Capital Gate, uhh where’s the Gate?

Now before you go checking to see if you need to put a coaster under one of your chair’s legs let me explain that the 18 degree tilt you see is intentional. This beautiful structure, being currently constructed in Abu Dhabi, has been submitted to Guinness Book of Records as the most inclined building in the world. (The unintentional Leaning Tower of Pisa currently leans only 3.97 degrees.)
Capital Gate is part of a $2.2 billion plan to build a micro city around the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Center. Who says oil doesn’t pay!

David Pringle, CEO, RMJM Asia and the Middle East commented: “Capital Gate will be one of a kind. Its graceful, asymmetric diagonal structure, known as a ‘diagrid’, supports the tilting external load of the building and we believe that this is the first building in the world to use a pre-cambered core.”
Capital Gate is scheduled to be completed by the end of ’09.

iPhone in Japan

Coming this December SoftBank will be releasing 1-Seg Wifi tuner. SoftBank is the mobile phone service that offers the iPhone in Japan. This little 80 gram tuner will provide get a TV fix via wifi. The handy little device will also double as a battery extender, allowing around 3 hours of continuos viewing. No word on the price yet. The product is due for release sometime in December.