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Singapore: BASE Jumping Off The World’s Most Insane Pool

Sam Biddle 31 January 2012 2:45 PM

Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands hotel is home to one of the most-photographed and internet-beloved swimming pools on the planet. It’s atop a massive tower and looks seamless, like a levitating mirror. So why not leap off off it?

18 November 2011

Science

Giant Sea Sponge And Possible Eames Inspiration Rediscovered

Kristen Philipkoski 18 November 2011 9:40 AM

Doesn’t this amazing sea sponge look like an Eames moulded plastic chairs? We can’t say for sure it was the design duo’s inspiration, but we do know that until it was recently rediscovered, scientists thought “Neptune’s cup” was extinct.

23 June 2011

mobile

One Of Sony’s New Xperias Has ‘Wet-Finger Tracking’

Kwame Opam 23 June 2011 1:58 AM

Sony has two new smartphones out at the CommunicAsia event in Singapore. The Xperia Ray is your average Android handset. The Xperia Active, a phone designed for sportier types, features a little something for slippery fingertips.

22 June 2011

Geek Out

Welcome To Singapore’s Most Baffling Tourist Attraction

Cyriaque Lamar 22 June 2011 9:40 AM

Remember the haunted-hayride depths of Daoist Hell? Well, that was a cakewalk compared to Singapore’s Haw Par Villa. At this unique bemusement park, you can tour the annals of Chinese mythology, such as the 10 Courts of Chinese Hell.

8 June 2011

News

Security Checkpoint Of The Future Could Mean You’ll Get Groped A Lot Less

Kwame Opam 8 June 2011 3:20 AM

After all the touching and feeling that went down this past fall, international airlines have bee hankering for a way to get back into passengers’ good graces. This checkpoint, along with eye scanners and souped-up passports, might be the ticket.

3 June 2011

4 November 2010

Vodafone Cuts Roaming Rates To NZ And Singapore, Still Too Expensive

Nick Broughall 4 November 2010 4:48 PM

Vodafone are the most global Telco Australia has, yet their global roaming rates have historically been obscenely high, just like their competitors. Today they’ve made a small dent to those charges by introducing standard local call charges for customers calling Australia from Singapore or New Zealand.

15 October 2010

Geek Out

How This Philips Viral Ad Led To A Gun-Toting Bear Hunt

Brian Barrett 15 October 2010 3:40 AM

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There’s nothing a marketing department loves more than a viral campaign. Millions of impressions! All that BUZZ! But what happens when authorities think your video of a bear just chilling on a street corner is real? Men with guns happen.

3 August 2010

The House That Grew From Solid Water

Jesus Diaz 3 August 2010 9:20 AM

I like this Singaporean house as much as my dream house – also in Singapore. It may not be by the beach, but it looks like it’s growing from solid water. The living room itself has water walls:

7 July 2010

Who Doesn’t Want To Live In This Dream House?

Jesus Diaz 7 July 2010 11:40 AM

Screw the 557sq m Central Park duplex, the $US100 million house in South Kensington or the 17th-century apartment with views to Notre Dame. I want the Fish House. Property porn doesn’t go more luscious than this.

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