First Military Hotel In Transcarpathia
From 1 March in Ukraine earns military Hotel Hrinhof - Tourist destination, the concept is - to show the history of military lines during the Second World War. Each room (of them 8) is devoted to some 6 military lines, which at that time were the territory of Transcarpathia.
On the walls in the hallway of the hotel posted maps troops during the Second World War, various weapons, clothes - everything that is connected with the atmosphere and events of those times.
Investor Kyiv hotel is an entrepreneur who refuses to call the amount of investment in construction and exhibits, arguing that trade secret.
This kind of recreation, tourism as the military is out in Europe, which enjoys considerable popularity. FORTIFICATIONS and old castles, places famous battles dzoty, until then, trenches, remains of machinery, silos, large defensive line time and second world wars, the museum of weapons, tanks and military equipment, the burial of dead soldiers - it is in European countries profits, while most populyaryzuyuchy state.
Zakarpattia by tourism has developed military tourist route «Arpad Line» (Svalyava-Uklyn-upper-Hrabivnytsya Pidpolozzya-Guklyvy-Mizhhirya-Sinevir).
The idea of military tourism is to collect maximum information about different periods of history. This includes locks, and related military action. Ruins Bronetskoho castle or ruins Kvasivskoho Castle Mukachevo castle, which has experienced many notable battles, Battle of Pidhoryanamy 1848, in Mukachevo.
Practical use of the route: the introduction to the history of World War II, animatyvni games (military tournaments and festivals, paintball, stalkerstvo, speleoturyzm), kitchen military.
Hungarians Árpád line was created in 1943 - 1944 years for the Defense of the upcoming Red Army. During construction there is a need to build an effective line of defense with minimal cost and in record time. Defense line Arpad was 13th Infantry Division 1-Hungarian army.
Arpad line was not solid and consisted of separate units defense. Total same line Arpad only in 4th Ukrainian Front was built 99 station, 759 DOTiv, 394 DZOTy, 439 open fire borders, 400 km of trenches and rifle trenches, 135 km protyvotankovyh barriers.
Shell House Design
Hovering above the ground, stark white against the surrounding greenery, 
This Shell Villa by ARTechnic seems like a space cruiser from the future frozen in time and in a foreign place. While it stands out sharply from its surroundings this stunning structure also deforms, wraps and curves to its environment in remarkable ways.
The exterior curves of this remote retreat arc around a central tree which strong informs the space shaped in the interior courtyard area. While this curious form makes for an interesting visual object it also informs how people move in, through and around it - in arcing, organic and naturalistic paths left by the voids inside and out.
The interior of the home is as organic as the exterior, flowing and curving as the shell would suggest from the outside and with furniture, furnishings and fixtures that also conform to the ebbs and flows of the building’s shape.
In some places, rectilinear design objects are set against the ever-present curves but they are still tucked within the overall rounded theme. The rounded shell itself provides protection from the elements for each interior space.
Each space flows into the next, with the common elements of white (for the shell and some furniture) and wood (for virtually everything else) tying the experience together. Likewise, natural ventilation carries throughout the whole house.
The shift from day to night in the structure is a remarkable one, as the ribbon of the building edge becomes a kind of border between the light glowing within and the ever-darkening surrounding skies and forest around.
The net result at night is a sense of comfort and enclosure - a connection to the elemnents through a copious use of glass mitigated by a thick, wrapping exterior shell. All in all, the results are somehow a blend of ultramodern and completely contextual.
13 Awesome and Geeky Periodic Tables
All of us have seen the Periodic Table of Elements in our school. I always hated to look at that Long Table of Elements, half of them which I still don’t remember. But these cool Periodic Tables of things other than the Chemical Elements are cool and worth taking a look at. Click on the images to view them in Full Resolution. Hope you like it.
1. Periodic Tables of Internet
2. Periodic Table of Typefaces
3. Periodic Table of Controllers
4. Periodic Table of Video Game Characters
5. Periodic Table of Adobe Shortcuts
6. Periodic Table of Awesoments
7. Periodic Table of Texting
8. Periodic Table of Visualization Methods
9. Periodic Table of Pokemon
10. Periodic Table of Videos
11. Periodic Table of Social Media Elements
12. Periodic Table of Operators
13. Periodic Table of Keys
Stay At the Hotelicopter
Since 2004, the company behind the Hotelicopter has been working to modify a Soviet-made Mil V-12 into two world firsts: the "world's biggest helicopter" and the "world's first flying hotel."
