Monday, January 24, 2011

Amazing Building Tower of Pisa, Italy

Torrependente in Pisa or often abbreviated Torre di Pisa is a Campanile, or bell tower of the cathedral in Pisa, Italy. Tower of Pisa is set up properly and in a building in general. 55.86-meter-high building from the ground surface, the width of the wall reaches 4.09 meters wide at the top of 2:48 meters. Having the weight is expected to reach 14 500 ton. Pisa tower has 294 stairs. Construction of the tower which is done in 200 years time consuming and carried out in three stages of development. built trigger towers in Krist Johan and architect while construction is in hand to Guglielmo and Bonanno Pisano, a prominent local artists of the 12th century. The first stage in the settlement of the ground floor of white marble at Campanile rocky start on 9 August 1173 which is an era of prosperity and military glory.

 The ground floor is surrounded by pillars with classical decorative letters that follow the curve of the blind. Development of the tower that aims to put the clock on the tower with can be viewed by people around the tower. But in the process of development that next step Tower of Pisa has deviated from the slope of a vertical line as far as 5 meters, In the year 1178. The slope of the land condition caused by an unstable foundation. Construction of the tower which in turn differ greatly from the initial plan development. In the next year around the year 1198 a few clock he put up a that tower, just 74 years later, architect Giovani in Simone continued construction of the tower. But the war caused the rebuilding process in the stop and then forwarded back to the year 1372 by architect Andrea Pisano Tommasso in which the development process in making the final floor of the bell room.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Nokia 2030 Cellphone Concept

Nokia 2030 Cellphone Concept





Here’s the Nokia cellphone concept of 2030 in case you wanted a taste of the future… Created by Jim Chan, the Nokia 2030 features a scratch-resistant finished body, plus a full color display and an illuminated touch keypad.
Fast messaging is the purpose of this unit and we learn that the phone measures 2 x 4.75 x 0.25 inches and attaches colored films at the rear, to change its color. Polished titanium is the choice of metal for the case area that protects the screen. This handset looks like some sort of futuristic keycard that grants access to a high tech facility and we bet it’ll have e-wallet features and a transparent UI.