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">HOLIDAY DESTINATIONS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/rolling-huts-accommodation-on-wheels/24716/">Rolling Huts offers unique accommodation on wheels</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/bridget-borgobello/">Bridget Borgobello</a></div> <div class="date">October 25, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/rolling-huts-accommodation-on-wheels/24716/pictures">14 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/rolling-huts-accommodation-on-wheels/24716/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/rollinghuts.jpg" title="Nestled in Washington's Methow Valley, Rolling Huts offers guests accommodation in several..." alt="Nestled in Washington's Methow Valley, Rolling Huts offers guests accommodation in several..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Nestled in Washington's Methow Valley, USA, Rolling Huts offers guests accommodation in several unique eco-huts on wheels. Designed by architectural studio Olson Kundig, the huts have been built with nature lovers in mind, and provide a private escape with uninterrupted views of the dramatic mountainous surroundings.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/rolling-huts-accommodation-on-wheels/24716/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div>   <div class="summary_item " data-article="24648"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/homeentertainment/" style="float: left; ">HOME ENTERTAINMENT</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/flipbookit-moving-pictures-flipbook/24648/">FlipBooKit thinks moving images inside the box</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/antonio-pasolini/">Antonio Pasolini</a></div> <div class="date">October 25, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/flipbookit-moving-pictures-flipbook/24648/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/flipbookit.jpg" title="The image of a prototype of the FlipBooKit, which designer and 'maker of things' Wendy Mar..." alt="The image of a prototype of the FlipBooKit, which designer and 'maker of things' Wendy Mar..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Fans of traditional flipbooks now have the opportunity to indulge their passion for miniature motion pictures with a new device being developed in Los Angeles, in the U.S. FlipBooKit, currently on the top fund raisers on KickStarter’s art projects, is a contemporary version of XIX century devices designed to create the illusion of movement. It is the brainchild of multi-media talent team Mark Rosen and Wendy Marvel.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/flipbookit-moving-pictures-flipbook/24648/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24714"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/" style="float: left; ">ARCHITECTURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/grand-central-station-2112/24714/">Flying saucers, glass roadways, subterranean caverns: three visions of the Grand Central Station of 2112</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/james-holloway/">James Holloway</a></div> <div class="date">October 25, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/grand-central-station-2112/24714/pictures">34 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/grand-central-station-2112/24714/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/grand-central-station-concepts.jpg" title="The 'UFO' viewing platform of SOM's Grand Central Terminal of tomorrow (Image: © 2012 SOM..." alt="The 'UFO' viewing platform of SOM's Grand Central Terminal of tomorrow (Image: © 2012 SOM..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> Three leading architects gathered last week at the third annual summit of The Municipal Art Society to present their visions for the dramatic redevelopment of New York's Grand Central Terminal. Foster + Partners, SOM and WXY each put forward ideas to renew Grand Central's grandeur, while also making it fit for purpose for the the hundreds of thousands of people that will use the station on any given day in the next hundred years. The three schemes offer strikingly different visions for the future of the terminal, though only one includes an enormous flying saucer.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/grand-central-station-2112/24714/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24713"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/music/" style="float: left; ">MUSIC</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/mcintosh-mcaire-music-system-airplay/24713/">McIntosh launches AirPlay-enabled McAire personal music system</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/paul-ridden/">Paul Ridden</a></div> <div class="date">October 25, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/mcintosh-mcaire-music-system-airplay/24713/pictures">8 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/mcintosh-mcaire-music-system-airplay/24713/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/mcaire.jpg" title="High-end audio specialist McIntosh has launched the McAire personal music system featuring..." alt="High-end audio specialist McIntosh has launched the McAire personal music system featuring..."/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The name McIntosh Labs has been synonymous with outstanding audio quality for more than 60 years and its iconic <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/mcintosh-golden-anniversary-edition-mc275-tube-amp/21146/" target="_blank">MC275</a> tube amp certainly left its mark on me when I first encountered one many moons ago. Hot on the heels of the MX121 audio/video control center featuring Apple's AirPlay wireless technology released earlier this year, the company has launched the McAire free-standing personal music system that allows a new generation of discriminating consumers to stream audio from an iTunes library on a Mac or PC - or music from an iDevice - over an existing home network.