An App For War

News is, the US Army is introducing a smartphone app into their arsenal.

Would love to see that on an Apple ad.

Lie Detective

MotionScan technology in new videogame - L.A. Noire

from Rockstar Games.

Railworks

Love this, nice to see Newcastle on the trailer (although totally inaccurate)

from Rail Simulator.

Perpetual

This inner workings of an Ebel Perpetual Calendar Watch.

Lion

OS X Lion coming soon.

London Calling

Pretty impressive display!

(not sure about the music selection though)

Undercover

Stolen Mac retrieval

from Orbicule.

Autostadt

'If only everything in life were as reliable as a Volkswagen robot'.

Mars 500

Meanwhile..



Six 'astronauts' are locked in a facility in Moscow to simulate a space journey to Mars - for 520 days (3 June 2010 - 5 November 2011).











The crew spend most of their time conducting tests, tending to the plants, and watching nature simulations (with sounds using headphones) to give them that refreshing Earthly feel now and again.

More info at ESA.

Spaceport America

The new Spaceport America building in New Mexico

designed by Foster + Partners.

Virgin Galactic aims to commercialise space tourism by providing hi-tech aircraft for the space voyage

..but are they really going to make us wear those suits?

Zünd

I know what I want for christmas..



from Zünd.

Escalators

The world's highest escalator, not for the faint hearted..





Providing access to the top two floors of the Umeda Sky Building in Osaka, Japan.

But don't worry! For those who suffer from vertigo try the world's smallest escalator, this guy is loving it..



At the Okadaya Mores shopping mall in Kawasaki, Japan.

Inventing Zero

The simplest invention of all, yet probably one of the biggest



from Everyday Guide.

Flying Fortress

Apparently a plan of the Russian army's in the 1930s.



Russian Flying Fortress concepts

from English Russia.

Google Job Experiment

Creative promotion



from Alec Brownstein.

Florida

Aliens? Who us?







Manmade communities in Florida

from The Big Picture.