Steven Purugganan is an 11-year-old Filipino-American who holds the world record for all five categories (three individuals, two teams) of sport stacking.
Below is a video of Purugganan breaking the then Cycle record during the 2008 World Championships in Denver, USA… [his latest world record is 5.93s]
[credits to raydavid1965@youtube for the upload]
Black Hornet is a video-camera equipped helicopter not more than 100mm long, weighing less than 20g, and can be carried in your pocket and launched within seconds to give immediate situational awareness…
Developed by Norway based Prox Dynamics, the spy-copter aims to become the world’s smallest and most capable Unmanned Aircraft System for close range surveillance and inspection.
And if the Black Hornet fails to live up to its expectation, the company can choose to reinvent the copter into an expensive toy instead… bet that it’s going to become a global hit.
Probably not an official record, but it’s amazing how fast the Japanese dude was at gulping down the bottle of isotonic drink. Video from “Food Battle Club”, a Japanese competitive eating show… [via karan90@youtube]
The world’s largest model railway and train set, located in the Miniatur Wunderland, a private museum in Hamburg, Germany…
India’s Tata Motors announced on Monday (Mar 23) the commercial launch of Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car at 100,000 rupees (USD1,990) apiece.
Nano created huge buzz worldwide when it was unveiled in January 2008; the car is in hot demand in India where it’ll hit the roads in July 2009.
The demand for the car is so high that the company has to make a lucky draw to decide their first 100,000 customers for the first phase of deliveries. A dedicated assembly plant will be ready in 2010 with an annualised capacity of 350,000 cars.
There are reasons why Tata Nano is so cheap; but as it’s often stressed, the Nano’s main aim is to provide safe, affordable, four-wheel transportation to families… and we can’t argue that a car would be much safer than a bike.
Some environmentalists are not that fond of the car, as more cars = more pollution. Tata has responded to the issue that an electric version of Nano is in mind, which has sprung wide interest in western countries.
Btw, the car might lack certain comfortability features, but it’s not lacking in design… that’s one cute car that I don’t mind owning based on appearance alone.
Dell has officially launched the Adamo, an ultra-thin (and expensive) laptop which the company claims to be the thinnest in the world.
With a general thickness of 0.65 inches (1.65 cm), the Adamo is thinner (depending on interpretation) than Apple’s MacBook Air which has a thickness of 0.16 to 0.76 inches.
The market is giving a mix review for the product, but most are wondering if the high-end laptop (USD1999+) could sell well during recession.
Random fun and offbeat stuff…
Cute – Hello Kitty gingerbread house (pic) [Amanda]
Fashion – High heel trouble on catwalk [Youtube]
India – Infant boy married to neighbours’ dog to ward off tiger attacks [Reuters]
Japan – Alcohol-free beer on sale soon [Japantoday]
Japan – The tape that fooled Japan’s airport fingerprinting system [Japanprobe]
Korea – Housewife broke a world record in 76-hours marathon singing [AFP]
Nature – Giant pacific octopus is clever [Youtube]
UK – Lion gets foot massage [Dailymail]
Fun and offbeat news from various sources…
Hmmm… Cleaner waters attract sharks [Reuters]
Life – Prison economy [Youtube]
Martial Arts – 1930’s Jujitsu footage [Imprint]
Record – World’s smallest car [Youtube]
Sports – Candidates for 2016 Summer Olympics [BBC]
UK – 13-year-old father (and he’s not the youngest ever in Britain) [Thesun]
USA – Rare photo… the end of a rainbow [Dailymail]
Vatican – Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful [BBC]
