South Africa is home to one of the largest Indian communities outside India. It’s also home to the unique curry called bunny chow. It’s delicious. So much so, that when I travel to Cape Town, I make sure head down to the Eastern Food Bazaar to get my fix.
Source: BBC – The Indian dish you can’t find in India
Dutch designer Ritsert Mans and scientist Peter Mooij created a wooden motorcycle that runs on algae to increase the visibility of the lesser known fuel source. “For every part of the bike, I looked to what nature could provide me with,†said Mans, who built the frame and springs with wood. He used cork for the dampeners and hemp for reinforcement.
Source: Dutch Designer Creates a Wooden Motorcycle Powered by Algae | Inhabitat
United We Stand on this 241st United States Independence Day.
Here’s some geeky space content to close out the evening – Lunar is a short film created from still photographs from the Project Apollo Archive. It took brothers Christian and Wolfgang Stangl 18 months to complete…an incredible achievement. Enjoy!
LUNAR from Christian Stangl on Vimeo.
A formerly abandoned gas station in London’s White City district may have outlived its usefulness in its original purpose, but it’s got a new, more relaxing job to do in the ‘hereafter.’ If all those pastel colors didn’t tip you off, the station is in retirement, and it will live out its golden years acting as a colorful venue for pop-up events in the midst of a decade-long urban regeneration effort aiming to create a “thriving, creative neighborhood.â€
Source: Out of Gas: Abandoned Station Will Live its Golden Years as a Venue | Urbanist
