Called the “White Wing,” this design concept uses a modernistic island to house (and hide when not in use) a refrigerator, dishwasher, induction cook top, oven and sink. Several images show how the concept works.
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Written entirely in Javascript, it is a 3D-ish version of the opening screen from Yoshi’s Island. Neat concept
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Norway is planning to build a “doomsday vault” inside a mountain on an Arctic island to hold a seed bank of all known varieties of the world’s crops.
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Cool aerial photo of what happens when a faulty gas stove blows up on a tiny Carribean island
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Apparently Johnny Depp bought an island for around $3,000,000 a while back. And, since there aren’t exactly power lines running to the tiny island, he had to figure out how to power is (ridiculously posh) home. For the green-minded Depp, diesel generators just weren’t an option.
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Bittorrent tracker PirateBay.org, currently based in Sweden, plans to purchase the man-made island-country, Sealand, off the coast of the UK. Sealand is its own country, and the PirateBay would not be subject to the jurisdiction of any nations if it relocated to the island. TPB is seaking donations to help go through with this plan.
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President Bush next week will seek formal comment from his Cabinet agencies on a plan that could make three of the world’s most remote and pristine island chains off limits to commercial fishing and mineral exploration. The action, which could be completed before Bush leaves office, would rank as one of the largest marine conservation [...]
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Feeling a little cramped in your thousand square foot Manhattan apartment? Got a few extra million to blow? If so, you too can join the elite of the elite and buy your very own private island.
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Beautiful aerial photos of islands and download free desktop wallpaper from National Geographic.
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What would you choose ?
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