Dubai is one of those cities that are home to some of the most amazing skyscrapers. It had been constructing a number of iconic towers throughout the city. These extraordinary buildings have made Dubai an interesting place in the Middle East. It has become one of the most attractive tourist destinations in the region.

Dubai Crescent Moon Tower

 The number of extraordinary buildings in Dubai are increasing every year. And, most probably, the city is going to present another exclusive structure within a few years. This crazy structure is supposed to be a crescent shaped tower - The Crescent Moon Tower.

America based design company Transparent House has presented this exclusive design for the structure. The Crescent Moon Tower is supposed to be erected in Za'abeel Park in Dubai. This Tall Emblem Structure will be a unique structure in the world. - The Crescent Moon Tower is an architectural design project submitted to the 11th ThyssenKrup Elevator Architecture Award by Transparence House, a California-based firm . This idea was developed and rendered because of the challenge to design a tall emblem structure for Za’abeel Park, a park that is located in the north-east of the Dubai World Trade Centre. This unbelievable building is designed not only to symbolize the Dubai as part of the Islamic world, but also shows the technology and economic development in Dubai.This Crescent Moon Tower boasts a 33-storey down-turned half moon on the banks of the Caspian Sea. It is designed to accommodate a children’s library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafes, and an open-air observation platform. Though it was just a proposal, there’s a big possibility that it will be built immediately. It is said to be completed by the year 2015 along with its sister project called the Full Moon Hotel – resembling the Death Star from Star Wars which was been proposed. It can accommodate a 220-hectare site that was formerly a storage hub for the industry. This place now has been cleaned up and prepared for offices, hotels, homes and services for 50,000 Baku residents and 48,000 workers.

 According to the design company, this unique structure will identify Dubai as belonging to the Islamic world and will also be a manifestation of the modern level of technical and economic development of Dubai. It will signify the new face of the city and promote its tourism, recreational, scientific and cultural activities.

The Crescent Moon Tower is proposed to boasts 33-storey down-turned half moon on the banks of the Caspian Sea. It will accommodate a children’s library, a conference facility, a restaurant, multiple cafes, and an open-air observation platform. Everything is intended to make the building a multipurpose destination, popular among the locals and tourists alike 

Crescent Moon tower in Dubai is only a proposal. However, keeping Dubai's madness towards iconic buildings one can expect to see the building in reality in the coming years. If it is erected in real, this amazig tower will bring Dubai to a new phase, that's for sure.

Transparent Mobile Phones

Transparent cell phones are a new cell phone concept but it is kind of awkward to assume it’s existence in reality when we begin to wonder about the speaker, camera, internal battery accommodation

Keeping the real benefits of making an cell phone concept behind, let’s look into some of the best and beautiful transparent cell phones concept.

LG Electronics unveiled the world’s first transparent design phone, the LG-GD900, at the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Spain

Having introduced a selection of highly acclaimed and stylish phones, LG makes a bold step in the design category by introducing yet another innovative aesthetic concept, transparency. Once imagined but never seen before, the LG-GD900 is expected to make a new fashion statement.

When opened, GD900′s sliding, translucent keypad illuminates a cool glow that reflects the phone’s sleek and polished silver body. But first-rate design was not the only thing in mind when creating the LG-GD900. It also lives up to the highest level of technical features expected in a premium calibre handset, including its dedicated Bluetooth headset. 

LG-GD900

 Transparent Mobile Phone by Mac

Transparent Mobile Phone by Mac

An excellent concept from Mac Funamizu of Tokyo who designed this cell phone concept that has been quite popular online. This glass concept transparent phone is a flip open phone made out of fragile glass. Pretty cool! Hope it’s unbreakable as well.

 Windows Transparent Cellphone
Window Phone - concept phone On one hand, clear conceptual phones already,so this is not just the first, but on the other, the so-called Window Phonehas one impressive feature – its transparent housing varies depending on the weather! Thus, in the sunny days, the screen will be completely transparent, on a rainy day it will appear «virtual» drop, but it is covered with frost frost. Ie translucent screen will look like as well as present a window into a variety of weather. I do not know how it will be practical, but at least, very original! 

