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Design
Gigantic LED Funnels Will Light Up 2010 Expo And Suck Rain
3:40AM Jesus Diaz | See that enormous blue funnel in the middle of those buildings? It’s just one of the six canopies that will light up the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. As the close-ups show, the scale of these things defies belief. More »
Random Stuff
14-yo Boy Drinks Gasoline To Be Like Optimus Prime
10:50PM Jesus Diaz | I remember the boys jumping off roofs and windows when Superman came out back in 1978 (girls, being a lot smarter than boys, don’t do these stupid things). Looks like Transformers has had a similar effect in one boy: More »
Random Stuff
Entire 13-Story Building Collapses In Shanghai, Only One Person Killed
3:30PM Dan Nosowitz | This past Saturday, an entire apartment building in Shanghai collapsed. To be fair, the building was under construction and thus unoccupied, but it’s still a minor miracle that there was only one fatality. More »
Design
Apple’s Massive Shanghai Store Mixes Minimalism and Classic Chinese Architecture
9:00AM Dan Nosowitz | Though expected to open its doors this fall, mockups of Apple’s Shanghai store have already leaked. We love architect Ben Wood’s mix of Apple’s glass-and-steel minimalism with more traditional Chinese shapes and materials. [via Cult of Mac] More »
Design
The Twirly Danish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010
1:00PM Gizmodo US Edition | Bjarke Ingels Group’s (BIG) Danish Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010 will be a perpetual loop—if you won’t be dizzy from the design, you’ll be dizzy from how breathtaking it is. More »
Vehicles
Chevy SUV Kicks Chinese Tow Truck’s Arse
3:00PM Elaine Chow | Don’t like what the tow company’s telling you? Try your luck at towing the tow truck, like this Shangainese Chevy owner. Note to Chinese tow companies-maybe you ought to get heavier trucks or something. [Chinasmack] More »
Design
632-Meter Shanghai Tower Will Oscillate Towards The Sky
4:30PM Elaine Chow | Financial apocalypse be damned! The Shanghai Tower, set to reach a whopping 632 meters by the time it’s completed, broke ground over the weekend. With its zenith a full 140 metres higher than the Mori Building (currently the world’s highest observatory), it’ll grab the honours of the tallest building in China. More »
Design
Shang-Highed: On Top of the World’s Tallest Observatory
2:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | digg_skin = 'compact'; digg_bgcolor = '#f1f8fa'; digg_url = 'http://digg.com/travel_places/Shanghaied_on_Top_of_the_World_s_Tallest_Observatory'; It’s an unfortunately foggy morning in Shanghai, but from where I am, the crappy weather only adds to the feeling of standing in the middle of clouds. I’m towering almost half a kilometer over the rest of the city, on the highest man-made observation deck in the world, the 100th floor of the Shanghai World Financial Centre, which opened just two months ago. With cumulus on my right, stratus on my left and a mirrored ceiling reflecting their formations back at me—I feel myself getting dizzy. Have I developed a fear of heights, or is vertigo inevitable when you’re this far up?
Design
Biggest City Model in the World Waiting for Guy in Godzilla Costume
8:31PM Jesus Diaz | This is a model of Shanghai as projected for 2020 by Chinese authorities. At 1,000 square feet, it’s perhaps the biggest model of a city in the world, and–for sure–the best place ever for two grown men to wear their Gamera and Godzilla latex costumes and fight to death. The gigantic dimensions and the detail shown in the photographs are just mind-blowing. More »
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