Don't believe the photo above? This incredibly crowded wave pool is located in Tokyo Summerland. During summer, it can get really hard to actually find some water inside this pool.
The island of Koh Samui's infamous Chaweng Beach is littered with hotels, but none of them comes close to the Library in terms of that all-out beach bliss-out factor. This elegant and modern boutique hotel is most remarkable for its amazing blood-red pool and the tall trees that seem to grow in, around and through the building. The aforementioned red pool serves as the focal point, with daybeds, Thai antiques, and an open air mini-library. (Link)
Playboy's swimming pool
The new Hugh Hefner Sky Villa at the Palms Las Vegas includes this Playboy pool at the top of the tower. The swimming pool is inside and the whirlpool is outside, both with amazing views of the Strip. The swimming pool covers two acres, with a DJ, outdoor concerts, three bars and twenty-seven private cabanas with a 32" flat-screen TV, refrigerator and fan.
Can you imagine the amount of semen in this pool? (Link)
World's deepest indoor swimming pool
The Nemo 33 diving pool in Belgium is, oddly enough, over 33 meters deep. It is filled with 2,500,000 liters of non-chlorinated, highly filtered spring water maintained at 30 °C (86 °F) and contains several simulated underwater caves at the 10 m depth level. There are numerous underwater windows that allow outside visitors to look into the pools at various depths. (Link)
The global warming swimming pool
No, New York is not underwater (yet, anyhow) – that's a clever ad for HSBC by Ogilvy & Mather Mumbai ad agency in India. The bank wanted to raise awareness of the dangers of global warming, so the clever ad guys glued an aerial photo of a city's skyscrapers to the base of a swimming pool … the effect of a submerged cityscape is fantastic! (Link)
Infinity indoor pool
This is a cool infinity pool that looks out over a breathtaking skyline from several stories up. This is definitely a great place to enjoy the sunset at the Crown Towers Hotel in Taipa Island Macau.
World's biggest swimming pool
If you like doing laps in the swimming pool, you might want to stock up on the energy drinks before diving in to this one. It is more than 1,000 yards long, covers 20 acres, has a 115ft deep end and holds 66 million gallons of water. The Guinness Book of Records named the vast pool beside the sea in Chile as the biggest in the world. This pool took five years to build, cost nearly £1billion and the annual maintenance bill will be £2million. Its turquoise waters are so crystal clear that you can see the bottom even in the deep end. It dwarfs the world's second biggest pool, the Orthlieb, nicknamed the Big Splash, in Morocco, which is a mere 150 yards long and 100 yards wide. An Olympic size pool measures some 50 yards by 25 yards.
Victoria Falls is on the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe. It is 360 feet tall. At the top is a natural rock pool, called Devil's Pool, where the water is relatively calm. From September to December, when the water level is low, you can swim in Devil's Pool. The pictures are bound to make you just a little nervous. Or a lot. (Link)
Hanging pool
This architecturally-daring pool, designed by Architexas, sits atop The Joule hotel in Dallas, Texas. Ten stories above the ground, the pool projects eight feet over the edge of the building and hangs directly above Main Street, giving dippers dazzling downtown views. (Link)
World's largest indoor swimming pool
“Ocean Dome”, located in Miyazaki, it's the biggest indoor swimming pool in the world. It's 300 meters long and 100 meters wide, and it's located 500 meter from the sea. The temperature inside the pavilion is always around 30 degrees, the roof is sky-blue and it has even “clouds”. It has an artificial volcano and also an artificial wave generation system
“Write a message and go where no pen has gone before”. Each pen writes and blasts off approximately 36 inches from its launch pad. Simply insert and press the pen into the launch base. Push the ignition control button and watch it fly. (Link)
Pretend you're an international super spy on an undercover operation to save the world from an evil maniac with plans to take over the world with a solar-powered satellite laser gun. What is the one accessory you'd need most? The Spy Pen, of course! Each 5 plastic spy pen features ink that is made of special high-brightness compounds that are invisible to the naked eye, but magically illuminate when exposed to a blacklight. Conveniently located on the opposite end of the pen, the blacklight allows you to read any messages left to you by your spy friends. Perfect for writing down secret spy messages, scrawling secret grocery lists, or keeping a catalogue of all of your internet passwords. (Link)
If you are really really bored at the office, you could use this jack pot pen. All you have to do is push the top button to release free wheeling windows and see how lucky you can be. (Link)
A flashlight, laser pointer and ballpoint pen all in one, meet the Ultimate Geek Pen ($ 8.98)
This high tech gadget has enough bells and whistles to make most geeks drool. Twist the metal tip one way and you get a ballpoint pen, twist it the other way and you get a stylus tip for use with PDAs and games. Press the top button to turn on the laser pointer, press the bottom button to cycle through the flashlight and UV light. The flashlight even comes on a flexible rod for precision aiming. (Link)
The Human Branding is, perhaps, the most painful of all body modifications. In full-scale branding, the iron is heated hot enough and applied long enough that the resulting wound is a third degree burn, which destroys the nerve. These third-degree burns never regain sensitivity. It will make a silver scarred area in the shape of the third degree burn, due to destruction of the entire dermis layer of the skin. The surrounding skin will eventually fill in areas that haven’t been severely damaged, which takes years.
Body Suspension
Body suspension is the act of suspending the human body via temporary piercings made just before the suspension process. The body is then raised either partially or completely from the ground by especially modified fishing hooks.
Tongue bifurcation
One of the newest body modifications to hit the scene is tongue splitting, or tongue bifurcation. The process involves literally cutting the tongue in half directly down the center. Once the tongue is split it is possible to move both sections independently of one another.
