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Ghent Light Festival Creates A Technicolor Dream Cathedral

9:30PM February 1, 2012 | Andrew Tarantola

Clark Griswold? Amateur. This is how you put on a light show — the 2012 Light Festival at Ghent, Belgium. And this 28 meter tall cathedral, the Luminarie Cagna, was its centrepiece. More »

News

Another Stage Collapses In Belgium

10:30PM August 19, 2011 | Casey Chan

Not again. Last night, during a Smith Westerns set at Pukkelpop 2011 in Belgium, a stage collapsed during a massive storm, killing five people and injuring a 100. The video above shows the stage as it’s coming down down. More »

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How Do You Hoist 1350-Tonne Boats 73m In The Air?

1:30AM August 12, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Flat-bottomed barges have been hauled goods up the canals of Belgium for almost two centuries. But by the 1950s, barges had outgrown the series of locks and lifts along the Canal du Centre. This is the Belgians’ €160 million answer. More »

Online

Thugs Facebook Seduce A Supermarket Manager Just To Rob Him

11:00AM August 1, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Guy meets girl online. After 5 months, they fall for one another. Both arrange to go on their first date. Only the girl doesn’t exist. She’s really two guys who tie the guy up and steal his stuff. Wait, what? More »

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The Largest Gun Ever Built

1:30AM July 16, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Like an Aryan Death Star, the Nazis’ Gustav was the largest gun ever built and didn’t leave much planet where it hit. More »

Cameras

Nikon’s Limited Edition Lens Box Another Reason To Wish You Were Swedish

1:20AM February 22, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Universal health care! A multitude of tall, beautiful blonde people! IKEA! Does it get any better? Apparently, it does – Nikon is now selling its chic limited edition set of three lenses in Sweden – the only country besides Belgium. More »

The World’s First 3D Printed Frisbee Is Swank Enough For P. Diddy

3:01PM October 14, 2010 | Christina Bonnington

If your regular old Frisbee just isn’t doing it for you anymore and you’ve got a spare $US215 lying around, consider the uber-customisable FrisMe. You can choose its size and shape, or add your initials and a cool “texture”. More »

33,000 Beer Crates On The Wall Of This Belgian Shrine For Beer

12:00PM September 26, 2010 | Casey Chan

This is the ceiling of a building constructed from 33,000 beer cases. It was built in Belgium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the World’s Fair in Brussels. It’s supposed to represent reusability. I think it’s a church for beer. More »

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Belgian Prison Metal Detectors Fail On ‘Pretty, Young Lawyers’

9:20PM September 10, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

A Belgian jail’s metal detector falters whenever attractive lawyers visit, allegedly because it’s too sensitive to the underwire in bras. To ensure they’re not packing guns, the lawyers are then asked to remove their bras to enter the jail. More »

Sure Beats The Weather Channel

12:40AM July 14, 2010 | Mark Wilson

We all check the weather in habitual, niche ways. Some watch the news, others glance at their phones. And others still? They require nothing short of 6000 windows illuminated by 72,000 RGB LEDs that abstractly report the weather. More »