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Konark Sun Temple: Unveiling its history, myths, and magnetic mysteries

The Konark Sun Temple in Odisha, one of the Unesco World Heritage Sites, is one of India’s most fascinating architectural wonders. Carvings on the Konark Sun Temple walls Nearby, the Melakkadambur Shiva Temple and the Nata Mandir reflect similar architectural grandeur, with their own unique carvings and designs dedicated to deities and celestial influences. LEGEND OF DHARMAPADA, THE CHIEF ARCHITECT'S …

India Odisha Construction Structure Earth Sun Ancient

1 month, 4 weeks ago

For the love of Goat: Sanjoy Narayan writes on Sweden’s cosmic folk concept band

Hindustan Times

A couple of weeks ago, Matt Everitt, a host on the BBC Radio 6 online station, described the mysterious band Goat most aptly when he called them “Sweden’s heavy psychedelic cosmic folk concept band”. On last year’s Levitation Sessions, a live recording, the band chose to shoot the performance on video as well as make a recording as an album. …

Music World Sweden Album Goat Band Psychedelic

2 months ago

The forest skyscraper where nobody lives: Huge 800ft tower in rural Germany that tests the elevators of the future

Daily Mail

On the outskirts of the medieval town of Rottweil in southeast Germany and surrounded by the Black Forest, an 800 ft skyscraper rules the land. Built in 2017 by engineering firm TK Elevator, the tower is home to 12 shafts where next-generation lifts are being tested. It is currently trialling TK Elevator's MULTI system, which uses magnetic levitation, or maglev, …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Dhillon's India Tour Takes a 360-Degree Leap with a Levitation Stage

Hindustan Times

AP Dhillon is set to redefine the concert experience in India with his highly anticipated The Brownprint India tour. The three-city tour will feature a groundbreaking 360-degree stage design, a first of its kind in the Indian music industry. The stage design allows fans to enjoy the performance from all sides, creating a more immersive and inclusive experience.

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Chinese magicians mesmerize New Zealand

China Daily

Chinese magicians perform traditional Chinese magic during the Chinese Magic New Zealand Tour in Wellington, New Zealand, Sept 13, 2024. Top Chinese magicians have embarked on a performance tour in New Zealand to display the mystique of the traditional face-changing, levitation, and other Chinese intangible cultural heritages, for a spectacular visual feast. The town hall was packed with audience to …

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4 months ago

Music Review: On ‘Cowboys and Dreamers,’ George Strait’s traditional country is still a heart warmer

Associated Press

George Strait’s 31st studio album, the feel-good “Cowboys and Dreamers,” marks five decades of record releases; a titanic career for a Texas troubadour whose greatest ambition seems to have always been the same: Make pretty, plain-spoken songs about life’s true pains and pleasures, and listeners will find their own resonance within them. Across 13 songs in 47 minutes — his …

Strait Cowboys And Dreamers

7 months, 3 weeks ago

Captain Gopichand, 5 others set to fly to edge of space in aboard Blue Origin mission | DETAILS

India TV News

Captain Gopichand Thotakura, along with five others are set to fly to the edge of space on Blue Origin's crewed flight mission. The reusable New Shepard rocket is set to take the six-person crew to space above the Karman line which is an internationally recognised boundary of space that lies 100 km above the Earth's surface. With this mission, Thotakura …

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7 months, 3 weeks ago

NASA plans to build railway station, run trains on Moon

India TV News

In an ambitious move, NASA is venturing to establish the first fully operational railway station on the Moon, aiming to facilitate reliable and efficient payload transport across the lunar surface. Additionally, a large-scale FLOAT system could potentially move up to 100,000 kg of regolith over multiple kilometers per day, facilitating essential lunar base operations. NASA envisions the FLOAT system as …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Are these the world’s worst airports to reach?

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Just 206 air miles northwest of Bristol, Dublin airport is presently a bus-only zone – though the exciting MetroLink project, …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Shandong displays tech strength at WIC Nishan Dialogue

China Daily

An exhibition highlighting Shandong's digital development achievements is now taking place alongside the World Internet Conference Nishan Dialogue on Digital Civilization, which opened on June 26 in Qufu, Shandong province. The exhibition displays Shandong's state-of-the-art technologies, products and applications in fields such as information technology, intelligent manufacturing, transportation, aerospace, far-reaching marine aquaculture, medicine and health, and digital economy. Themed "The …

Ai Shandong Nishan Dialogue

2 years, 6 months ago

All the heavy lifting: 170 years of the elevator

Hindustan Times

At 85 sq ft, B2 is about the size of the average Mumbai living room. “It’s ideal for moving wedding guests, conference delegates and other large crowds at the venue,” says Amit Gossain, managing director of Kone Elevators India, which developed the lift along with Reliance Industries and Samsung. The world’s tallest elevator isn’t in a building, it’s in a …

