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French Spider-Man Climbs World’s Tallest Building

Alain “Spider-man” Robert, the French guy who is famous for, uh, climbing up tall buildings, scaled his own version of Everest: The Burj Khalifa in Dubai, the world’s tallest building.

July 15, 2010

This The Amazing Present And The Crazy Future Of Dubai’s Skyline

If you thought Shanghai’s change from 1990s city to 2010s megalopolis was stunning, get ready for this: The crazy change from the present Dubai skyline – perhaps the awesomest amazing view to date – and its gigantastic future look:

June 11, 2010

Hydropolis: A Hotel At The Bottom Of The Ocean

The vision: a 220-suite hotel, off the coast of Dubai, totally submerged in the Persian Gulf. This was Hydropolis, a project conceived in 2006, delayed in 2008 and today nothing more than a pile of blueprints. Here’s what could’ve been:

May 27, 2010
Computing

Acer Shows Off An Android Tablet (Which Looks Like An eReader)

Regular readers will know that Acer’s been planning eReaders and tablets for some time, but the Dubai-based Shufflegazine saw Acer’s CEO fondling what looks like an eReader (check out the QWERTY keypad) – despite him calling it an Android-powered tablet.

May 3, 2010

World’s Largest Panorama Shows Dubai Down To Girl In Bikini

At 45 gigapixels, this panorama is the largest in the world. With that detail, it’s a Peeping Tom wet dream. It also shows why Dubai seems to have materialised from another dimension. The “We’re All F*cking Crazy Here” dimension.

April 22, 2010
Online

A Skype Wedding For A Volcano-Stranded Couple

Sean Murtagh and Natalie Mead had planned on a London wedding when they returned from a trip to Dubai. But after Eyjafjallajokull’s enormous cloud of ash, they spent their nuptials stuck in a Middle East airport. Fortunately, there was Skype.

March 18, 2010
Entertainment

Dubai’s Ferrari World Roller Coasters: Please, Please Don’t Break

OK, Dubai. Your largest building gets shut down for “electrical problems”. Your 7.5 million litre shark tank sprang a leak. So what do you do to bounce back? Build the fastest roller coaster ever. This is terrifying.

February 26, 2010
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Dubai’s 30-inch Thick Shark Tank Is Leaking

The shark-filled aquarium at the Dubai shopping centre, full of 33,000 sea creatures and 7.5 million litres of water, has sprung a leak through its 30-inch acrylic walls. This won’t end well! Update: now with video!

February 9, 2010

World’s Tallest Building Burj Khalifa Gets Shut Down

Is the new world’s tallest building going through some issues? While so far only the observation deck is open, it’s been temporarily shut down due to “unexpected high traffic” and “electrical problems”. Ruh roh!

January 10, 2010

A World Record Base Jump From The Top Of A World Record Building

Base jumping, one of the world’s most dangerous sports, is very cool. The Burj Khalifa AKA the Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest building, is also very cool. The two together? Well that’s just goddamn crazy.

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