Qzina Specialty Foods has broken the world record for the world’s largest chocolate sculpture by building a replica of the ancient Mayan temple – the Kukulcan pyramid of Chichen Itza in Mexico. The sculpture which weighs a whopping 18,239 pounds surpasses the previous record of 10,736.5 pound set in Italy in 2010.
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A clock which has no hands or numbers and “eats time” has gone on display.
The Midsummer Chronophage is inspired by the idea that everyone experiences time differently. Dr John C Taylor designed the timepiece, which is controlled by a Chronophage – a mythical beast which eats time. It sits on top of the clock face and slowly opens its jaws for 59 seconds before snapping shut on the 60th and eating the minute.
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In a twist straight out of the movie Inception, a duo of developers from Brooklyn, New York, have built a sleeping mask designed to allow people to have lucid dreams that they can control.
Global Rainbow is a large scale, spectacular outdoor laser projection created by the artist, Yvette Mattern. It consists of seven parallel beams of high specification laser light, representing the spectrum of the traditional seven colors of the rainbow, and is designed to be projected across large open sites, particularly densely populated areas. With the projection, the artist intends to encompass geographical and social diversity in its reach and symbolize hope. (via)
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