As you might have guessed, the experience on board the Hotelicopter is far from your standard Motel 6. This gigantic flying Titanic machine features everything you would expect from a 5-star hotel—from private entertainment systems and room service to extras like spa treatments, yoga classes, gaming and a tea garden.
If you were wondering just how big and powerful this flying hotel really is, check out the specs:
* Dimensions Length: 42 m (137 ft)
* Height: 14m (45 ft)
* Maximum Takeoff Weight: 105850 kg (232,870 lb)
* Maximum speed: 255 km/h (137 kt) (158 miles/h)
* Cruising speed: 237 km/h (127 kt) (147 miles/h)
* Original Mi Range: 515 km (320 mi)
* Our augmented Mi Range - 1,030 km (640 mi)
The inaugural flight is set to take place on June 26th for an undisclosed price. Obviously, only the affluent need apply—but anyone that is interested can head on over to the Hotelicopter website to get more info about setting up a reservation. [Hotelicopter Thanks Zlooop!]
Coolest Things Made Recycled Bottles
check out these creative ways people have recycled whole or partially broken glass and plastic bottles. We hope you'll get inspired like we did!
1. One Million Bottles of Beer in the Temple Walls…
In perhaps the ultimate display of painstaking patience, Buddhist monks in Thailand built up an entire temple out of used beer bottles. Holy men in Sisaket province collected a million green Heineken and brown Chang beer bottles to build the Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew temple. Even the washrooms and the crematorium are built of bottles.
We're guessing Wat Pa Maha Chedi Kaew will not be hosting any AA meetings in it's basement. Though we do wonder if it whistles in high winds.
2. Spiral Island: The Floating Island Made from Plastic Bottles
It is perhaps the ultimate dream, to inhabit your own island (unless you've seen Lord of the Flies, Lost, The Mysterious Island, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Swiss Family Robinson, Robin Crusoe, Castaway, Treasure Island, the Pirates of the Caribbean, Club Dread or Temptation Island). Perhaps not having encountered these works, British eco-pioneer Richart (or "Rishi") Sowa took to constructing his own artificial island in 1998, made with nets filled with empty discarded plastic bottles.
On top of the bottles went plywood and bamboo, then sand and even a nest of various plants, including mangroves, which helped keep the place cool. Sowa's so-called Spiral Island boasted a two-story house, solar oven and composting toilet, as well as three beaches. The mass floated in the Caribbean off Mexico until it was destroyed by Hurricane Emily in 2005. Not to be phased, Sowa then built a new Spiral Island II in Isla Mujeres, Mexico.
3. The Original Plastic Bottle Boat
David de Rothschild may think he's hot stuff (again, he dated Cameron Diaz), but he's actually biting the style of some Argentinean fishermen. Resourceful people in Viaje Norte built this seaworthy craft for daily use out of recycled material, including a big ol' mess of plastic bottles.
Proving that hope floats… better than Sandra Bullock.
4. A Fantastic Plastic… Boat
For banking scion and adventuring environmentalist David de Rothschild, what's next after having dated Cameron Diaz? Why sailing half way around the world in a boat made from plastic bottles of course!
The Adventure Ecology founder hopes to launch the Plastiki Expedition in April, in order to raise awareness about recycling, waste and consumption. A team of scientists and explorers, led by de Rothschild, will try to sail the 11,000 miles from San Francisco to Australia on a 60-foot catamaran entirely made from recycled plastic (except for metal masts). The unique craft will be propelled solely by sails, and everything will be recycled, including the boat itself, assuming they complete the dangerous journey. Two wind turbines and solar panels will provide power for electronic equipment.
The Plastiki's twin hulls will be filled with 12,000 to 16,000 two-liter soda bottles, which are currently being washed and filled with dry-ice powder, which pressurizes them to make them rigid. A bit of woven PET fabric will tie the whole thing together.
