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Pedestrian Bridge, Texas

This beautiful arched bridge in Lake Austin was a private build by Miro Rivera Architects and is used to connect the client's main house to the smaller guest house on the other side of the water.  The idea was to make the bridge seem as natural as possible within its surroundings and to do this they made the decking and reed-like hand rails as imperfect as possible.  The result is a bridge that looks extremely fragile but definitely worth the risk.
Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, São Paulo,  Brazil

Opened in May of this year, the Octavio Frias de Oliveira Bridge is a stunning x-shaped cable-stayed bridge that crosses thePinheiros River in Sao Paulo.  It's design is unique in that the 2 curved decks of the bridge cross each other through its x-shaped supporting tower, an illuminated structure that stands 450ft tall and has attached to it 144 steel cables.
Kintaikyo, Iwakuni, Japan

 

The original Kintai Bridge was built in 1673 and didn't stand very long until it was damaged due to flooding.  It was then rebuilt and survived for more than 200 years until a typhoon battered it to death in 1950.  The bridge that stands now over the Nishiki Riveris the 3rd build and looks magnificent, it's 5 wooden arches displaying an incredible amount of detail and craftmanship.  Interesting fact: no nails or bolts have been used to build the arches, only clamps and wires.
Juscelino Kubitschek Bridge, Brasilia, Brazil

The JK Bridge in Brasilia is a lesson in elegant bridge design.  The 3 huge arches diagonally hopping over the deck of the bridge give the structure an amazing visual fluidity and make the whole 1.2km bridge look effortlessly cool.  Since being built the bridge has won awards for its design but is still massively underappreciated on a wider scale.
Rolling Bridge, London, UK

 

Thomas heatherwick' s award-winning rolling bridge is an ingenious addition to the grand union canal system in london and is unique in its design.  Unlike regular movable canal bridges, the rolling bridge curls up on itself to form an octagon by way of hydraulics.  It's an amazing sight and a reminder that a fresh perspective can produce great, innovative results, even when dealing with a structure as common as a bridge.
Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge, Guizhou, China

 

Beipanjiang River Railroad Bridge in Guizhou is an enormous railway bridge that was built as part of the much larger 'Guizhou-Shuibai Railway Project'.  Connecting 2 mountains over a deep ravine, at its highest point the bridge's deck sits 918ft above the ground (to compare, at its highest point the Millau viaduct's deck clears the river underneath by 890ft).  The bridge has succeeded in connecting 2 of the country's poorest areas.
Henderson Waves, Southern Ridges, Singapore

'Henderson Waves' is Wingapore's highest pedestrian bridge and can be found at the southern ridges, a beautiful 9km stretch of gardens and parks which has frequently drawn comparisons to New York's Central Park.  The bridge itself is absolutely stunning.  The deck is made from thousands of Balau wood slats, perfectly cut and arranged, and along the length of the deck a huge snaking, undulating shell cleverly forms sheltered seating areas on every upward curve.
Pont Gustave Flaubert, Rouen, France

 

This is the incredible, brand new vertical lift bridge in Rouen, France, a beast of a structure whose 2 bridge spans weigh 1′200tons each but can be hoisted 180ft vertically by the bridge's lifting mechanism in an impressive 12 minutes.  Just the angular structures at the top of each tower weigh in at 450tons each, helping to support the lifting system as cruise ships sail through.
Hegigio Gorge Pipeline Bridge, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea

Technically, this is a bridge: it's a structure which spans a gorge.  The only difference is, the bridge can't be used by humans due to the fact that its purpose is to support 2 pipelines - 1 gas, 1 oil - across the extremely high gap in Papua New Guinea.  So high in fact that if this were to be officially recognised as a bridge it would rocket to the top of the 'world's highest bridge-span' list at an impressive height of 1′290ft.  By comparison, the current highest bridge span belongs to the Royal Gorge Bridge in Colorado, hanging a mere 1′053ft above ground level, while Manhattan's Chrysler Building measures 1′047ft.

