Luigi Ontani
Luigi Ontani is an Italian artist.
Köçek
The köçek was typically a very handsome young male slave effeminate dancer, who usually cross-dressed in feminine attire, and was employed as an entertainer.
Luigi Colani
Luigi Colani was a German industrial designer known for his groundbreaking and futuristic design concepts across various fields, including transportation, consumer products, and architecture. Colani's designs are characterized by their organic and aerodynamic forms, inspired by nature and biomimicry principles.
Singing sand
Singing sand refers to sand that produces sound, typically caused by either wind passing over dunes or by the act of walking on the sand. Several conditions must align to create this phenomenon: the sand grains must be round and fall within a specific diameter range of 0.1 to 0.5 mm, the sand must contain silica, and it must reach a certain level of humidity. The most commonly emitted frequency is around 450 Hz.
Al-Araqeeb
Al-Araqeeb is a Bedouin village located in the Negev desert region of southern Israel. The village has gained international attention due to its ongoing legal and political struggles with the Israeli government over land ownership and residency rights. The history of Al-Araqeeb dates back several generations, with Bedouin families residing in the area for decades. However, the Israeli government does not recognize the village as an official settlement and has repeatedly attempted to demolish the structures and forcibly evict its residents. The village has been rebuilt over 200 times.
Joybubbles
Joybubbles was an early phone phreak. Born blind, he became interested in telephones at age four. He had absolute pitch, and was able to whistle 2600 hertz into a telephone, an operator tone also used by blue box phreaking devices. Joybubbles said that he had an IQ of "172 or something". As a five-year-old, Joybubbles discovered he could dial phone numbers by clicking the hang-up switch rapidly ("tapping"), and at the age of 7 he accidentally discovered that whistling at certain frequencies could activate phone switches. A student at the University of South Florida in the late 1960s, he was given the nickname "Whistler" due to his ability to place free long-distance phone calls by whistling the proper tones with his mouth. After a Canadian operator reported him for selling such calls for $1 at the university, he was suspended and fined $25 but soon reinstated. He later graduated with a degree in philosophy and moved to Tennessee.
Model M keyboard
Model M keyboards are a group of computer keyboards designed and manufactured by IBM starting in 1985.
2suit
The 2suit is a garment designed to facilitate sex in weightless environments. It has been tested in microgravity during a parabolic flight.
Mitsuo Katsui
Mitsuo Katsui is a Japanese graphic designer.
Osmothèque
The Osmothèque is the world's largest scent archive, a leading international research institution tracing the history of perfumery, based in Versailles with conference centers in New York City and Paris. Founded in 1990 by Jean Kerléo and other senior perfumers including Jean-Claude Ellena and Guy Robert, the Osmothèque is internationally responsible for the authentication, registration, preservation, documentation and reproduction of thousands of perfumes gathered from the past two millennia, archived at the Osmothèque repository and consultable by the public.