Destroyed Paintings Make You Appreciate Museums

Ever wonder what would happen to paintings if we didn’t preserve them? We take for granted that so many pieces of art have been preserved in museums for hundreds of years and never stop to think about how beat up they would become otherwise. Artist Valerie Hegarty illustrates what would have happened to famous masterpieces if they were say, left out in the woods to get destroyed by woodpeckers, or tossed over a waterfall.

The Paper Apocalypse

 

What happens when a belt sander is applied to a giant stack of paper? Find out, in what I can only assume is a video snatched from a future world where digital books and documents have replaced all paper ones.

Solar storms could crash computer systems this year, says space expert

Earth is being battered by clouds of particles this week but more severe storms later this year could cause life to ‘grind to a halt’.

The Bunker Bed

American’s fearing a rise in crime during the economic downturn are buying state-of-the-art gun safes hidden inside their beds. The BedBunker weighs a whopping 1,300lbs empty and features locks used in government high security buildings like the Pentagon. Worried homeowners can now store 35 rifles and 70 hand guns underneath them while they sleep. Product inventor and designer John Adrain, from Heracles Research Corporation, said a number of billionaires have begun buying his product. ‘Home invasions are on the rise,’ he said. ‘More people are looking for secure places to store their valuables and weapons. ‘What better place is there to store things than secretly under your bed.

 

VIA: –UNIQUE DAILY