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Random Stuff
Ominous Cloud Formation Has Russians Fearing An Alien Attack
11:20AM Sean Fallon | If you saw this over your head, what would you think? Aliens have come to kick our asses? God has come to kick our asses? Apparently, the bizarre cloud formation seen in Moscow recently is just a natural phenomenon. More »
Vehicles
World’s Largest Hourglass Filled With Silver Balls and a Luxury Sedan For BMW Moscow Launch
1:45AM John Mahoney | For its 7 series Euro launch in Moscow, BMW constructed the monstrosity you see here and filled it with 180,000 silver balls that slowly revealed their new oligarch cruiser. Funny they should pick the city with probably the highest ominous-luxury-sedan-with-90%-window-tint concentration per capita on the continent. I guess that explains the drama–everyone in the Moscow 7 series market probably finds a new US$100k+ ride in their couch cushions every few days, so anything less than a massive hourglass in Red Square with a car inside wouldn’t have warranted a glance. Ignore the BMW suits in the following video; let’s watch those balls fall.
Design
Dynamic Tower Skyscraper: Every Floor Self-Rotates, Powered by Wind and Sun
12:30PM Benny Goldman | Italian architect David Fisher is building his first skyscraper, the Dynamic Tower, and it happens to be one of the most ambitious construction plans since the Pyramid of Khufu. Every floor of the 80-story self-powered building rotates according to voice command, and nearly the entire construction of the US$700 million structure is pre-made. I caught up with the architect in New York, and he blew my mind again and again. More »
