Behold: the e-Bike Cross and e-Bike Sport, two high end electric bikes from Porsche: the former with a Shimano EP8 motor, integrated Supernova M99 LED lights and smooth-running tires for urban use; the latter with Magura-MT Trail disc brakes, 12-speed Shimano XT drivetrain, and claggy tyres for hillside shenanigans.
Yours for €7,100 and €8,300 respectively.
Porsche though.
The sultry splendours of Asia captured by Tokyo based photographer Ryosuke Kosuge.
Textures and patterns of natural and urban environments observed with a sense of wonder and curiosity: from an array of birdcages created by a woman in Guizhou and rocky formations surrounding Heaven’s Gate Mountain in Zhangjiajie to the wires crisscrossing a market in Nanning.
An award-winning 2010 short by Léo Verrier set in New York in 1950 where – fascinated by art – Jack skims museums all day long, then steals paintings which he hides at his home.
Behold: the Voro Wolf King – not your average electric trottinette.
Combining dual 72V 40A minimotors, two 1500 nominal watt motors, and a 72V battery, the Wolf King can accelerate to 80km/h in a first-gen Lamborghini Countach-esque 4.8 seconds and on to an absurdly dangerous top speed of 100km/h.
There’s a sturdy 6082 aluminium frame, tubeless racing (or off-road) tires, full hydraulic brakes and a motorcycle-style hydraulic shock suspension system.
Organ donor card optional.
Yours for just over €2,500 (+shipping)
A really rather excellent short by Jaybird Films shot at Bryant Lake Bowl in Minneapolis that combines smooth-as-silk drone piloting and a simple but brilliantly executed concept.
Full screen for best effect.
You’ll probably want to watch this more than once.
Another fascinating animated journey into science with German educational design studio Kurzgesagt. This time, an answer to the question no one except possibly Auric Goldfinger was asking:
…what would happen to you, if Earth suddenly turned into gold?
Previously: Nuclear Death
A 38 storey wooden skyscraper designed by Studio Marco Vermeulen for Eindhoven in the Netherlands. Two rectangular towers, 130 and 100 metres tall will dominate the centre of the city next to the Dommel river – taller than lofty predecessors HoHo Wein tower in Vienna and the Mjösa Tower in Brumunddal, Norway.
Made from cross laminated timber sourced from sustainably managed forests, the complex will include housing, offices, leisure facilities and a hotel, centred around a winter garden on the lower floors.
