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It's not just a Ferrari. It's LaFerrari.

Unlike its other supercar competitors, Ferrari does not come out with many big announcements. They pace it at around 1 or 2 per decade. This decade, we get LaFerrari, unveiled yesterday at the 83rd International Motor Show in Geneva. Move aside, Enzo. We have something even hotter now. This is a different car for the Prancing Horses carmaker for several reasons. First, the name. It’s not using the make/model naming protocol that every other car uses. There’s a Lamborghini Aventador or a Bugatti Veyron, for example, but there’s not Ferrari LaFerrari. It’s just “LaFerrari” – no spaces, no need…

Italian Pavilion Built with Transparent Cement

Italian Pavilion Built with Transparent Cement

The 2010 Expo in Shanghai is showcasing some fantastic designs in pavilions. If you haven’t already noticed the peculiar aspects of this Italian pavilion yet, look at the grey shady parts of the building. That right there…yep, that’s transparent cement. Each concrete block measures 100 x 50 x 5cm. About 40% of Italy’s pavilion is covered by using 3,774 blocks. Italcementi Group, an Italy-based cement maker, developed the transparent cement which was used to build the pavilion Although the Italian group of men haven’t fully disclosed what was put into the mixture to make the cement, they did…

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