globe do all that they can to dedicate a product to the brand. The latest attention grabber dedicated to the secret agent is Champagne bottle from Champagne Bollinger that has Bollinger 007 inscribed on the exterior. The unique shape is inspired from a weapon of choice for Agent 007 in the Quantum of Solace. When you gulp down that unique bottle it can then be used as a potent box to store your essentials as it has a key at the end. The whiff of exclusivity isn’t spared here, either, as only 207 of these exclusive bottles will be produced, and each of them will be numbered. Such grace is rare for a Champagne bottle and therefore we won’t mind paying $5,765 for it.

Nick Veasey calls himself the original x-ray nerd. Having spent over a decade obsessively chronicling thousands of objects through x-ray photography, it’s an appropriate label. While our society is taught to concern itself with the alluring surface of things, Veasey uses industrial x-ray machines to peel back those upper layers, often revealing a far more beautiful, and complex, underside. Having produced the largest x-ray photograph ever—a Boeing 777 that required over 500 separate x-rays of individual elements—one would think Veasey had reached his summit.

 

A Solar Powered iPhone Leather Case is a perfect example of function as a remedy for form, is it not? Faced with a pathetically challenged battery life, the idea is that iPhone users will forgo the svelte cool of the bare device in favour of a clunky but valuable power source for their baby. Perhaps. $48.00.

Lithiumion polymer Battery capacity: 3.7V 1500mAh # Output voltage: 5V (max) # output current: 600ma (max) + solar battery 100 (max) # Charge voltage: solar battery 6V USB/DC 5V # Charge current: 100ma (max) + 500ma (max) # Charging ime: less than 3hours # Peak power supplied by photocell: 0.61W

 

Proceeds from the sale of these “cardboard” silkscreened duvet-sets goes to benefit a Dutch homeless charity - Stichting Zwerfjongeren Nederland.

Come on, we’ve all joked about having to go out and push a broken airplane, but the Chinese actually did it: when a faulty plane was stuck in a Zhengzhou airport, they sent 30 people to push it off the runway!

It took them nearly two hours to push the CRJ7 plane, with 69 passengers and seven-strong crew on board, less than half a mile to a side lane.

“Thank God, it was only a 20 tonne medium-sized airplane. If it had been a big plane, it would have knocked us out,” said one man, who said he had never experience anything like it in ten years working at the airport.