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Five Human Wonders (Fwd by Komal Harwani)

18 May 2008 307,658 views 101 Comments

Five Human Wonders…truly amazing…worth seeing

THE MILLAU VIADUCT is part of the new E11 expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and
features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is 240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336 meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.

First Air-conditioned bus station in Dubai, UAE

Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp announced the installation of the world’s fastest passenger elevator just exactly where it is needed – in Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building. The elevator runs at a top speed of 1,010 meters per minute when ascending (600 meters per minute on the way down), which works out to 60.6 kilometers per hour. The Elevator can go from the 5th floor to the 89th floor in 39 seconds.

World’s fastest elevator offers the following new technologies:
* The world’s first pressure control system, which adjusts the atmospheric pressure inside a car by using suction and discharge blowers, preventing those riding inside the car experiencing ‘ear popping’.

World’s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

The World’s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

15 th April marks the day that the first ever all-glass undersea restaurant in the world opens its doors for business at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. It will sit five meters below the waves of the Indian Ocean, surrounded by a vibrant coral reef and encased in clear acrylic offering diners 270-degrees of panoramic underwater views.

“We have used aquarium technology to put diners face-to-face with the stunning underwater environment of the Maldives”, says Carsten Schieck, General Manager of Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa. “Our guests always comment on being blown away by the colour, clarity, and beauty of the underwater world in the Maldives, so it seemed the perfect idea to build a restaurant where diners can experience fine cuisine and take time to enjoy the views – without ever getting their feet wet.”

Created by MJ Murphy Ltd, a design consultancy based in  New Zealand, Ithaa’s distinctive feature is the use of curved transparent acrylic walls and roof, similar to those used in aquarium attractions. “The fact that the entire restaurant except for the floor is made of clear acrylic makes this unique in the world,” continues Schieck, “We are currently planting a coral garden on the reef to add to the spectacular views of the rays, sharks and many colorful fish that live around the area.

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  • http://itgossips.com it gossips

    The bus stop, i’d like to try it, cool.

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  • http://espcomics.com Alice

    I thought the bus stop was cool :P

    This is neat ^^ Thanks

  • JOD

    Hah, I love how everyone nowadays on the net goes “ITS SHOPPED ITS SHOPPED.”

    I imagine in Dubai its pretty darn hot, so an air conditioned bus station would be a godsend. It doesn’t say “5 human wonders – of all time” It just picked out 5 that are pretty neat. However I think in Dubai you would have added their man made island resorts. Let literally made more land for a huge resort town. Kinda interesting.

  • http://www.cowsgonemadd3.com AZ

    The underwater dining place would be so cool. I would love to go their one day.

  • Phil E. Drifter

    That air conditioned bus stop is totally fake, look at the shadows, they’re all wrong. Totally photoshopped.

  • Heather

    Tim EXACTLY what i was thinking!!!

  • Kevin

    The air conditioned bus stop is by far the best and MOST useful of all the wonders on that list. I would be way happier sitting in that bus stop when its 115 degrees outside, than in any of those other places. KUDOS FOR THE BUS STOP!!!!

  • Joey

    The 270 degrees is probably on the same horizontal plane as you. So there is one quarter of the restaurant you can’t see the ocean, where the kitchen is. The vertical plane, yes, would be 180 degrees.

  • Fritz

    Perhaps solar panels combined with a small geo-thermal unit could run one of those in some areas. Depending upon where you are the ground so far down will be 50 to 60 degrees F. With that combination it could then maybe be enough to make you more comfortable.

    It could be a 270 degree view. Although the dome is 180 degrees in a vertical plain, you can look down beyond that on both sides. Your point of reference is the floor, their point of reference is probably up at the level of somebody standing in the dome and looking down both ways.

  • http://www.getloan.co.uk/ Diane

    Air conditioned bus shelter? That’s an interesting idea! It’d be nice here in Oldham to have heated ones in winter!
    If they could run on renewable energy I’d feel a lot better about it!

  • Bas

    lol @ ty. BioShock is cool though, but this is our first step towards rapture.

    On the busstation: not that special is it?

  • Chaz

    I don’t know why you guys are so upset about the air conditioned bus station…If I saw an air conditioned bus station in New York, I’d take more pictures of that then the empire state building…Like, that’s awesome.

  • Warped

    That’s 180 degrees not 270. 270 would mean half a floor.

  • http://newyorkdudeinindia.blogspot.com newyorkdude

    If you point to a particular fish that’s floating past you does the waiter go out and catch it for your meal?

  • http://www.Claire-France-Perez.com Claire-France Perez

    What it says about the Human Species? It would be a wonder that anyone can cool off while waiting in the heat. For most of us, that is a luxury. What does it have to say about the Human Species?

  • adam

    Not impressed with the First Air-conditioned bus stop in Dubai, UAE, It’s not exactly a wonder of the modern world is it ?

  • Ty

    The underwater restaurant: Bioshock anyone?

  • Steve

    The air conditioner does not fit with the rest. The others are epic though!

  • Tim

    If an air conditioned bus station makes the list of Five Human Wonders, it’s not saying a whole lot about our species.

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