Monday, October 5, 2009

Amber

Amber - fossil resins used for the manufacture of jewelry, medicine. Has a lot of poetic names - "tears of the sea", "gift of the sun," etc.
The only thing in the world industrial plant for the extraction of amber (open pit quarries strong water jet eroding yantarenosnuyu so-called. "Blue earth") is located in the town of Amber Kaliningrad region of Russia. The deposits of amber in the Kaliningrad region is not less than 90% of the world.
In the Ancient Rus amber called ilektr or Ilektron (from al-Greek. Ἤλεκτρον, «amber"). In Azbukovnik ilektr described as "stone exceedingly honest, is one of the dredges taco call the stones, zlatoviden together and srebroviden. Perhaps the flammability of amber or ilektra gave rise to the appearance of a mythical "white-combustible stone Sura.

One can only imagine how beautiful was the Amber Room.

















Thursday, October 1, 2009

Creative gadgets and cool product designs inspired by the iconic droid from the Star Wars universe.
R2-D2 Mailbox
Steampunk R2-D2
R2-D2 USB Hub
R2-D2 Tissue Box Cover
R2-D2 Speakers
R2-D2 Hat
R2-D2 Trash Can
R2-D2 Backpack
R2-D2 Aquarium
R2-D2 Coffee Mug
R2-D2 PC Case Mod
R2-D2 Water Bottle
Beer2-D2