Pointy Ears
New York plastic surgoen Dr. Lajos Nagy created a surgical procedure to make human ears pointed, like a mythological creature. According to the doc, "ears becoming pointed as a result of plastic surgery not only enhance the attractiveness of the face, but also improve the experience of listening to music."
Eyeball Tattoo
Corneal tattooing is not only possible, but it has been known and done now for over 2,000 years — it became almost commonplace in the late 19th century and into the 20th century to correct defects such as corneal scarring and leucomas. These days, it is done less often because contact lenses are very effective at covering these defects, and prosthetic technology is also more accessible. However, not everyone can wear contact lenses, and not everyone wants their eyeball popped out even if it is blind; hence cosmetic tattooing of the eye.
Scarification
Scarification is the creative and artistic application of scars in a controlled manner to achieve an aesthetically or spiritually pleasing result. In the process of body scarification, scars are formed by cutting the skin. Even though many people hold that scarification is no more painful than tattooing, it is somehow more "intense" to most of them.
3D-Art Implant
A 3D-Art implant is any object implanted fully under the skin for the purpose of affecting a sculptural change of the surface. The "invention" and popularization of implants as 3D-Art is credited primarily to Steve Haworth. Implants can be stretched just like piercings. A good example of this are horn implants—they start as smaller implants, and are then taken out when healed and replaced with slightly larger ones. This process is repeated to achieve the final size. There are some risks of irritation to the skin above the implant if this process is pushed too fast, as with all stretching.
Corset Piercings
One of the newest trends in body modification comes in the form of corset piercings. They are a series of surface piercings arranged up the back in two vertical columns. The piercing is located in the spot where the eyelets would be if one was wearing a corset. It is a symmetrical piercing with an equal number of holes on each side. As few as four holes can be used (two on each side) up to as many as the expanse of skin will allow
If your idea of a good time is tricking people into thinking you've been shot, these blood puddle pillows are perfect for you. Inspired by those suspenseful moments when a sleeping loved one is a little too still for a little too long, they are an irreverent combination of comfort and fear.
Alarm Clock Pillow
This pillow is designed to gently wake you by exposing your eyes to a glowing cloud of illumination, gradually increasing in brightness over a 40 minute period. You can see time on the pillow’s surface too.
Alt-Ctrl-Del Pillows
Reboot your livingroom with this three-pillow set, that look as if they’ve jumped right off your keyboard. Made from Eco-Felt --100% recycled plastic bottles--, they are as soft as durable.
iSleep Laptop Pillow
Developed by Ivonne Dippmann, the i-Sleep pillow works in unison with your laptop and could transpire to be an indispensable travel gadget for those needing a little shut-eye whilst jet-setting to their next business appointment. Billed as being ‘an analog laptop extension’, it's described as functioning in much the same way as an aircraft’s lifejacket, using the hot air expelled by your laptop (whilst your laptop’s in standby mode) to inflate and become a very warm pillow.
Emoticon Pillows
How are you feeling? Choose one of the Ridibundus smiley set of pillows to communicate it. They come in six styles: :-), :-D, :-|, :-/, :-(, and, our favourite, :-P, with a tongue that actually sticks out.
Tissue-dispensing Pillow
For those who cry easily reading soppy novels or who are unhappily weeping over a breakup, this Kleenex-dispensing pillow will provide the ultimate convenience in sniffle-stifling. No more groping for that tissue box that probably fell off the bedside table anyway. Alternatively, the ThenCry pillow could be useful during the coming flu season when you’re already sick in bed and can barely rise to get that tissue box.
Fresh Salmon Pillow
70cm long, the Fresh Salmon Pillow is so fresh it’s still sealed. The best thing about it, as the manufacturer states, it “does not smell of salmon.” Shame.
Scrabble pillow
If you are wordsmith and cannot resist showing off your skills in bedroom (not that kind of skills) then the Scrabble Pillow is ideal for you. It takes Pillow Talk to the whole new level.
Pizza Pillow
This Pizza Pillow is certain to wake your taste buds, made of high quality printing on a round polyester shell, stuffed with polyester filling. Measuring 12" diameter, pizza pillow features the pizza toppings on one side, while the back resembles the pizza crust view from the bottom.
Girlfriend Lap pillow
Made from urethane foam, this japanese pillow imitates a woman's legs, so you can sleep on her lap.
DOS Pillow
For the geek inside you, this Dosugus pillow looks like a black screen with good old DOS directories embroidered on it.
Rock Pillow
This pillow rocks --literally. Created by Livingstones, the Rock Pillows are playful cushions, shaped and colored just like boulders.
Pillow Book
For $102 you can get this pillow book, which is a, uh, pillow that looks like a book. Perfect for students who like simulating learning.
Horse head Pillow
This Godfather-inspired horse head plush is the perfect reminder of the mistake they once made in wronging you, or for someone who just needs a good shaking up. Everyone has somebody that deserves one of these awful pillows.
Boyfriend Pillow
A soft and pleasurable pillow, the torso of a big strong man with a comforting arm that cuddles you. This fun and cozy snuggle pillow is great for people whose partner is away on military leave or work absence.
Blood-red pool
Playboy's swimming pool
World's deepest indoor swimming pool
The global warming swimming pool
Infinity indoor pool
World's biggest swimming pool
Devil's pool
Hanging pool
World's largest indoor swimming pool
Branding
Blood Puddle Pillow
Alarm Clock Pillow
Alt-Ctrl-Del Pillows
iSleep Laptop Pillow
Emoticon Pillows
Tissue-dispensing Pillow
Fresh Salmon Pillow
Scrabble pillow
Pizza Pillow
Girlfriend Lap pillow
DOS Pillow
Rock Pillow
Pillow Book
Horse head Pillow
Boyfriend Pillow