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Philips X200 Laptop Review

The good: light, extendable neck
The bad: Slow, Poor battery life
We say: With its extendable neck, it’s truly ergonomic and while it’s a lightweight notebook it’s not the most portable
The Philips X200 is only available in the UK from PC World, who has dubbed this notebook "The Longneck", which is fitting as it’s the first machine to be released with a screen a little different from the norm.
Instead of being attached to the main body of the notebook like any other machine, you’ll find this one sits on a central column, rather like the average external monitor. This means you can raise the 12.1-inch screen up and down so you can pitch it exactly in line with your eye. This makes for a great screen.
Extra pressure is placed on the design when the screen is raised to the maximum height but we found the build quality was good enough to support it. Made from toughened plastic, it’s not the most luxuriant of finishes but at a cost of £850 (inc. VAT), it certainly offers decent value for money.
The most appealing fact is the X200 only weighs 2.1kg, so you can carry it around with you. The panel is widescreen and comes with a Super-TFT coating so images look as impressive as the notebook’s design.
Portable it may be but we found this machine less than ideal in terms of battery life. When using it out and about we

managed to get less than 2 hours of use from it. Part of the reason has to be the use of Windows Vista Premium being installed, which is fairly heavy on power usage but the use of a small battery pack also limits usability.
Graphics are integrated, which we expected for the price and size of the machine, so while you can watch DVDs and run basic games, you won’t be able to play anything that needs discrete graphics.
The main specification is impressive, though. Powered by an Intel Core Duo U2500 chip, you'll find this is a dual-core offering but as it needs to run in a slim case it's an ultra-low voltage chip that runs at a slower bus speed and only comes with 2MB of Level 2 cache. Even being low voltage we found the left-hand side of the chassis grew warm to the touch. In performance terms, this system ran reasonably well largely due to the addition of 1024MB of memory.
Small it may be but this doesn’t limit the amount of connections you’ll find on board. You'll find a1.3-megapixel webcam, Bluetooth as well as 802.11g Wi-Fi is integrated and with a DVD rewriter and DVI port, so you can either watch movies on the screen or out source them to a large digital screen.
VERDICT
It’s not ever day you get to see something a little different but in the case of the Philips X200, you have to be impressed with its style and it performance.
While it’s light and portable the battery life is the one thing that lets this otherwise excellent machine down.

Headphones Kind Neon Evangel ion with Built-in Webcam

This unnamed design by Andy Kurovets and Kris Dekeijser is a headphone that doubles as a webcam. That giant crystal on the side is actually a cover hiding the lens. The idea is no matter where you’re listening to music, seeing your friends is just a crystal popping moment away. Would be amazing if someone could write software to see the world as only the side of your head could while listening to music.

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Nokia 888 Communicator for 2010

Nokia 888 Communicator

Nokia definitely has the most interesting concept phones. Nokia 888 Communicator is a striking futuristic concept phone. The phone, which uses liquid batteries, speech recognition, flexible touch screen and touch-sensitive body cover,is designed by Tamer Nakisci and won the Nokia Design Award.

Fashionable Flower Dining Table Concept

Flower is a wrap it up dining table that has the ability to give you the comfort of fine dining that you need. What is nice about this furniture is that, it is not only fashionable and trendy; it will also allow each user to save up some space when the table is not in use because one can stow it away when not in use and make it as one of their interior design in the form of a flower.

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3 ways to simplify your PowerPoint presentations

1. Be consistent on all pages by using the Master View

If you're tired of typing the date, presentation title, or page number on every page in your presentation—or changing bullet styles and indentations—listen up. PowerPoint will do this for you! The Master View feature allows you to enter information once on either the title page or an interior slide page. Once entered, the information is used consistently throughout the presentation, and remains until you change it.

I use this feature on every presentation I create. It makes my life a little easier to know that each page will be consistent without much effort on my part. Let's take a look specifically at how PowerPoint can automatically take care of the date, footer, and page numbers for you.

From anywhere within your presentation, go to the View menu, click Master, and then click Slide Master.You will now be in the Master View mode, as shown here.

Note four key areas in this view, which shows you the presentation's title page.

1.On the slide itself are two large boxes that allow you to edit the Master title and subtitle styles.

