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World's Steepest Roller Coaster is in Japan

Steepest_rollercoaster

Set in the shadow of Mount Fuji, Takabisha features seven twists, blackened tunnels and a breathtaking 141 ft vertical freefall at 121 degrees, making it officially the steepest in the world. Riders experience weightlessness as they nosedive down the sharp incline, before later being plunged into darkness. Speeds reach up to 62 mph (100 kmph) and the ride lasts for just 112 seconds over nearly two miles of track.

Takabisha cost a whopping $40 million to build and will cost $11.75 (Y1000) to ride, excluding park admission fees.

 

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“Dead Drops” preview at Aram Bartholl – Blog

 

I am pleased to preview ‘Dead Drops’ a new project which I started off as part of my ongoing EYEBEAM residency in NYC the last couple weeks. ‘Dead Drops’ is an anonymous, offline, peer to peer file-sharing network in public space. I am ‘injecting’ USB flash drives into walls, buildings and curbs accessable to anybody in public space. You are invited to go to these places (so far 5 in NYC) to drop or find files on a dead drop. Plug your laptop to a wall, house or pole to share your favorite files and data. Each dead drop contains a readme.txt file explaining the project. ‘Dead Drops’ is still in progress, to be continued here and in more cities. Full documentation, movie, map and ‘How to make your own dead drop’ manual coming soon! Stay tuned.

Dead drop (Wikipedia)

In the meanwhile drop some files here!

87 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY (Makerbot)
Empire Fulton Ferry Park, Brooklyn, NY (Dumbo)
235 Bowery, NY (New Museum)
Union Square, NY (Subway Station 14th St)
540 West 21st Street, NY (Eyebeam)

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Udate:

I have to admit I wasn’t prepared for this  unbelievable feedback I am got in the recent days. The preview post became a major release! This means while I try to hold up against a journalistic DNS attack I am putting together this site on the fly with my left hand:

http://deaddrops.com

The site is still a bit naked but step by step I am adding content (FAQ, how to, movie docu etc). If you want to embed your own dead drop in your city you are free to go. Check the instructions here.

 

 

 

All pics on flickr !

 

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Credible Sport Test YMC 130 H

The takeoff at the 1:05 mark in the video is near instanteous! Read more about Operation Credible Sport and the plane, the C-130 Hercules
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謳歌-オウカ- リングアーツ Ouka - Ringarts

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SUPAKITCH & KORALIE - VÄRLDSKULTUR MUSEET GÖTEBORG

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Portal 2 - Laser Music

Portal 2 is in my top 5 games of all time. The gameplay is fantastic, the graphics are crisp and the dialogue is hilarious.

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FC Baar - FC Sempach: Joonas Jokinen (35) shoots penalty

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Experience Human Flight

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Cover Tune Grab Bag - "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da"

This video = big injection of happy in my day.

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Make it better

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