Windows Transparent Cellphone

PS10--- the first solar power tower

Construction of the PS10 project, an 11 MW Solar Thermal Power Plant in Southern Spain has been completed. The main project goals for design, construction and commercial operation have been achieved. The plant is a first-of-its-kind Solar Central Receiver System (CRS) producing electricity in grid-connected mode.The PS10 solar power plant, which is located in Sanlúcar la Mayor, 15 km west of the city of Seville...

The PS10 solar power tower is the first commercial plant in the world to use tower technology. This 11 MW tower is located at the Solúcar Complex in Sanlúcar la Mayor (Seville). PS10 went online in mid-2007 and the plant has been operating successfully since then, supplying clean energy to the power grid.

 The PS10 power tower/heliostat field technology has a solar field composed of 624 120 m2 heliostats with a mobile curved reflective surface that concentrate solar radiation on a receiver at the top of a 100 m tower. The receiver, which produces 40 bar 250ºC saturated steam from thermal energy supplied by the concentrated solar radiation flux, has a cavity design to reduce radiation and convection losses.

 The solar field occupies 148 acres and is composed of 624 heliostats, each being 1,291 sq. ft. Designed by Abengoa Solar, these heliostats concentrate the solar radiation they capture onto a receiver located at the top of a 377-foot tower. PS10 also features a 30-minute storage capability, which enables the plant to continue running under conditions of low solar radiation and no insolation.

 The PS10 tower produces enough electricity to meet the demand of approximately 5,500 households, the equivalent to the population of Sanlúcar la Mayor. It prevents the release of 6,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere annually, while at the same time reducing natural resource consumption and waste generation.

PS10, the World’s First Commercial Power Tower
Description:
Location: Solucar Complex, Seville, Spain
Output: 11 MW
Technology: power tower
Solar field: 148 acres
Household supplied with clean energy: 5,500
CO2 emissions eliminated each year: 6,000
Status: in operation

Solar Tent From Orange

 Orange has revealed their vision for the tent of the future. Utilising cutting edge eco-energy technology, the Orange Solar Concept Tent will allow campers to keep in touch and power their essential camping gadgets.

 The Concept Tent has been designed in association with American product design consultancy Kaleidoscope and builds on learnings from the original Orange Solar Tent that was trialled at Glastonbury in 2003, as well as 2004’s Orange Text Me Home Dome. Having worked closely with Glastonbury for the last eleven years, Orange know the importance of keeping in contact with friends while on site and undertook this concept project to look at how the festival goers communication and power supply needs might be met in the future.

Latest research shows that by weaving specially coated solar threads into conventional fabric, revolutionary new ways of capturing the sun’s energy could soon become a reality. These radical advances mean that rather than relying upon familiar fixed panels, designers were free to conceive how a tent of flexible solar fabrics might look.

The Concept Tent’s solar shell uses this technology to full effect with three directional glides which can be moved throughout the day to maximise its solar efficiency, capturing the optimum amount of energy which can to be used throughout the tent in a variety of new and exciting ways.

 The heart of the Concept Tent is a central wireless control hub which displays energy generated and consumed as well as providing a wireless internet signal; all information is displayed on a flexible, touchscreen LCD display screen.

 Integrated into the hub is a wireless charging pouch which powers mobile phones and other portable devices without the need for messy wires and multiple chargers. The ‘magnetic induction’ technology passes an electric current through a coil embedded in the charging pouch, this in turn generates a magnetic field which creates a charge and powers the battery.

Also controlled by the central hub is an internal heating element embedded within the tent’s groundsheet; this under floor heating is triggered automatically once the interior temperature falls below a set level.

Kaleidoscope Strategist, Finn McKenty, said: “The development of photovoltaic fabric will revolutionise festival tent design, in working with Orange we have created a vision for a solar tent that we believe is a great glimpse of what’s to come.”

Ian Smith, Head of Sponsorship, Orange UK, said: “Since becoming Official Communications Partner of Glastonbury Festival in 1997 Orange have strived to enhance the camping experience through a variety of sustainable initiatives. Our vision of the concept tent builds on this heritage and recognises the revolutionary effect cutting edge solar technology and wireless communication could have on festival goers’ camping experiences.”

