Italian designer reveals plans for spectacular 164ft super-yacht made out of BRONZE

Italian super-yacht designer Federico Fiorentino has revealed a beautiful new concept that could one day be a floating playground for a billionaire’s. Well, the most luxurious vessel, called “The Belafonte”, is a super-yacht on steroids with a substantial bow and remarkable bronze exterior that catches the sun’s reflection off the sea.

At 164ft in length, the aluminum yacht takes full advantage of its outdoor space, boasting three decks with number of room for lounging or partying. With room for up to ten overnight guests, the mini-cruise ship has five lavish cabins, including a large VIP suite, two twin cabins and a double cabin.

The owner will retire to the largest room of all. At nearly 900 square feet, it has a lovely separate studio, balcony, walk-in closets and two modern bathrooms. Visitors will be pampered by the ship’s crew as they can relax in a saloon, outdoor dining area, pool or a shaded sky lounge. Renderings of the striking super-yacht show a hot tub surrounded by sun loungers on the top deck, while the airy middle deck boasts a small pool just steps from a large, circular table for alfresco dining. So the front of the upper deck features a private lounge for sunbathing. According to the Super-yacht Times, the vessel has a top speed between 20 to 27mph. (18 and 24 knots), and the Milan-based designer has already garnered interest from a potential buyer.

Source: Dailymail.Co and Charismatic Planet

Solar Powered Roads Introduced by Solar Roadways

A small United States company “Solar Roadways” is presently developing a road surface that may change the style of using energy. They’re making a road surface that is made of solar panels. If the solar road is fixed across the United States, it’d have the potential to yield more renewable energy than the country consumes. 

A sample road has already been made and installed in a parking lot. Nowadays, the company is considering for funds in order to be able to make some improvements to the design and finally take it into production. The company plan is to design the glass solar panels in the shape of hexagons that are fitted with LED lighting. The panels can be fitted on various surfaces. According to Solar Roadways, the panels would pay for themselves, as well as benefit both homeowners and businesses alike. 

The fresh pavement would generate adequate energy from parking lots and drives to power buildings, though extra energy from the panels would be sold back to the grid. Though the panels are made of glass, they’re not weak. In a beautiful demonstration, a truck weighing around 250,000 pounds was driven over the panels without inflicting any damage on them. 

The other advantage is to built-in heating system that’d melt snow and ice on the roads and hence, lessen the weather-related accidents. The panels could even be used to charge electric vehicles sometime, using mutual induction panels that will charge the vehicles as it drives along the road. The panels can even use the energy from cars “headlights” meaning they could deliver power even at night. The glass used in making the panels is 10% recycled. 

Furthermore, the panels would be wired to a network so any defective panel could be installed instantly. The cables are concealed in “corridors” to give the roads an aesthetically pleasing look and to make it tranquil for utility workers to gain access to the cables. Solar Roadways guesses that if they can cover the 31,000 square miles of roadways in America, they can produce three times extra energy than the country uses. 

Indeed this is a massive claim and would greatly support the economy and the environment if brought into reality. Though, at the moment, the company needs a big amount of funds and has started an Indiegogo campaign. They’ve set a target of $1 million with which they hope to hire more engineers to support them to improve the design and create certain modifications. If company does meet their target, the project could be start at the end of year 2014. No doubt this is massive project and covering all of America's roads is sure to cost a lot more than their target.

YETI Portable Cooler

An American Company YETI has introduced this latest cooler bag that will chill your drinks for many hours. Hopper Cooler by YETI - actually a shoulder bag that will let you to keep ice frozen for days without any leakage. The company YETI behind this unbelievable gadget has been manufacturing heavy-duty chill boxes for years but this time around, he came up with a unique design of a portable cooler.

Therefore; it is a soft sided bag with a maximum capacity of 5.2 gallons in its chamber. The bag inside lining is completely waterproof while the fabric that has been used on the remaining part of the bag is also water-resistant to avoid it from absorbing water if a sporadic splash occurs. The top, which opens, has been sealed with an airtight and waterproof zipper of such great quality that even if you hold it upside down, no spillage will take place.

