Underwater Mystery Circle

 The underwater mystery circle, also known as underwater crop circle, has been a mystery from 1995. In 2011, the mystery was solved. A male pufferfish was seen, making the circle. The pufferfish uses its fins to dig the sand into a mysterious circle like this. The research team that tried to learn more about these circles observed 4~8 males making this thing. It took 7~9 days and used it as a nest. It seemed interesting, but it isn't so interesting now. Doesn't it?

Cocoon House

Gotjawal Cocoon house

image: Planning Korea

This house was inspired by the the volcanic topography of Jeju island. It is kind of strange, but it is not bad to see. The center building-the cocoon is providing a space of nature is what it says on Planning Korea, but I don't think I really feel nature on this building exept for those trees on the top.  It will be located in Gotjawal village in Jeju island, South Korea. It will be completed in 2015.

Sugar 3-D Printer

  Later, maybe chefs with lots of money would have a great tool for them - a 3-d printer for sugar and chocolate. It uses sugar, chocolate, and other ingredients like frosting. There are two models of them, all of them amazing. The bad thing is that it is too expensive. The first one that is capable of only one color is 5,000 dollars. The best model, which is capable of many colors, is 10,000 dollars. That's very much, isn't it? Also, I've heard that it tastes very bad. When I heard that it is bad, my thought about buying it disappeared. It should be made better to be sold.

ProScope Micro Mobile

  The ProScope Micro mobile is a microscope that could be held in your hand. The iPhone 5 is used like a case to it, so you can see microscopic things like watching through a camera on iPhone 5. The lens provides 20~80x zoom range and twelve LEDs that surrounds the lens to see more accurately. Those are powered by a lithium-ion battery that is rechargeable and can be used for five hours when used continuously. Really amazing for especially scientists, isn't it?

This picture is a picture of it by itself, not with the iPhone 5.

Microneedle Patch

 This microneedle patch was made by Mark Prausnitz and his team members in Georgia Tech and Emory University colleagues. It isn't painful because the needles are so small that you can't feel pain. It's proved that it is reliable with mice tests. It costs about the same as normal needles, and you can apply them yourself in home. It is so small that twelve of them could be placed on your hand. This will make no kids cry because of needles.
 The needles dissolve into skin, so when you get the patch out, there's nothing left. The needles are 0.7 mm and there are 100 needles attached. It is very small, so it will be much easier to deliver them than normal needles. In spite of the good things, I think young kids can play with those things like a toy. If that happens, it will be funny.

Armadillo-t

  The armadillo-t, created by KAIST, can transform very small as you can see. It is an electric car. It can shrink by folding itself from 110 inches (2.8 m) to 70 inches (1.65 m). About three of them can be parked in a parking space for one car. It can be controlled by a remote-controlling app on smartphones.  

 a video using armadillo-t

The speed is up to 37 mph (60 km/h) and can travel 62 miles 
(100 km) within only 10 minutes of charging(fast charging for an electric car). The four wheels can each move differently, so it can turn perfectly up to 360 degrees.

Ice Hotel Jukkasjarvi

  This ice hotel is the world's first ice hotel. It started in 1990 when a French artist named Jannot Derid held an exhibition in Jukkasjarvi in a cylinder-shaped igloo. One night, there were no rooms to sleep in the town, so some visitors had to sleep in the exhibition hall in sleeping bags or on top of reindeer skin. They were the first visitors of the "hotel".

Sculptures by Jorgen Westin

 The whole hotel is entirely made out of snow and ice from the Torne river. Even the glasses in the bar are made with ice, so everything in the hotel, including the hotel itself melts on summer. Each spring, the ice from the Torne river are harvested. It is stored in a nearby production hall with room for over 9,100 t of ice and 27,200 t of snow. In mid-November when the temperature gets lower, the hotel is re-built. The finished hotel has a bar, church, main hall, reception area, and rooms for over 100 guests.

The 'Banished Dragon' suite in ICEHOTEL Jukkasjarvi,Sweden. Made by Valli Schafer & Barra Cassidy.

There are lots of other suites' pictures in here.