Five Human Wonders…truly amazing…worth seeing

THE MILLAU VIADUCT is part of the new E11

expressway connecting Paris and Barcelona and


features the highest bridge piers ever constructed. The tallest is

240 meters high and the overall height will be an impressive 336

meters, making this the highest bridge in the world.

First Air-conditioned bus station in Dubai, UAE

Toshiba Elevator and Building Systems Corp announced

the installation of the world’s fastest passenger

elevator just exactly where it is needed – in

Taipei 101, the world’s tallest building. The elevator

runs at a top speed of 1,010 meters per minute when ascending (600

meters per minute on the way down), which works out to 60.6

kilometers per hour. The Elevator can go from the 5th floor to the

89th floor in 39 seconds.

World’s fastest elevator offers the following

new technologies:


* The world’s first pressure control system, which adjusts the

atmospheric pressure inside a car by using suction and discharge

blowers, preventing those riding inside the car experiencing ‘ear

popping’.

World’s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

The World’s First All-glass Undersea Restaurant Opens

15 th April marks the day that the first ever all-glass

undersea restaurant in the world opens its doors for

business at the Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa.

It will sit five meters below the waves of the Indian Ocean,

surrounded by a vibrant coral reef and encased in clear acrylic

offering diners 270-degrees of panoramic underwater views.