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Liquid Shard: Fluttering Silver Cloud Hovers Over Los Angeles Square

A “universally despised” postmodern public square in Los Angeles is getting a second look this week with the addition of a surreal glittering silver cloud that undulates in the air above the ...

World’s First Floating Underwater Tunnels to Span Fjords in Norway

Norway is working to create the world's first "submerged floating bridges," suspended from surface pontoons and engineered to span its vast network of wide and deep fjords. A system of ...

Floating Greenhouse: Mobile Barge to Grow Food & Cruise Danube

Designed to float down the Danube river in Europe, the Eco Barge is a solar-powered floating greenhouse illustrating the possibilities of offshoring urban food production. In addition ...

Looking Beyond Land: 12 Floating Galleries, Schools & Cemeteries

Even without the threat of rising sea levels, we've got land scarcity issues in nearly every major city, prompting engineers and architects to look towards the rivers and seas as settings for ...

Walk on Water: Christo Unfurls 1 Million Square Feet of Golden Cloth

Known for his work on large-scale art projects, including the world's biggest interior art installation, artist's latest piece features over 1,000,000 square feet (100,000 square meters) of ...

Walk on Water: 13 Interactive Aquatic Art Installations

Vital yet dangerous, shifting its shape and obscuring what lies beneath, water is an ideal conduit for illusion, and artists take advantage of these qualities to produce works that confuse our ...

Unidentified Floating Object: Sea Vessel With Underwater Lookout

Here’s one UFO you won’t be seeing in the skies, but rather on the surface of the sea, half of its iconic shape disguised beneath the waves in the form of an underwater viewing dome. The ...

Air Bonsai: Magnetic Levitation Kit Lets You Float Little Trees

Taking bonsai approaches to the next level, a Japanese company based out of Kyushu has raised over half a million dollars so far for its levitating (and rotating) tree system. The fauna ...

Magnetically Attractive Furniture & Decor: 14 Floating Designs

A billionaire who’s really into magnets could fill his entire home with levitating objects, from a bed platform that costs nearly two million dollars down to his clothes hangers, houseplants, ...

Water Bed: Tow an Amphibious Mobile Shelter Behind Your Bike

Combining the cheap convenience of a hostel with the outdoor access of a tent, this wheeled micro-dwelling can be carted behind a bicycle then lowered into the water for a night of floating ...

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