This portable cooler has double-stitched reinforced handle straps to go along with its watertight zipper, tear-proof shell, and thick insulation. The bag comes with an insulation of 1" on the sides though providing 1.5" insulation at the bottom which confirms that even placing it on a warm surface won't affect the temperature within the bag. The bag downside is that you won’t be able to get your hands on this gadget until October and that for a price of £175 from yeticoolers.com. No doubt this is an expensive item for a cooler, but this is definitely a worthwhile item for your trip. The YETI has partnered up with the international shippers Bongo International in order to make use of their global postage scheme.Source: Charismatic Planet

Fascinating Glass Chamber Teapot Brews Tea before Your Eyes

Your tea-drinking experience is about to get a lot more spellbinding! The upcoming Sorapot 2 is part teapot and part sculpture and it aims to illustrate you the magical that happens when preparing your beverage. Usually, you would put your loose leaves in a pot, close it, and wait for them to brew. The Sorapot 2 has a glass chamber that changes all of that it lets you see the tea leaves explain right before your very eyes.

Using the teapot is easy. Simply unscrew the stainless-steel lock, unhinge it by the handle, place the leaves in the jar, and then close it. Finally, pour hot water through the spout, take a seat, and observe the hypnotic process of tea extracts combining with water. The teapot also works with teabags but that’s definitely less exciting.

The Sorapot 2 was formed by industrial designer Joey Roth and is offered for pre-order on his website. It’s slated to begin shipping in October. It’s current price tag of $285, and it’s surely not cheap, but what other well-designed teapot makes brewing into an art form?

Source: My Modernmet

Joey Roth Website 

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Supersonic Jet replaces windows with a huge real-time video screens.

The Boston based Spike Aerospace first is in the middle of preparing first S-512 supersonic private jet. The expected take off date is Dec 2018, and you’d be amazed to find on every other passenger aircraft windows.  The firm is taking advantage of latest advancement in video recording, live streaming, and display technology with a lovely interior that will replaces the windows with giant high-definition screens. The jet exterior will be line with small cameras sending footage to tinny, curved displays lining the interior walls of the fuselage. That will provide unbroken super panoramic view of the outside world. But if passengers like to sleep or take rest themselves from ominous rainclouds, they can darken the screen or select the assortment of ambient images. Whereas windows are indispensable for keeping claustrophobia in check, they need engineering workarounds that compromise a fuselage’s modest structure. And that goes two-fold for a supersonic aircraft, also maintain cabin pressure and resist cracking while flying 500 mph at 35000 feet. It would be much safer and simpler to have level skinned, window-fewer fuselages, but repeated fliers have become accustomed to a calming view of the clouds and tiny cities during takeoff and landing.

 

Smart Wireless In Ear Headphones

Dash (Price is $199), a set of smart Wireless In-Ear Headphones, packed with a lots of sensors, so you can “track your pace, steps, cadence, distance, heart rate, oxygen saturation, and energy spent, whereas relaying the information back to your devices via Bluetooth.” You can use it as wireless headphones, and features include 4GB of storage and a built-in music player. All these features are available via touch gestures on the outside of the buds themselves, by the way. The battery will last three and four hours.

Vibrant Kaleidosopic Light Paintings Created in Camera

Neon whirls and electric sparks take over these exciting works of art inspired by Dr. Seuss, M.C. Escher, comic books and myriad geometric designs and patterns. It is spellbound by the magical results of a lengthy exposure and the manipulation of several light sources, photographer Jeremy Jackson (aka Tacky) works almost absolutely in light painting. He’s the resident of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, and he makes kaleidoscopic light paintings. Since 2008, Jackson spends most of his time waving lights in front of his camera, shooting on 35mm film as well as digital. All of Jackson's elaborate, kaleidoscopic pictures are constructed in camera without the use of Photoshop, except for an occasional rotation or crop. For this method, light is the brush and the environment is the canvas determined by space and time. Jackson perceives infinite potential in this medium. He proclaims, "The techniques are infinite. The world is at your canvas. Anything you can visualize can be painted in a million different ways. Making his living from workshops on light painting, Jackson makes all his photos easily available for download because he believes that the art itself should be free to the public.

 Source: Charismatic Planet