Cute and beautiful animals look more beautiful when they sleep. Check it out….

Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Mastermind
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The Venetian Macao is a casino resort in Macau, China owned by the Las Vegas Sands hotel-casino chain and its the world’s largest casino. The Venetian is a huge complex with the central building standing over 40 stories high and costing US$2.4-billion to build. The 120,000-square meter Venetian Macao is modeled on its sister casino resort – the The Venetian in Las Vegas.

The Venetian claims to be the world’s largest gaming space, taking up 550,000 square feet and housing 3,400 slot machines. The casino hosts more than 800 gambling tables. Here are some snapshots of the casino.

Posted on July 24th, 2008 by Mastermind
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I am posting here some really beautiful and colorful images from the Land of The Rising Sun, Japan. A country which was devastated with the atomic bombs 50 years ago and now playing a major key role in the technology in the world.

Enjoy the cultural and modern life photos from Japan.

Posted on July 10th, 2008 by Mastermind
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Motorola’s new mobile is out in US. Check it out……

Posted on July 9th, 2008 by Mastermind
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Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Mastermind
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With gas prices going through the roof and regulators requiring cars to be ever more miserly, Volkswagen is bringing new meaning to the term “fuel efficiency” with a bullet-shaped microcar that gets a stunning 282 235 mpg.

Volkswagen’s had its super-thrifty One-Liter Car concept vehicle — so named because that’s how much fuel it needs to go 100 kilometers – stashed away for six years. The body’s made of carbon fiber to minimize weight (the entire car weighs just 660 pounds) and company execs didn’t expect the material to become cheap enough to produce the car until 2012.

But VW’s decided to build the car two years ahead of schedule.

According to Britain’s Car magazine, VW has approved a plan to build a limited number of One-Liters in 2010. They’ll probably be built in the company’s prototype shop, which has the capacity to build as many as 1,000 per year. That’s not a lot, but it’s enough to help VW get a lot of attention while showing how much light weight and an efficient engine can achieve.

VW unveiled the slick two-seater concept six years ago at a stockholder’s meeting in Hamburg. To prove it was a real car, Chairman Ferdinand Piech personally drove it from Wolfsburg to Hamburg. At the time, he said the car could see production when the cost of its carbon monocoque dropped from 35,000 Euros (about $55,000) to 5,000 Euros (about $8,000) — something he figured would happen in 2012. With carbon fiber being used in everything from airliners to laptops these days, VW’s apparently decided the cost is competitive enough to build at least a few hundred One-Liters.

VW’s engineers — who spent three years developing the car — made extensive use of magnesium, titanium and aluminum to bring it in at less than one-third the weight of a Toyota Echo. According toCanadian Driver, the front suspension assembly weighs just 18 pounds. The six-speed transmission features a magnesium case, titanium bolts and hollow gears; it weighs a tad more than 50 pounds. The 16-inch wheels are carbon fiber. The magnesium steering wheel weighs a little more than a pound. How much of the concept car’s exotic hardware makes it to the production model remains to be seen.

Low weight only gets you so far in the quest for ultimate fuel economy; aerodynamics plays a big role. The One-Liter is long and low, coming in at 11.4 feet long, 4.1 feet wide and 3.3 feet tall. It features an aircraft-like canopy, flat wheel covers and a belly pan to smooth the airflow under the car. The engine cooling vents open only when needed, and video cameras take the place of mirrors. The passenger sits behind the driver to keep the car narrow. The car has a coefficient of drag of 0.16; the average car comes in around 0.30 and the Honda Insight had a Cd of 0.25.

As for the engine, the concept had a one-cylinder diesel engine producing 8.5 horsepower and 13.5 foot-pounds of torque. Car says the production model will use a two-cylinder turbodiesel for a little more oomph. Doubling the number of cylinders is sure to cut fuel economy, so VW may install a diesel-hybrid drivetrain. The engine turns off at stop lights to save fuel, then automatically restarts when the driver depresses the accelerator pedal.

(Update: The car reportedly has anti-lock brakes, stability control and airbags. According to Canadian Driver, “Volkswagen says the One-Liter Car is as safe as a GT sports car registered for racing. With the aid of computer crash simulations, the car was designed with built-in crash tubes, pressure sensors for airbag control and front crumple zones.”)

What’s it gonna cost? Car quotes “one well-placed insider” who says the One-Liter could have a sticker price of anywhere from 20,000 to 30,000 Euros (about $31,750 to $47,622). That’s a lot of money. But then, the One-Liter, despite its diminutive size, is a lot of car.

Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Mastermind
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I am glad to see the response for my Sci-Fi collection. Therefore posting some more Sci-Fi images from me to all talkgirly users. Enjoy……

Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Mastermind
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Here are some amazing city designs made up of toothpicks only… Check them out…

Posted on July 7th, 2008 by Mastermind
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Here are some descriptive images of Indian Rupees notes to know the difference between real Indian Currency notes and the fake ones. I hope this post will help you in that.

Banknote of Rs. 50/-

Banknote of Rs. 100/-

Banknote of Rs. 500/-

Banknote of Rs. 1000/-

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Mastermind
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For all the lovers of MOMO, these are some juicy, yummy, mouth watering pics of it that you can never get enough of–MOMO, momocha, kothe, dumplings, gyoja, or whatever you want to call it

‘People say that ‘wheel’ is the greatest invention of humans……….I don’t think so………….its MOMO’

‘Why is there always 10 pieces of momo in a single plate? I can eat upto 5 to 6 plates at a time…’

‘Yummy!!!!!!!! Guys, you remember back home, the most untidy place had the most delicious momos…. The momos in the resturants sucks’

Thinkinging about the momo and its smell: It’s truly PRICELESS…missin Momo

‘U guys know what? I miss MoMo terribly. I ready to part ways with 10 $ for a plate of momo now. So, if u r goin to Eastern India. gulp down ur throat as many momos as possible before u get a chance to regret not doing so later. U r going to miss it terribly. BELIEVE ME’

‘if u ask me, momo tastes a million times better than any other dish in Mumbai. correct me if i am wrong.’

‘Yes!!!! the favourite dish of all time! The best dish of alltime.’

‘I had Mexican cuisines, had continential, had Chinese blah blah..but Nothing Beats MOMO!

Posted on July 6th, 2008 by Mastermind
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