Stephen Wiltshire - The Human Camera

Stephen Wiltshire MBE, (born April 24, 1974) is an architectural artist who has been diagnosed with autism. Wiltshire was born in London, England, to West Indian parents. He is known for being able to draw an entire landscape just by seeing it once.

Wiltshire was mute and at the age of three was diagnosed as an autistic. The same year, his father died in a motorcycle accident. At the age of five, Stephen was sent to Queensmill School in London where he expressed interest in drawing. He began to communicate through his drawings. At the age of eight, he began to draw imaginary post-earthquake cityscapes and cars.

His teachers began to encourage his drawing and, with his aid, Wiltshire slowly learned to speak at the age of nine.

When Wiltshire took the helicopter ride over Rome, he drew it in such great detail that he drew the exact number of columns in the Colosseum. See video below:



On February 15, 2008, ABC News named him Person of the Week.

BMW GINA - Cloth Skinned Car

The GINA Light Visionary Model is a fabric-skinned shape-shifting sports car concept built by BMW. GINA stands for "Geometry and functions In 'N' Adaptions". It was designed by a team lead by BMW’s head of design, Chris Bangle, who says GINA allowed his team to "challenge existing principles and conventional processes."



Fabric body
BMW says the flexible, stretchable water resistant translucent man-made fabric skin – polyurethane-coated Spandex, is resilient and durable. It resists high or low temperatures, doesn’t swell or shrink and the movement doesn’t slacken or damage the fabric. The body changes its shape according to exterior conditions and speeds, and it also allows the driver to change its shape at whenever they desire.
The fabric is stretched over a moveable frame; essential shapes are formed beneath the skin by a aluminium wire structure, though at points where movement is needed (ducts, door openings, spoiler) flexible carbon struts are used. The shape of the frame is controlled by many electric and hydraulic actuators, for example, the headlights are revealed when small motors pull the fabric back in an eyelid like fashion. As the fabric is translucent the taillights shine through it.

Exterior
GINA has just four panels - the bonnet, the two side panels and the boot. Its skin appears seamless, but it can “grow” a higher rear spoiler for stability at high speed. Its doors open in a butterfly style, and are each covered by a fabric piece reaching all the way from the nose of the car to their trailing edge which when closed leaves a perfectly smooth surface. Access to the engine can be gained through a slit that can open in the middle of the bonnet.

Interior
When the car is parked, the car’s steering wheel and instruments sit in an ‘idle’ position on the centre console to allow the driver easy entry. The steering wheel and instruments assume their correct positions when the driver presses the start button and the headrest rises from the seat once the driver is seated, making it easier to get in and out of the car.

Source: wikipedia.org

Stevie Starr - Professional Regurgitator

I've seen this man performed on TV before. It was on Ripley's Believe it or Not. He swallowed coins with different dates and regurgitated whichever coin the audience requested. Another act was, he swallowed a goldfish, an empty film can with cover, and a glass of water. After a while it came out of his mouth with the goldfish inside the film can!

Here is a video of some of his acts:



*Regurgitation is the controlled flow of stomach contents back into the esophagus and mouth. Regurgitation is used by a number of species to feed their young.

Bird's Nest - Beijing National Stadium

Beijing National Stadium, nicknamed "Bird's Nest" due to its architecture, hosted the 2008 Summer Olympics. Completed in March 2008, it was built from a lattice of interwoven metal that seems to be arranged in a random pattern.


The stadium can seat as many as 91,000 spectators during the Olympics. The capacity will then be reduced to 80,000 after the Olympics. The stadium is 330 meters (1,082 ft) long by 220 meters (721 ft) wide, and is 69.2 meters (227 ft) tall. It uses 258,000 square meters (2,777,112 square feet) of space and has a usable area of 204,000 square meters (2,195,856 square feet). It was built with 36 km of unwrapped steel, with a combined weight of 45,000 tonnes. The stadium will cost up to 423 million USD.


Source: wikipedia.org

Left and Right Brain Test

Which side of your brain are you using most of the time? Let us see:


If you see this lady turning in clockwise you are using your right brain.
If you see it her tuning the other way, you are using left brain.
Some people do see both ways, but most people see it only one way.

See if you can make her go one way and then the other by shifting the brain's current.

BOTH DIRECTIONS CAN BE SEEN.

Experimentation has shown that the two different sides or hemispheres of the brain are responsible for different manners of thinking. The following lists the differences between left-brain and right-brain thinking:

Left Brain: logical, sequential, rational, analytical, objective, looks at parts
Right Brain: random, intuitive, holistic, synthesizing, subjective, looks at wholes

Most individuals have a distinct preference for one of these styles of thinking. Some, however, are more whole-brained and equally adept at both modes. In general, schools tend to favor left-brain modes of thinking, while downplaying the right-brain activities. Left-brain scholastic subjects focus on logical thinking, analysis, and accuracy. Right-brained subjects, on the other hand, focus on aesthetics, feeling, and creativity.

Willard Wigen - Microscopic Art

Willard is a resident of Birmingham, England. He has a learning disability - Dyslexia*, but has talented hands.

A self-taught sculpture, he makes sculptures out of dust particles, sugar crystals, etc. He can create a masterpiece within the eye of a tiny sewing needle, on the head of a pin, the tip of an eyelash or a grain of sand.

-Titanic on the tip of a needle-

-A boxing ring besides a matchstick-

-The Wizard of Oz-

-Six wives of Henry VIII


-Elvis Presley on a pinhead-

-The Thinker on a pinhead-

-Statue of Liberty in the eye of a needle-

*Dyslexia is considered to be a learning disablitiy. It manifests primarily as a difficulty with written language, particularly with reading and spelling. Although dyslexia is the result of a neurological difference, it is not an intellectual disability. Dyslexia occurs at all levels of intelligence. -wikipedia.org