Less obvious are three remaining areas, which I've circled in red:

2.In the left navigation bar, you will see two thumbnail slides. One is the Title Slide view, and above it is the slide view for the rest of the interior slides. In the example above, you will see I have selected the Title Slide.

3.A small, useful toolbar called Slide Master View appears as well. In this article we use only Close Master View.

4.Finally, note the bottom portion of the slide. It shows the date, footer, and number areas.

To include the date from the Master title page:

1.In the Date Area box, highlight <date/time> and enter the date you wish to use.

2.Click Close Master View on the toolbar.

You should now see the date automatically noted on your title page, as shown below.

To make similar changes on slide pages that follow the title page, simply select the slide page thumbnail on the left within the Master View. You can then make changes to the bullet styles and indentations PowerPoint automatically sets up for you. Don't like a bullet color? Select the interior slide Master View and just change it to the color you want. The example below shows some of the items you can change on the Master slide.

Tip  Page numbers are added by default. However, if you want to remove page numbers from your presentation, remove <#> from the Number Area.

Note  If you want a date to appear on both your title and interior slide pages, you must edit each page type from within the Master View.

 

2. Reinforce your message with automated charts and graphs

You've probably seen presenters who have very cool graphs and charts within their presentation. You can import these from other programs such as Microsoft Office Excel but did you know you can perk up your slides without importing from those programs?

People retain information in different ways-by reading text, by seeing graphical representations, and by listening to what you say. So, if you want your audience to really remember your message, it's important to learn to create at least simple charts or graphs in PowerPoint. With the automated formats it provides, you have literally dozens of ways to build a unique presentation and make your message memorable.

To insert a chart or graph in your presentation:

1.Go to the Insert menu, and click Chart. PowerPoint will drop in a preformatted basic chart for you. If you like the format it chose, simply type in the text you need in the datasheet box provided for vertical and horizontal axis. Click anywhere on the slide and your chart will appear on the slide with your information. That's it!

2.To change the format, right-click within the chart. In the example shown, you would right-click the area outside the colored bars but still within the chart—not in the datasheet box. You'll know you've clicked the correct spot because you will see the menu below pop up. If you don't, move your cursor to a different spot and keep trying until you see this menu.

3.On the menu that appears, click Chart Type to choose from 34 different chart options such as bar, pie, and bubble. Note: You can choose from Standard or Custom Types.

4.Once you have selected a Chart type and option, choose a Chart sub-type you like. (Each chart option offers several different color and visual styles.) Want to see the style in a larger view? Select Press and Hold to View Sample. Note that Custom Type charts do not have this viewing option.

5.Once you have made your selection, click OK.

6.Type in the text you need in the datasheet box provided for vertical and horizontal axes. Click anywhere on the slide and your chart will appear on the slide with your information.

 

3. Jump easily between pages

If you didn't know how to use a hyperlink, you wouldn't be reading this online article. You may already use hyperlinks for quick and easy access to the Web if you are connected to the Internet while making your presentation. Too often, however, a cool way to use hyperlinks within a presentation is overlooked. It happens when presenters include additional information at the back of a presentation as "back up" slides and then never refer to them because it's too difficult to navigate to the end and return to the main portion of the presentation. But if the information is important enough to reference in back up, why ignore it?

With PowerPoint hyperlinks, you don't have to because it's easy to jump between slides.

To insert hyperlinks between slides in your presentation:

1.Locate the first slide you will be on when you want to jump to another slide briefly. On this slide, highlight the word or phrase that is the most obvious descriptor of the second slide. On the Insert menu, click Hyperlink.

2.In the Insert Hyperlinks dialog box, under Link to, click Place in This Document.

3.Under Select a place in this document, click the slide to which you want to jump. Use the Slide Preview to ensure that you are selecting the correct page. Click OK. Your hyperlink is now in place on the text and page you selected.

Note  Trying to check whether your link works? Hyperlinks can only be used in the View Show mode.

4.The final step in this process is to go to the second slide you selected (in this example, page 3) and insert another hyperlink that allows you to jump back to the first slide. Follow steps 1 - 3 to do this. Once complete, you now have two hyperlinks within your presentation that allow you to move back and forth between slides like a pro.