Abu Dhabi Airport's Sleeping Pods

We had a dream stop-over in Abu Dhabi!

Airport unveils cocoon-like sleep pods where you can nap for £8 an hour

 * Ten pods have been installed at Abu Dhabi International Airport

 * Pods boasts wifi and power points to charge electronic equipment

Pod night's sleep? Weary travellers looking to catch up on their 40 winks at Abu Dhabi airport can now take to these futuristic-looking sleep pods

Whether you are suffering from jetlag or hope to make the long wait for your next flight a dream, a pod-nap could be the answer to your bed-time prayers. Travellers and tourists finding themselves stuck in the departure lounge at Abu Dhabi International Airport are now able to catch up on some shut-eye in a futuristic-looking 'sleeping pod'. Unveiled this week, the 'GoSleep' pod offers time away from noise, light and crowds of the airport and only costs £8 for one hour's alone-time.

Top 10 Countries With Highest Illiteracy Rate

by LiAqAt

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) defines literacy as:

The ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate, compute and use printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning in enabling individuals to achieve their goals, to develop their knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in their community and wider society.

UNESCO is being involved in providing global education to all the countries of the world. But sadly numerous developing countries are at loss in this field of education. There literacy rates show appalling condition of education which has a direct affect on infrastructure, economy and development of the country. This determines the main reason of the slow rate of progress in the Top 10 following lowest states in literacy with an increased rate of disharmony and chaos in the total administrative setup.

I See Faces Here And There

Is it just me, or are all the things around us want to say something?

Top 10 Worst Military Leaders In History

By Jeff Danelek

In war, there are winners and losers. Sometimes an army is defeated because they simply faced a larger and more powerful foe. Other times they lose because of some bizarre set of circumstances no one could have foreseen, or because they were simply outwitted by a cunning adversary. Sometimes an army is even dealt a defeat because of bad weather (as happened to the Mongol fleet of Kublai Khan in 1281 AD, which was destroyed by a typhoon as it tried to cross the narrow strait between Korea and Japan.) However, there are also those battles that were lost due to the sheer incompetency of a leader, which is the source for this list. Of course, even a good military leader can have a bad day. As such, this list is not about leaders who simply lost a battle, but those who either snatched defeat out of the jaws of victory or were classic incompetents that somehow managed to be given command of entire armies. A few are on this list because they are perceived as being far more capable than history demonstrates them to have been; in other words, besides the worst leaders, this list also contains the most overrated leaders who, while competent to a degree, do not rightly deserve the level of credit given to them by history. Finally, this is not a list of Generals only, but of men - some of whom may not even have been in uniform - that made the decisions that ultimately led their armies to utter catastrophe. And so, without further ado, here is my list for the top ten most incompetent, overrated, or just plain unlucky military leaders in history.

Fantastic Tiny Pieces Of Art

Here are some fantastic tiny pieces of art from a  three-dimensional bull the size of a red blood cell create by Japanese engineers to the Incredible Hulk in the pin of a needle!

Top 10 WWII Infantry Weapons

The Second World War was the greatest, bloodiest conflict in human history. Millions were killed, empires rose and fell, and no corner of the planet was spared the destruction, fire, and death it left in its wake. Although it is often remembered as the first technological war, many of the battles of WWII were fought by nothing more advanced than men and their weapons. Weapons they carried, relied on, and cared for as they trudged across the burned out cities of Europe, the deserts of Africa, and the sweltering jungles of the South Pacific. Weapons that gave them a sliver of advantage over their enemies. Weapons that saved their lives and ended those of their enemies. Weapons that defined the iconography of a global struggle. These are the Top Ten infantry weapons of the Second World War.

6 Ultra New Super Tall Towers Concept

Today, skyscrapers are an increasingly common sight where land is expensive, as in the centers of big cities, because they provide such a high ratio of rent able floor space per unit area of land. They are built not just for economy of space; like temples and palaces of the past, skyscrapers are considered symbols of a city’s economic power. Not only do they define the skyline, they help to define the city’s identity. Here are 6 examples of amazing ultra new super tall under construction towers.

Top 10 Town Planning Fails

By Ben Goulding

Town planning is important to ensure a good economic and social environment for the community, but sometimes it goes wrong. Here are the top 10 town planning fails.

Bike Lane Fail

The Man They Could Not Hang

Author: Brooke Windsor

When someone was sentenced for execution in the not too distant past, being left to hang from a rope until dead was always the most popular method. It provided an easy to observe spectacle without being blatantly gruesome or cruel since the victim would generally be required to wear a type of cloth bag over their heads to keep the spectators from watching the terrified faces made in the man or woman’s last moments. However, even though this aspect of the event was denied to onlookers, they could still get an entertaining kick from watching a supposed bad guy either have his neck broken from the initial drop or be strangled to death. It comes as a shock then that one man made this very common execution method almost impossible.

10 Most Innovative Lamps

Nowadays, it’s not enough for instruments to just fulfill the function they were originally designed for. As people become more stylish as well as competitive, they need their furniture to be distinctive to match their lifestyle. For this very reason, the following classy desk lamps have been created. Read on to know more.

