Phows

Marcialonga – 70 years for skiing

Italy, like many other countries, welcomes all those who love and practice winter sports. Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa is an Italian traditional skiing competition, that has this year a magic relation with the number 70. How come? Bellow you have an excerpt from the competition’s press release that will point out some liaisons. The 38th Marcialonga di Fiemme e Fassa is just around the corner.…

Roselina Hung is a visual artist with a Masters in Fine Art from Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London, UK, and her Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of British Columbia. She also spent a year as an exchange student at L’Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Her paintings have been exhibited internationally and can be found in private collections…

Best free iPhone application at 14

It might seem unbelievable but a young boy has become, in just a couple of weeks, a programming prodigy. This boy has just 14 years old and he created one of the most downloaded free applications for iPhone. Also, he is not living in Silicon Valley or any other high-tech locations; he lives in Spanish Fork, Utah. Robert Nay was only in the 8’th grade when in a couple of weeks he’s…

Animals in Ingenious and Funny Ads

Advertising has numerous ways to attract you. Their great majority involve people that are doing or saying things to convince you to buy whatever they sell. Unfortunately, the reality is not always at the same level of the advertising, and I’m sure that you can confirm this, too. Beyond this inconvenient, ads are generally photos or short clips that gather a lot of work and great ideas. Most of…

Nissan LEAF as ‘Car of the Year’

The year 2010 was a great and historical year for Electric vehicles since it was the first time that a zero emission vehicle won the greatly prized title of “Car of the Year.” In November 2010, Nissan LEAF was selected for the final. The Nissan’s 100% electric vehicle won against six rivals. Among these rivals were Alfa Romeo Giulietta, the Opel Meriva, and the Citroën DS 3. “The jury…

Why do we laugh?

There are many reasons why people laugh, some of them being ridiculous, extravagant or even absurd. So, why do we laugh? What is it normal in this laughter process? How does it work? There are other animals that laugh or this is just a human characteristic? Here are some facts about laughter. Due to endorphins secretion, laugh has an important anti-stress role in human nutshell health, so it is…

Magic, Mystery And Illusion

Magic is a part of the unknown world. Sometimes is might be synonym with mystery, with non-understandable things or facts, and some other time it might be a close friend of illusion. However, one might say that magic is the same thing with illusion, but whether is true or not you should agree that it is something that has the ability to penetrate your body and eventually conquer your soul. Why?…

Photo through Liz Devine’s eye

Photography remains my constant through the years. My cameras change, my vision evolves, but my love for seeing the world around me through my camera lens remains the same. Garry Winogrand said, “I photograph to see what something looks like photographed,” It may be simple, but this statement strikes something at the core of me. I can no longer look at the world around me without wondering what…

Paints Extracted From Video

This article is dedicated to Meredith Lynn, a painter and drawer that has a full experience in what is called ‘fine arts’. She has been working in different projects that gather ideas like identity, performance of individuality, historical & life events, and many others. Here’s a brief bio and artist statement: My work is concerned primarily with the constitution and performance of identity. I…

David Jon Kassan – Hyperrealistic paintings on the walls

Art along the history has flourished in many forms and one of the most wonderful of all is the painting. Hyperrealistic expression of the way we perceive reality gathered many artists from all over the world under the same roof, and David Jon Kassan, through his artwork, is certainly there. He somehow transforms the matter on the wall’s surface, giving a sort of holographic permission, through…

Yes, the Sun is smiling, literally! The whole Sun has a smiley face, say scientists at the Lebedev Institute of Physics in Moscow. But, in order to see it, you have to have some special instruments. “A smiley approximately 600,000 kilometers long and a pair of eyes 200,000 kilometers in diameter are formed by the magnetic fields of the Sun. Black areas are fields with negative polarity and the…

New Year’s Eve fireworks 2016 around the world

Fireworks were first used in ancient China in the 12th century to scare evil spirits, being a natural extension of one of the fourth great inventions of the ancient China, the gunpowder. No wonder why China is in our times the largest manufacturer and exporter of fireworks in the world. Great festivities and events have been celebrated in different manners, but the fireworks were always present.…

SINGLEHOOD AND SOLITUDE   Been single is the most interesting thing that can ever happen to anyone. I call it solitude. A moment where you enjoy your own presence without sadness and regret. A moment you sit down to count your blessings and regard your lessons. How beautiful it is to be single… blessed are the single ones, for they own their time with no guilt of sharing. I wish someone was able…

I Hope and Pray

  It almost 3 decades and I’m still wondering if I’m getting it right. Along the way so many things were discovered that I never knew existed. I became my own best friend and got to know that no one would be as honest as I am to myself. Not any more… I’m of the opinion that no one would hurt me except I give them the power to do so.   So many in my generation have really made wave and I’m…

Hydrogen versus kerosene as aviation fuels

One thing that hydrogen and kerosene have in common is their usage to power different space vehicles. While hydrogen is used in a more restricted area, for, let’s say, space shuttle, the kerosene is widely used in aviation, both civil and military. Everybody knows that hydrogen is much more environmentally friendly than kerosene and that oil will not last forever. Therefore, we ask ourselves if…

Caricature signed by Anthony Geoffroy

Specialized in image communication, Anthony Geoffroy has different graphic competencies that spin around illustrations, comics, graphic designs, logos, mascots and last but not least caricatures. In fact, we will present below some of the most important Anthony’s caricatures that feature widely known actors or characters. Some features intentionally exaggerated will show new things or will…