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 | Surreal Photos of Subway Cars Being Thrown Into the Ocean [Slideshow] |
| Suzanne LaBarre |
| For more than a decade, the New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority has treated the Atlantic as its very own graveyard, tossing thousands of old subway cars off a barge to rust away on the ocean floor. An environmental crime? Hardly. The program creates habitats for marine life from Georgia to Jersey and gives New York's aging subway cars a vibrant (and free!) retirement home.  Read more |
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| | Look at This Crazy Russian Nuke Plant: Are 10,000 Buttons Safer Than One Screen? |
| John Pavlus |
| Touchscreens (and screens in general) are awesome. So sleek! So dynamic! So futuristic! Yeah, well what if they're fundamentally confusing and dangerous, too? Read more |
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| | Saab Phoenix: Android Equipped, Looks Like "Liquid Metal" |
| Suzanne LaBarre |
| Saab, purveyor of WASPmobiles since time immemorial, is bursting out of its shell at the International Motor Show in Geneva this week with a hot little concept car sure to scandalize Saab loyalists from Stockholm to Walnut Creek. Read more |
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| | Art Made of Infinite Reflections Evokes the Massiveness of Famous Skyscrapers [Slideshow] |
| Suzanne LaBarre |
| If you haven't gotten around to personally experiencing the cloud-piercing scale of the Empire State Building in New York or the Willis Tower (formerly Sears) in Chicago, here's your chance, and you don't even need to leave your cubicle. (And if you have, read on, anyway, 'cause this stuff is awesome.) Read more |
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| | Hoping to Win Over a Town, Facebook Holds Urban Planning "Hack-a-thon" |
| Ryan White |
| Some social networks still function better in the flesh, and so, on Saturday, Facebook played host to a massive "design charrette" that brought four busloads of architects, designers, and urban planners together for an all-day cram session devoted to re-imagining Menlo Park's Belle Haven community, soon-to-be home of the company's global headquarters. Read more |
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