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#conceptart
Highly-Advanced Cloaking Device Unveiled in French Forest
Deep in the forests of Alsace, adventurous explorers can marvel at this strange installation that looks very much like what an invisibility cloak over a secret ship might look like in 100 years. No it's not a Romulan craft — it's actually a sculpture made of stones, glue and mirrors by Michel De Broin. More » -
#structuralengineering
Eiffel Tower's Massive New Observation Deck to be Made of Kevlar Webbing
The Eiffel Tower has remained exactly the same for 120 years, but this year builders will be attaching a temporary, carbon Kevlar observation deck to its uppermost reaches. French architecture firm Serero will help Paris celebrate the 120th birthday of the tower by more than doubling the floor space at its top. We've got a full frontal tower view below. More » -
#art
French Artist Talks To Aliens Using Crazy Font
French artist Tania Mouraud likes to make giant black-and-white installations that look like bar codes but are actually just letters written in a crazy font she invented to communicate with aliens. Apparently, aliens don't like to see spaces in between words (or letters, for that matter), but the more educated ones have learned English. Here, Mouraud asks them: "How can you sleep?" A question any decent host would ask their jet-lagged visitors. Click through for another message to our extraterrestrial visitors. More »