Whilst currently only a concept, the vision of the Orange Solar Concept Tent has been designed to celebrate Orange’s 11th year at Glastonbury. This year, Orange Chill ‘n’ Charge tent will be at Glastonbury again, providing 600 mobile phone charging points, free internet access and live music.

Bandra Ohm residential tower by James Law Cybertecture

Inspired by the symbol Ohm (Ω), Bandra Ohm is a 140m tall residential tower in India, with fluid swimming pools on balconies, designed by world renowned architect James Law of James Law Cybertecture International.

The design of the tower is also inspired by the ripple result generated by water droplets, which is also known as the capillary wave. The ripple effect encourages fluidity that shows in the tower’s construction.

 The shape and the ripple pattern can remind one of an abstract representation of the symbol Ohm (Ω). The tower design is trying to recall the essence of the space by creating a large gap in the middle with a special designed clubhouse form. With almost 30 floors of residential units, Bandra Ohm intends to provide a good living setting and experience to the residents.

  The design concept of the tower is inspired by the ripple effect generated by water droplets, which is also known as the capillary wave. The image of the ripple emphasizes fluidity and this idea is reflected in the tower’s design. The outline of the tower demonstrates the fluidity and dynamic nature of the ripple.

The outline and the ripple pattern can be conceived as an abstract representation of the symbol Ohm (Ω). The tower design is trying to recapture the essence of this space by creating a large void in the middle along with a special designed clubhouse form. With approximately 30 storeys of residential units, Bandra Ohm aims to provide a luxurious living environment and experience to the residents.

Water Droplet Resort

Based on an innovative concept ‘Water Droplet resort’ is an architectural marvel that has been designed in the shape of water drop by Orlando De Urrutia. It is the first building of its type which converts air into water with the help of solar power. It sounds unbelievable or magic but is true! The concept to design the building is nothing but a combination of technology and nature.

 Inspired by the form of a drop of water falling from the heights, the building is projected and thought to create conscience of the water. Designed for construction in warm and humid coasts, the Water Building Resort, will house an aquarium, Restaurant, Gyms, Hotel, Spa services, Convention Halls and Conference rooms. Moreover, the bottom floor of this resort complex will have a water treatment zone for purifying rain water and salty sea water and a technological investigation center to control and verify water quality. The building also incorporates a technology research center (Cidemco) which controlled certification of quality industrial products.

The building design allows the integration of renewable energy uptake and energy optimization. The sun-facing facade is covered with photovoltaic crystals latest technology that allows transparency and

energy to capture the electricity of the building. The facade opposite the sun are shutters that allow air

to enter which is conducted through the water producing equipment. The air passing

 through the central courtyard is speeding up and out the upper wind turbine, generating electricity for all teams abasteceder.

 Water Building Resort, will be the first build in the world that transform the air into water, starting to obtain water from the air it seems to science fiction, however it is a reality thanks to new technology and modern TeexMicron incorporated in this building.

 Their production based on the condensation of the humidity that is in the air, its location in the water of the sea, add a big value regarding a bigger condensation. Allowing to take advantage of the night daily evaporation and condensation.

Moreover, Building Water Resort recycles water from rain and purging with marine desalination equipment incorporated in the base of the building. Water generators “TeexMicron” capable of producing 5,000 liters of water per volume of 21.17 m³ team, 48 people, for the calculations we use an average of 105 liters per person.

World’s Largest Building

     World’s Largest Building

For decades, the Pentagon has had the distinction of being the world’s largest building, but that is about to change . . .

Let me introduce to you Crystal Island, soon to be located in Moscow, Russia. This building is not just big, it’s enormous!

 This building, according to Nubricks, “will cover a staggering 2,670,000 square meters, stand 450 meters tall and will cost an estimated $4 billion.” Additionally, it is slated to have “3000 hotel rooms, 900 serviced apartments, a business centre, office spaces, a sports centre, entertainment centre and shopping mall as well as an international school, restaurants and cafes. Visitor numbers are expected to be high and there is a planned 16,500 space car park to accommodate them.”
From the look of the plans above, it appears that planners have taken into account solar and wind power, and have focused on keeping the design environmentally friendly in many other ways as well.

