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Danish Trolls Are Playing Twinkly Music On This Pan Pipes Bridge

6:00PM June 29, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

“Who’s that tripping over my bridge?!” roared the troll. “It is I, the creator of elevator and massage room muzak, and I’ve come to have a tinkle on your bridge’s underbelly-pipes!” More »


News

Paying For Postage Over SMS Launching Soon In Denmark

9:00PM March 8, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

How often do you weigh parcels at home and then print out the postage so you can pop it in a post-box and avoid a lengthy queue at the post office? Now there’s an even easier way to pay for postage – in Sweden and Denmark at least, where customers can pay via SMS. More »


Online

Study: 70% Of Danes Don’t Have A Problem With Piracy

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4:56PM March 2, 2011 | Daniel Long

A Danish study has determined that a majority of people living there don’t give a rats about piracy, even as Hollywood continues to try and win the war against pirates by bringing individuals and more recently, ISPs to court. More »


Cars

$US1.5b Cruise Liner Slips Under Bridge With 50cm Margin Of Error

12:20AM November 2, 2010 | Max Read

The Allure of the Sea, Royal Caribbean’s $US1.5 billion “superliner”, left for Fort Lauderdale, Florida, making it under Denmark’s Store Belt Bridge with 50cm to spare. Not bad for a ship that’s 72m high. More »


Wave Building Looks Like Submerged Camel AT-AT

11:00AM September 18, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

The architects of this “Wave” building in Denmark describe it as resembling waves during the day and mountains in the evenings. Me? I think it looks like a camel AT-AT caught in quicksand, with only its two humps poking through. More »


Science

Human Cannonball Astronaut: My Rocket Is My Clothes

4:40AM August 27, 2010 | Kate McAlpine - New Scientist

Within weeks, Peter Madsen and Kristian von Bengtson will launch the first standing-room-only spacecraft. Their rocket is a cylindrical capsule that snugly fits around a standing person, with a clear plexiglass dome so that the astronaut can see out. More »


Cars

Thieves, Please Do Not Steal This Unique One-Piece City Bike

8:20AM August 21, 2010 | Jason Chen

Denmark! The birthplace of the LDN bike, designed by KiBiSi, which has a unique one-piece shape that’s as stylish as it is weird. More »


These Minimal TMA-1 Headphones From Aiaiai Have Me All Hot Under The Collar

6:47PM August 10, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

I’m constantly searching for The Pair of over-ear headphones, so I’m pretty chuffed that after months of stunning teaser photos the TMA-1 ‘phones by Aiaiai have finally gone on sale – for about $US250. More »


Seeing The City Through A 52m Glass Rainbow

2:20AM August 10, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

The newest artwork in Denmark’s ARoS museum wouldn’t make much sense anywhere but the roof: Your Rainbow Panorama stretches 170m across, offering visitors a 360-degree view of the surrounding city in dazzling Technicolor. More »


Mobile

Not Vaporware After All: Lumigon’s Android Phones Will Launch This October

11:00PM July 28, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

In a world of Identikit phones, Lumigon’s three Android phones announced at CES were like a fresh-faced booth babe amidst a sea of tech nerds. Holding true to their promise, the T1 will hit on October 20 with some nice specs. More »