I recently read Thor Heyerdahl's riveting Kon-Tiki, and wish de Rothschild and crew bon voyage. Hopefully they won't be hitting any reefs, and hopefully they will have the option of turning the thing around, if something or someone does fall overboard (poor parrot, he's with shuttle bat now).
5. Plastic Bottle Armor Suit
I found something to go with my Nun Chucks: this suit of armor made from PET plastic bottles! Kosuke Tsumura, designer for the Final Home brand of urban clothing and accessories, made the suit by slicing up bottles and sewing the pieces together with Chuck Norris' tears, I mean transparent nylon thread.
Perfect for urban ninjas everywhere. (See more recycled costumes.)
6. Comfortable, Cool Earthships
The 'groundbreaking,' almost sci-fi structures known as Earthships are built of mud and reused material (tires, cans, and yes, bottles) -- but folks would be surprised to know how comfortable, cozy, and even beautiful they can be. They keep an even temperature, and often generate their own power, collect and recycle their own water and process their own waste. The idea may sound new, but people have been building walls from bottles since at least 1907, and probably much longer, likely back to the ancient world.
Jessica Reeder did a month-long internship at Earthship Biotecture, and had a fantastic time. She learned about catching rainwater, powering electronics with solar panels (even when it's cloudy!), and indoor greenhouses. Reeder loves the stained glass look of bottles in walls, and said they're easy to make: stack the bottles, cut with a tile saw, then tape the two fat ends together. Then you just cement them in, she says.
Here's a look at a cool bottle Earthship in Argentina.
7. Recycled Bottle Dome Roof
The Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT) in Machynlleth, Wales seems like an inspiring place, with lots of learning opportunities on green building and technology. Lisa Davies took this shot of an impressive domed roof at CAT, made from recycled bottles. Reminds us of a porcupine!
8. Beer Bottle Solar Water Heater
My buddy Brent's site recently had this item about an awesome solar water heater made from beer bottles. A Chinese farmer in Shaanxi province made the ingenious device out of 66 used beer bottles and some hose pipes. Way to go man!
Water flows slowly through the makeshift contraption, where it gets warmed by the sun. It's supposedly strong enough for three people to each take a nice hot shower every day. Apparently the invention has so impressed neighbors that other families have built their own.
People in Israel, the Caribbean, Central America and other places have long known the benefits of using free solar energy to heat water. In fact a law in oil-strapped Hawaii recently mandated that all new construction rely on solar water heaters.
9. Recycled Bottle Screen
Community artist Ilona Bryan says she has "done a lot of strange things with recycling plastic drinks bottles" over the years, although she apparently never thought of building walls. She snapped this photo of a natural sewage treatment area for Scotland's Earthship Fife.
The facility also has a greenhouse made in the same way, as well as various renewable energy and alternative building demonstration projects.
10. Recycled Bottle Cascade Lamps
British artist Michelle Brand says the roots of her interests lie in sustainable waste management. She says she has "designed an aesthetic and decorative fabric from which most people in the Western World would perceive to be waste/rubbish."
What's it made out of? Why bottles of course! Specifically, plastic drink bottle bases, which have been cut, sanded and then tagged together. "I love seeing design opportunities where most people only see problems," wrote Brand.
We love the designs too!
11. Funky Recycled Christmas Decorations
Need some cheap yuletide cheer? Get some friends together, bring some used plastic bottles, and start cutting up!
Flickr user Choo Yut Shing snapped this design at Tanglin Mall in Singapore.
12. Recycled Glass Robot Containers
Talented artist Amanda Siska etches whimsical designs on recycled glass. These bottles are great for sauces, dish soap, or as vases. They come with corks and plastic pour spouts.
Siska has also worked with Autumn Comfort Candles to present all-natural candles in gorgeous containers made from hand-cut recycled wine bottles (the rim has been sanded smooth). The bottle-turned-jars are etched with your choice of design.
13. Recycled Wine Bottle Serving Tray
I've been seeing flattened wine bottle serving trays for years at funky eco-boutiques and in catalogs, and I've always thought they were pretty cool. They come in many different colors and labels, and can be used as paddles if someone forgot to bring the brie.
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We found this awesome dragon made of recycled bottles in Taiwan, but I couldn't secure photo rights. And if you get bored with that, you can always try making Manhattan out of old bottles.
Another cool thing you can do with used bottles:
