Tempo is the latest addition to the Sebastian Cox Kitchen by deVOL and a innovative cross between a prep-table and an island. This new piece stands on slim, elegant legs and features a very unusual mixed material worktop, two integrated ovens and two domino hobs side by side. It’s versatility makes it dually functional as a built-in in the kitchen, or simply as a standalone piece that can be designed to any length and to incorporate as many appliances and as much storage as the user needs. So simple and so unique, this beautiful piece of furniture is a perfect finishing touch to make a kitchen whole.
Designer: Sebastian Cox for deVOL
The Pond Kitchen is, at first glance, a futuristic vision exaggerated in stark white. Upon further observation, a gentler and more familiar aesthetic is revealed in natural lines, curves, and dimensions. With subtle references in shape to pebbles, vines and tree limbs, the appliances, range hood and sink offer a unique, calming visual and tactile experience.
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There are a number of volcanically-formed islands in the oceans around the world. A new volcanic island has poked its peak above the surface of the ocean for the first time recently.
The exact location of the island is unknown, but it is said to be close to Japan. The island is actually the tip of an active volcano. It was discovered when coastguard services saw smoke and went to investigate. What they found was an active volcano spewing smoke and molten rock.
The island is tiny right now measuring only 200 meters wide. Since the island is so small it hasn’t even been named. Scientists say that since it is made from volcanic rock it may not live long as such rock erodes easily. If the island survives it may get a name in the future.
[via BBC]
It goes by the name of Hashima, or Gunkanjima ("Battleship Island"), or even "The Dead Island", since it inspired the water-locked cyberterrorist HQ in Skyfall. As you can see for yourself, courtesy of the new Google Street View (and official "making of" video) embedded after the break, it's a very a real place off the coast of Japan's Nagasaki Peninsula, and it's even lonelier than its fictional counterpart in the Bond film (which wasn't actually filmed there). There are no tourist offices or giant Oedipus Complexes, as far as we can see, just long stretches of overgrown roads and collapsing apartment blocks that once housed 5,000 people, before they abandoned the island in 1974 following the demise of its coal industry. It took a Google employee two hours to map the place and preserve its crumbling visage for posterity using a special backpack, but don't be surprised if you want to leave it after just a few minutes.
Filed under: GPS, Internet, Google
Source: Google's Japanese Blog
"You could argue that there's some value in it."
That's New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, speaking candidly during a recent interview at D10 in California. The topic of conversation? Widespread WiFi, and whether or not the government should be the one thinking about its future ubiquity. More specifically, if WiFi hotspots should be treated like "roads or water supply," as aptly stated by AllThingsD's Kara Swisher.
This obviously isn't the first time such an idea has crossed the minds of those connected to Washington, D.C. Muni-Fi (municipal wireless networks) projects were all the rage a few years back, but one spectacular failure after another swiftly extinguished that momentum. In more modern times, America (as well as other nations) has sought to solve the "rural broadband" problem, bringing high(er)-speed internet connections to places with a higher bovine population than human.
But bringing broadband to places like rural North Dakota seems like an easy chore to a small, but passionate, group of 60,000 sitting some 4,770 miles from San Diego, California. American Samoa may be an unincorporated US territory located closer to pure bliss than the hustle and bustle of Wall Street, but it's no doubt being taken into consideration in recent mapping projects aiming to pinpoint the areas most lacking in terms of digital infrastructure. Unbeknownst to most mainlanders, this fragile island chain is home to the most expensive internet in America, and the political issues surrounding it are astonishing. Head on past the break to learn more on what I discovered.
The most expensive internet in America: fighting to bring affordable broadband to American Samoa originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:15:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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American Samoa Broadband Map, One Economy | Email this | Comments I’m going to file this story neatly under the category of yet another reason why I chose the wrong major in college. Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has plunked down a gigantic amount of money to purchase almost the entire Hawaiian island of Lanai. Ellison actually outbid Bill Gates to purchase the island.
Ellison now owns 98% of the 141 square mile island, which is the sixth largest island in the Hawaiian chain by acreage. Exactly how much Ellison paid for the Hawaiian island is unknown, but the reported asking price was between $500 million and $600 million. Billionaire David Murdock previously owned the island.
Murdock sold the island after losing between $18 million to $25 million each year since he purchased it in 1985. If you’re wondering who owns the other 2% of the island, that would be the state of Hawaii. I wonder how angry Bill Gates’ wife was that he didn’t manage to purchase the island, as Gates and his wife were married on the island in 1994. Gates certainly has more money than Ellison, so there’s no excuse.
[via CNET]