It looks like the rest of the world has returned to a battle for skyscraper supremacy – a battle the USA doesn’t quite have the funds to get involved in – anyone see the new Freedom Tower in NYC? I know I don’t! Maybe China and the Middle East can spare a few more dimes to help the poor old US of A out . . . again.

One thing is certain, Crystal Island will put Moscow back on the map as an architectural hub, something it hasn’t been since the rise of Red Square.

Modern Architecture - Blossoming Dubai

Designed to resemble a blossoming flower, Greek architecture firm Petra Architects recently submitted "Blossoming Dubai" to the Zaabeel Park Tall Emblem Structure Competition.

 This beautiful and crazy building is designed to resemble a blossoming flower, Greek architecture firm Petra Architects recently submitted “Blossoming Dubai” to the Zaabeel Park Tall Emblem Structure Competition.

 They based their design on the form of a blossoming flower. the tower is equipped 
with two elevators running on spiral rails (spiral of the most simple geometry turning 
135 degrees while ascending 138 meters). These lifts ascend from lower ground floor 
(where the visitors enter) to the cafeteria level and the viewing platform above. 
apart from the previously mentioned elevators that can cover all visitor access 
(including disabled access), there are also two staircases fitted in the spiraling elements 
of the building. the latter can be used on an emergency case.

 Main building access is on the ground floor and through the two symmetrical structures located on each side of the tower’s base. one of the structures houses the children’s library while providing (through skylights) an excellent view of the tower above. the children have the chance to use both the enclosed library as well as part of the park outside. The conference rooms are located on the lower ground floor offering a more controlled environment. All this area is flooded with natural light from skylight-like holes on the ground above while framing views of the tower. The building’s cafeteria is located 135 meters above ground and provides a 360 degree view of dubai and the surrounding zaabeel park. there are also two staircases connecting the cafeteria level with the viewing platform above providing a connection between the two

The tower is equipped with two elevators that run on spiral rails which turn 135 degrees and ascend 450 feet (138 meters). The lifts ascend from the lower ground floor (where the visitors enter) to the cafeteria level and the viewing platform above. There are also two staircases fitted in the spiraling elements of the building which can be used in case of an emergency.

Marina Bay Sands Hotel

 Marina Bay Sands is an Integrated Resort fronting Marina Bay in Singapore. Developed by Las Vegas Sands, it is billed as the world's most expensive standalone casino property at S$8 billion, including cost of the prime land.

With the casino complete, the resort features a 2,561-room hotel, a 1,300,000-square-foot (120,000 m²) convention-exhibition centre, the 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m²) The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands mall, a museum, two large theatres, seven "celebrity chef" restaurants, two floating Crystal Pavilions, an ice skating rink, and the world's largest atrium casino with 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines. The complex is topped by a 340m-long SkyPark with a capacity of 3,900 people and a 150m infinity swimming pool, set on top of the world's largest public cantilevered platform, which overhangs the north tower by 67m. The 20-hectare resort was designed by Moshe Safdie Architects.

 The grand opening of Marina Bay Sands was held on 17 February 2011.

 The resort is designed by Moshe Safdie, who says it was initially inspired by card decks. In addition to the casino, other key components of the plan are three hotel towers with 2,500 rooms and suites, a 200,000-square-foot (19,000 m²) Art Science Museum and a convention centre with 1,200,000 square feet (110,000 m²) of space, capable of accommodating up to 45,000 people.

Marina Bay Sands features three 55-story hotel towers which were topped out in July 2009. The three towers are connected by a 1 hectare sky terrace on the roof, named Sands SkyPark.

In front of the three towers include a Theatre Block, a Convention and Exhibition Facilities Block, as well as the Casino Block, which have up to 1000 gaming tables and 1400 slot machines. The ArtScience Museum is constructed next to the three blocks and has the shape of a lotus. Its roof will be retractable, providing a waterfall through the roof of collected rainwater when closed in the day and with laser shows when opened at night. In front of the Event Plaza is the Wonder Full show, a light and water spectacular that is the largest in Southeast Asia. The ArtScience Museum and Wonder Full show opened on 17 February 2011.

