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The Biggest Drawing in The World: Created With the Help of GPS and DHL

I have to hand it to Erik Nordenankar and DHL for devising what has to be the most creative fusion of art and technology to date. The concept was simple but brilliant: place a GPS device in a briefcase and mail it via DHL with precise travel instructions over the course of a 55-day period. When all was said and done, the GPS data formed a virtual self-portrait of the artist that spread over 6 continents and 62 countries covering nearly 70,000 miles. More »

3:00 PM on Sun May 25 2008
By Sean Fallon
78,488 views, 79 comments

Latest by n/a: Even though people who scream "fake" at everything on the internet are the most annoying people on earth, this is absolute bullshit. more »

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Russian Billionaire Buys World's Largest Drill, Swears He Won't Drill To America

The following is not the plot to an upcoming Bond film: Russian bootstrap billionaire and Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich announced that his construction company, Infrastruktura, would spend $160 million on the world's largest drill. The drill, five meters wider than the current champ, built by the same German concern, Herrenknecht, would be used to improve the grounds around the Black Sea resort of Sochi, site of 2014 Olympics and favorite hangout of both Stalin and Putin. The company says it will not be used to drill a subterranean roadway from Far Eastern Russia to Alaska. Not yet, at least. More »

1:20 PM on Thu Mar 27 2008
By Wilson Rothman
8,783 views, 34 comments

Latest by RebootEDC: LOL! Maybe he wants to emulate Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and make some EPIC DRILLS. more »