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World’s Tallest Wooden Building Planned, Looks Like Jenga Tower
12:40AM Danny Allen | If it weren’t for, you know, concrete and steel—more of us would be living in buildings like this planned Norwegian tower. At 16 to 17 storeys high, it’ll also outdo this crazy Russian do-it-yourselfer who built a 13-storey wooden castle: More »
Screens
Norwegian PM’s Monitor Rig Doubles As Tanning Bed
3:00AM Jack Loftus | Jens Stoltenberg, Prime Minister of Norway, laughs at your puny 3-monitor setup, and then he spites you by using only one of his eight ginormous screens to catch up on some local AP news. More »
Gadgets
Snowing Billboards Screwing Up Careers in Norway
4:00AM Sean Fallon | Imagine lumbering, blurry-eyed and beat-down to the bus stop on a Monday morning. Just then you notice that the billboard at the stop is snowing—alerting you to optimal skiing conditions at the nearby resort. More »
Vehicles
80 Buses in Oslo Will Be Powered by Raw Sewage
10:20AM Adrian Covert | This might be the most disgusting use of green technology I’ve ever seen, but yes, Norweigan fecal matter will keep their Buses up and running. More »
Design
LED Wall in Norway Transforms Pedestrian Shadows Into Light
5:20PM Gizmodo US Edition | If you’ve been in Norway this past year or so, you may have happened upon The Strømer, an interactive LED wall that turns shadows into light. Based on architect Stig Skjelvik’s Dobpler prototype, the display lights up as people move through Norway’s Sandnes Sentrum pedestrian tunnel, leaving illuminated trails in their wake. Constructed as part of the city’s European Capitol of Culture 2008 event, it’s unknown how long the wall will be up. Check it out if you’re in the area. [ Inhabitat] More »
Press
Norway Forgets Who They’re Dealing With, Demands Apple Open Up FairPlay DRM (Again)
8:20AM Matt Buchanan | Norway is ostensibly big on neutrality, even when it gets them invaded and pulverised, so not surprisingly it hates Apple’s FairPlay DRM, which only lets songs play on iPods. It even has a law requiring that consumers be able to use digital media with whatever device they choose, which FairPlay obviously pees all over. After a lovely chat with Apple in February, not much has changed, so gentle Norway is going to play war against Apple over FairPlay for the rest of hapless Europe. More »
Phones
Public Megaphone Takes Drunk Dialling to Insane New Levels
6:30AM Sean Fallon | More often than not, very public art installations are pretentious and, well…pretty damn stupid. But every once in a while you come across a rare gem like the “Telemegaphone Dale.” On August 2nd, anyone with a telephone can call a 23-foot tall loudspeaker sculpture on top of the Bergskletten mountain in Western Norway and have your voice ring out over the land. Naturally, the hills will be alive with the sound of drunken morons shouting profanities across the pristine landscape, but if you want to be one of those morons, hit the following link on the 2nd for the number you need to call. [Telemegaphone Dale via Core77] More »
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A Lamp Named Moo, the Song Johnny Cash Should Have Sung
8:50PM Gizmodo US Edition | There are a few reasons why I find myself strangely attracted to Moo. It’s made by a Norwegian company called Northern Exposure. You can mount on both inside and outside walls. It reminds me of my brother, whose nickname is Moose. Light-up antlers, baby (although the designers could have put a bit more light at the tips, really). It’s just a lot less messy than going hunting in the snow. [Dezeen] More »
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