The SkyPark is home to the world's longest elevated swimming pool, with a 146-metre (478 ft) vanishing edge, perched 191 metres above the ground. The pools are made up of 422,000 pounds of stainless steel and can hold 376,500 gallons (1424 cubic metres) of water. The SkyPark also boasts rooftop restaurants such as The Sky on 57, nightclubs, lush gardens, hundreds of trees and plants, and a public observatory deck on the cantilever with 360-degree views of the Singapore skyline.

There are four movement joints beneath the main pools, designed to help them withstand the natural motion of the towers, and each joint has a unique range of motion. The total range of motion is 500 millimetres. In addition to wind, the hotel towers are also subject to settlement in the earth over time, so engineers built and installed custom jack 

World's first bionic man worth $1 mn

 The world's first bionic man Rex, created using nearly $1 million-worth of state-of-the-art limbs and organs - synthetic blood from Sheffield University, prosthetic legs and ankle from MIT, retinas from Oxford University, artificial kidneys, pancreas and spleensfrom University College London and artificial lungs from Swansea was unveiled at London's Science Museum on Thursday.

'Rex', a two metre tall artificial human, is displayed at the Science Museum in central London on February 5, 2013. The British robotics designers claim it is the world's first completebionic man, featuring artificial organs as well as fully functioning limbs. It will be on public display until March 11.

Rex is a mixture of Robocop and Frankenstein, Rex - who has the face of a man is 6.5-feet tall with striking brown eyes.

He was jointly built with the help of over 18 companies and universities and for the first time gives tangible hope that replacing body parts with man-made alternatives can finally be possible.

The 640,000 GBP (1 million US dollars) humanoid has a distinctly human shape and boasts prosthetic limbs, a functional artificial blood circulatory system complete with artificial blood, as well as an artificial pancreas, kidney, spleen and trachea. Rex has a distinctly human shape and boasts prosthetic limbs.

In the two centuries since Mary Shelley's Dr Frankenstein brought a 'monster' to life, the subject has fascinated science fiction in books, comics, film and TV. Now research on advanced prosthetic arms and legs, as well as artificial eyes, hearts, lungs - and even hybrids between computer chips and living brains - means that scientists are finally able to replace body parts and even improve on human abilities.

The project involves Bertolt Meyer, a social psychologist from Switzerland who has a bionic hand himself. He met scientists working at the cutting edge of research to find out just how far this new technology can go.

Bertolt has had prosthetic hands since he was a child. His new £30,000 bionic hand, which can grasp and twist, is the most advanced on the market. But technology is moving so fast that Bertolt's bionic hand could soon be obsolete.

A far more advanced arm is being developed, the product of more than $100 million-worth of research into bionic limbs, funded by the US military. Bertolt visited Michael McLoughlin at Johns Hopkins University's Applied Physics Laboratory to try out the latest prototype - the Modular Prosthetic Limb (MPL).

Straddling Bus

 A company in the southern Chinese town of Shenzhen has done Tried designing a vehicle that takes up no road space. And make it partly solar powered.  To address the country’s problems with traffic and air quality, Shenzhen Huashi Future Parking Equipment has developed a decidedly odd-looking, extra-wide and extra-tall vehicle that can carry up to 1,200 passengers.

Though it is called the “straddling bus,” Huashi’s invention resembles a train in many respects — but it requires neither elevated tracks nor extensive tunneling. Its passenger compartment spans the width of two traffic lanes and sits high above the road surface, on a pair of fence like stilts that leave the road clear for ordinary cars to pass underneath. It runs along a fixed route.

Huashi Future Parking’s outsize invention — six meters, or about 20 feet, wide — is to be powered by a combination of municipal electricity and solar power derived from panels mounted on the roofs of the vehicles and at bus stops.

A pilot project for the vehicle is in the works in Beijing, and several other Chinese cities have shown interest.

The company says the vehicle — which will travel at an average speed of 40 kilometers an hour, or about 25 m.p.h. — could reduce traffic jams by 25 to 30 percent on main routes.

The straddling bus could replace up to 40 conventional buses, potentially saving the 860 tons of fuel that 40 buses would consume annually, and preventing 2,640 tons of carbon emissions, said Youzhou Song, the vehicle’s designer.

The cost of construction — 50 million renminbi, or $7.4 million, for one bus and about 25 miles of route facilities — is roughly one-tenth what it costs to build a subway of the same length, he said.