India World Second Lift Elevator Elevators Gossain

3 years, 3 months ago

New York skyscraper lets you walk on air with glass-bottomed ‘levitation boxes’ at 1,063ft

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery People visit Summit at One Vanderbilt during a preview viewing, Manhattan An indoor installation called “Air” …

New York Vanderbilt Summit Offers One Vanderbilt

3 years, 4 months ago

Superconductivity: The technology that could change everything if we just knew how it worked

The Independent

It’s often said that if we see a fundamental breakthrough in physics, it takes about 20 years for the engineering world to find an application for the breakthrough. open image in gallery Japan’s shinkansen train uses superconducting magnetic levitation to achieve incredible speeds A few reasonably well-known devices already operate using superconductivity. Similarly, some of the next generations of fusion …

Japan Electricity Based Electrical Electric Liquid Nitrogen

4 years, 1 month ago

First passengers travel in a hyperloop pod through vacuum tube

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first passengers have travelled successfully aboard a hyperloop – exceeding 100mph inside a magnetic-levitation pod …

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4 years, 10 months ago

Switch to smart brushing with Xiaomiâ€™s new Mi Electric Toothbrush T300

Deccan Chronicle

Xiaomi introduced Mi Electric Toothbrush T300 to transform oral healthcare of consumers in India. Equipped with high-efficiency magnetic levitation sonic motor, the toothbrush features high-density, anti-corrosion, metal-free brush head with EquiClean auto-timer for a smart brushing experience. Mi Electric Toothbrush T300 is powered by a high-efficiency magnetic levitation sonic motor which generates high-frequency vibrations of over 31,000 times/minute and torque …

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5 years, 5 months ago

Innovation gives strong impetus to Shandong's development

China Daily

Models and photos of Shandong's key achievements in scientific research and the manufacturing sector were exhibited during a news conference convened on July 16 by the State Council Information Office to introduce the province's economic and social development since the founding of the People's Republic of China. Blue Whale 1, the ultra-deep-water semisubmersible drilling rig built by the nation's largest …

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5 years, 7 months ago

How a mindfulness retreat inspired modern sports psychology

ABC

The 1960s was a fertile time for subscribing to new ideas, and at a new sports centre set up to help athletes achieve their best, the wackier the idea, the better. He wanted to help people harness the "superhuman" power of mind control he'd spent time observing in India — for example, the ability to walk through walls, levitate, endure …

Sport Control Mind Nfl Ideas Soviet Hawkins

5 years, 7 months ago

China unveils 600km/h maglev train prototype

CNN

CNN — A new floating bullet train capable of hitting speeds of 600 kilometers per hour is one step closer to reality in China. Developed by the state-owned China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation – the world’s largest supplier of rail transit equipment – the sleek-looking train is scheduled to go into commercial production in 2021 following extensive tests. “Take Beijing …

Japan Shanghai Crrc China Unveils Maglev Trains

5 years, 7 months ago

Japan tests world’s fastest bullet train, the ALFA-X

CNN

CNN — Japan has started testing its fastest-ever bullet train – capable of reaching 400 kilometers per hour – as it continues to develop the revolutionary mode of travel. Once it enters operation sometime around 2030, it will run at speeds of up to 360 kph, comfortably making it the world’s fastest bullet train. It will also outpace China’s Fuxing …

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Konark Sun Temple: Unveiling its history, myths, and magnetic mysteries

For the love of Goat: Sanjoy Narayan writes on Sweden’s cosmic folk concept band

The forest skyscraper where nobody lives: Huge 800ft tower in rural Germany that tests the elevators of the future

Dhillon's India Tour Takes a 360-Degree Leap with a Levitation Stage

Chinese magicians mesmerize New Zealand

Music Review: On ‘Cowboys and Dreamers,’ George Strait’s traditional country is still a heart warmer

Captain Gopichand, 5 others set to fly to edge of space in aboard Blue Origin mission | DETAILS

NASA plans to build railway station, run trains on Moon

Are these the world’s worst airports to reach?

Shandong displays tech strength at WIC Nishan Dialogue

All the heavy lifting: 170 years of the elevator

New York skyscraper lets you walk on air with glass-bottomed ‘levitation boxes’ at 1,063ft

Superconductivity: The technology that could change everything if we just knew how it worked

First passengers travel in a hyperloop pod through vacuum tube

Switch to smart brushing with Xiaomiâ€™s new Mi Electric Toothbrush T300

Innovation gives strong impetus to Shandong's development

How a mindfulness retreat inspired modern sports psychology

China unveils 600km/h maglev train prototype

Japan tests world’s fastest bullet train, the ALFA-X