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/mcintosh-mcaire-music-system-airplay/24713/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24712"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/architecture/" style="float: left; ">ARCHITECTURE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/blood-bricks/24712/">Could animal blood be the next eco-friendly building material?</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/darren-quick/">Darren Quick</a></div> <div class="date">October 24, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/blood-bricks/24712/#comments">6 Comments</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/blood-bricks/24712/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/blood_bricks.jpg" title="The 'Blood Bricks' created by British architecture school graduate Jack Munro" alt="The 'Blood Bricks' created by British architecture school graduate Jack Munro"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> How could cattle become any more useful? Their hide is already used to produce leather, their milk is used for cheese butter and, well, milk, they taste great in a burger and continue to serve as draft animals in many parts of the world. British architecture school graduate Jack Munro has found a way to make a building material using one of the few materials from cattle that currently goes to waste – blood.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/blood-bricks/24712/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24709"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/automotive/" style="float: left; ">AUTOMOTIVE</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-lf-lc-blue/24709/">Stunning Lexus LF-LC Blue sports car concept</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/vincent-rice/">Vincent Rice</a></div> <div class="date">October 24, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_comments"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-lf-lc-blue/24709/#comments">1 Comment</a></div> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-lf-lc-blue/24709/pictures">14 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-lf-lc-blue/24709/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/lexuslf.jpg" title="The Lexus LF-LC Blue concept vehicle in front of the Sydney Opera House" alt="The Lexus LF-LC Blue concept vehicle in front of the Sydney Opera House"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> One of the stars of the Australian International Motor Show this week is this piece of automotive sculpture called the Lexus LF-LC Blue. We covered an earlier <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-lf-lc-hybrid-sports-concept/21058/" target="_blank">Red version</a> of this uniquely styled concept vehicle back in January when it was shown for the first time at the Detroit show. I quote Lexus public relations; “The all-new Opal Blue exterior is inspired by the lustrous base color found in the naturally occurring semi-precious opal stone of outback Australia.” Total nonsense of course but it does look spectacular and some new details of the project have emerged.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/lexus-lf-lc-blue/24709/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item " data-article="24694"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="sd_top"> <a class="vsmall" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/telecommunications/" style="float: left; ">TELECOMMUNICATIONS</a> </div> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/ceefax-closedown/24694/">Ceefax says goodbye after 38 years</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/david-szondy/">David Szondy</a></div> <div class="date">October 24, 2012</div> </div> <div class="summary_details_right"> <div class="has_pictures"><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/ceefax-closedown/24694/pictures">14 Pictures</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/ceefax-closedown/24694/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/hero/ceefax.png" title="The last Ceefax page" alt="The last Ceefax page"/></a> <div class="summary"> <p> The BBC’s Ceefax text service closed down yesterday after 38 years on the air. The world’s first teletext information service, Ceefax began broadcasting in 1974 and provided everyone from insomniacs to prime ministers with the latest headlines and sports scores at a time when the alternative was waiting for the next news broadcast. Now, as the BBC switches from analog to digital broadcasting, the low-resolution service has been retired for good.  <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/ceefax-closedown/24694/">Read More</a> </p> </div> </div> <div class="summary_item newsbyte " data-article="24704"> <div class="summary_details"> <div class="clear_both"> <h2><a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/torch-flux-led-taillight-backpack/24704/">Torch Flux backpack has an LED taillight for extra visibility</a></h2> <div class="summary_details_left"> <div>By <a href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/author/cc-weiss/">C.C. Weiss</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="summary"> <p> <a class="noback" href="/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/torch-flux-led-taillight-backpack/24704/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105im_/http://images.gizmag.com/related/torchflux.jpg" title="The Torch FLUX adds some light" alt="The Torch FLUX adds some light" class="newsbyte_img"/></a> Just a few weeks after releasing its <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121025173105/http://www.gizmag.com/torch-t1-bicycle-helmet-pre-order/24178/ " target="_blank">LED-illuminated bicycle helmet</a>, Torch is back – on your back. 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