Behold the Vanderhall Carmel Roadster – a 1.5l, turbocharged 200bhp three wheeler based on the company’s previous three cornered outing, the Venice Speedster.
Yours in 2019 (with a removable roof and three exclusive 19” wheels) for just over €46,000.
A map drafted in 1942 by geophysicist and oceanographer Athelstan Spilhaus in which the oceans take centre stage and landmass is negative space.
Mapping website La Cartographe sez:
It’s both awesome and totally confusing, The deformation is such that the American and Asian continents are completely torn apart. Europe, Africa, and South-East Asia, on the other hand, maintain a coherent form. This projection is rarely used and it is a shame!
Related: Actual Size
Behold: the 1960 Ferrari 250 GT Series II Coupe – the first mass-produced Ferrari (previously, the cars were all custom made for wealthy buyers).
This model – extremely well preserved with its original red leather interior and exterior paint – can be yours for (most likely) upward of €640,000.
Animating the Mercator projection to the true size of each country in relation to all the others.
Focusing on a single country helps to see effect best.#dataviz #maps #GIS #projectionmapping #mapping pic.twitter.com/clpCiluS1z
— Neil Kaye (@neilrkaye) October 12, 2018
Data scientist Neil Kaye shows how the ubiquitous Mercator Projection distorts the real scale of countries (dark blue = actual size in the map above).
The visualisation shows land masses nearer the Poles [including our own] to be much larger than they actually are.
Take aways: Mercator Alaska is larger than Mexico (it’s not). Mercator Russia is ridiculously exaggerated (it is). Africa is very large indeed.
Visions of some technological, industrial and urban future by Russian digital artist Evgeny Kazantsev.
La Dacha Mountain Retreat – strategically sited above a forest canopy overlooking the Nevados de Chillan volcano and the Valle Las Trancas in the Chilean Andes, the charred conifer-clad V-shaped house uses angled glazed panels to frame views of both.
Behold: the Vespa Elettrica – an electric scooter first announced over two years ago and now finally taking advance orders for delivery later this year. The 4kW engine outperforms the traditional 50cc petrol predecessor and the initial 100km range will double with the addition of a more powerful Elettrica X variant.
Yours for around €6,400.
More incredible dioramas by Japanese miniaturist Tatsuya Tanaka – a sample of over 2500 such models created on a daily basis for the last seven years.
Previously: Minor Characters
An impressive RC twofer, comprising an Antonov AN-225 with a roof-mounted Buran (the Russian version of the Space Shuttle) which can detach in flight and land independently.