10 Smallest Homes In The World

Really strange small houses…

Tumbleweed Houses

Since 1997, Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has been living in homes smaller than most people’s closets. Though tiny, these cozy, cabin-esque home designs somehow fit everything you need inside them: a workspace, bedroom, bathroom (with toilet and shower) and living space. Some designs include a porch so the homeowner can sit out and enjoy the open spaces.

What Would Happen If A Meteor Hit The Earth?

An asteroid the size of football field will buzz past Earth on 15th February, near our dear planet. It will not hit our Earth, but if the case was something like this to happen, what would it look? An impact like this would leave such a big crater, size of Washington. Scientist are pretty sure, that something like this would happen, because a similar size asteroid made impact with Earth in 1908. A meteorite weighing 100 million pounds entered the Earth’s atmosphere over Tunguska in Siberia, burning up the sky and releasing the same amount of energy which would possess 185 nuclear bombs dropped on Hiroshima.

10 Awesome Grass Sculpture

Here are 10 amazing sculptures made only of grass! Quite intricately sculptured, must see sculptures! Includes sculptures from elephants to giraffes to even unicorns!

The 10 Most Beautiful Flowers In The World

Flowers are reproductive portion of any flowering plant (i.e angiosperm family). Flowers present a multitude of combinations of colour, size, form, and anatomical arrangement. These days flowers play a very important role in our daily life to balance our social behaviour. Flowers are commercially available in the markets all around the year as these are used to enhance your love expression and happiness. Flowers are used as gifts, gratitude, celebrations and for congratulation. Not only this flowers are also used in sad moments of life i.e mourning, apology or in funerals. In many cultures flowers are an integral parts of wedding ceremonies. Let us look a collection of 10 most beautiful flowers in the world. These may trigger a feeling of happiness and help you to change your mode as flowers help us to stay calm and relaxed.

Top 10 Most Unusual Flying And Gliding Animals

A number of animals have evolved aerial locomotion, either by flight or by gliding. Flight has evolved at least four times, in the insects, birds, pterosaurs and bats, while gliding has evolved mostly among rainforest animals, especially in Asia’s rainforests where the trees are tall and widely spaced. Here is our list of top 10 most unusual flying and gliding animal creatures:

Airlines With The Most Delicious Food

By Emily H. Bratcher
September 01, 2011

Airplane food has a reputation for being boring, even disgusting. In fact, an entire website is devoted to posting passengers' images of airline food -- the good, the bad and the downright ugly. These real-life photos prove that Beef Stroganoff with roasted vegetables may sound scrumptious on the menu, but when the flight attendant hands you some congealed beef substitute with limp broccoli, your appetite vanishes as quickly as your excitement for the plane ride. After all, one of the ways you can avoid mile-high boredom (aside from reading and watching films) is to eat. If the food is inedible, then your airplane experience is tainted.

Still, not all airlines skimp on the quality of their grub. Some are true epicureans, offering passengers not only a choice chicken or beef, but also gluten-free options, fine champagne and food presentations so beautiful you could cry. And thanks to AirTrax, an organization that monitors airline satisfaction, we can pinpoint the airlines that serve the best food. For its 2011 Passenger's Choice Awards, AirTrax surveyed more than 18.8 million people about their experiences on more than 200 airlines. We used AirTrax's findings (and a few other sources) to come up with these superlatives for the world's most delicious airline food. If you're already spending hundreds - even thousands - on an expensive plane ticket, you might as well book a flight on an airline that serves the best food.

Cannibalism - People Who Eat Other People

By : Mark Ball

Have you ever been so hungry you’d eat just about anything? You look in the fridge and search through your kitchen cupboards for something to fill that groaning hole in your stomach. Gathering together all the edible items you then set about mixing them into a bizarre, otherwise unthinkable concoction and, to your surprise, you like it. You wonder why nobody has ever thought of mixing powdered egg, banana yogurt and paprika before. That’s probably how cannibalism was invented hundreds of thousands of years ago. Although there was probably much more slicing and dicing involved. That’s right, cannibalism is as old as mankind and we certainly weren’t the first to come up with the idea. Animals have been eating members of their own species since the dawn of time and think nothing of it. To them it’s perfectly natural. Many species of arachnid, for example, instinctively begin to chow down on their mothers as soon as they are born and some mammals have been known to do the same thing. In fact, in some cases mammalian mothers will eat their own offspring if they feel the conditions needed to rear offspring have not been met. Ever seen a hamster do this? It’s pretty disturbing.

Top 10 Technology Concepts You Should Have Learnt

With the influx of Technology in almost every sphere of our lives, most of us claim to be tech-savvy. We text message in the blink of an eye, use Bluetooth while driving, and debug programs in a jiffy. However, many of us may not have a clear concept about each and every ‘bit and byte’ of the tech world.

Here is a list of the Top 10 Tech concepts that you should have learnt.

If Logos Were Honest

Does it make any sense? Finally the logos are telling the truth about their companies, brands or whatever it is. This was the idea of the genius Swedish designer Viktor Hertz. He thought: Why shouldn’t logos be honest?

Building The New Tallest Skyscraper

In Saudi Arabia the construction of  a unique skyscraper, the height of which will exceed 0.6 miles, has been started this March.  Although such superhigh edifice was supposed to be built in Dubai, the construction was stopped due to economical crisis in 2009.