As you might know the list of the Seven World Wonders of Antiquity was renewed of late. The new lists features landmarks like The Roman Colosseum and The Great Wall of China and it was announced on 07.07.07. Also it seems that all the fuss about these world marvels made some people think, and a list of the Seven Wonders of the Tech World is now to be found online.
Googleplex
Of course the famous Google HQ in Mountain View, CA is on the list ( if not the first on the list ). Even with the late criticism ( if you can call it like that, considering that all they did is to ‘accuse’ Google of threating their employees too good) from Microsoft’s part, it seems the vast majority of people find Googleplex the perfect place to work. And it’s hard not to love Googleplex considering all that it provides for it’s employees. Besides flexible schedule, extremely creative environment, Google employees get not one but two swimming pools, not one but five restaurants, recreation rooms, game rooms, free laundry and salons with massage and many more recreational feats. So Googleplex is definitely worth being on the list if you ask me.
International Space Station
With projects on the Space Station dating from the early 80’s, the ISS was put on orbit in 1998 and further missions are planned as far as 2010. The ISS is as close to Sci-Fi movies as you’ll ever get at this point. Although recent troubles with computer failure seemed to endanger the future of the ISS, all is now working fine. The goal of the ISS is to serve as a starting points for missions to the Moon and Mars.
Fremont Street Experience
I just have to say Vegas and you’ll know that I’m talking about top notch entertainment. And that’s exactly what the Viva Vision canopy provides. It’s made of 12 mil LED’s that cover more around 1400 feet and if you add to that 220 speakers producing a total of 550,000 watts you’ll get one of the biggest entertainment systems in the world.
Industrial Light & Magic
If you’ve seen movies like Star Wars, Pirate of the Caribbean or Transformers it’s very probable that you’ve heard the name Industrial Light and Magic. They’re the guys behind all the special effects in those movies and many more. But to be on the cutting edge of digital effects you have to be on the cutting edge of hardware processing equipment. Thus we have the ILM datacenter, that shelters more than 3000 processors, 170 terabytes of storage all connected by a 10 GB backbone.
Apple’s Retail Opus
Located in Manhattan, New York this is the first Apple store to stay open 24/7 ( so if you feel to buy an iPhone at 2 A.M in the morning you can just go ahead and do it ). Many say the clean, classy design is the most popular visual representation of what Apple is today. Besides is for sure one of the classiest retail stores in the world. You can get the virtual tour here.
Kryptos
Although is not directly related with the tech world, it’s a mystery that haunted the tech world even since it was placed on CIA ground in 1990. It contains four encrypted messaged of which three were solved. And it is said that when the fourth will be deciphered it will point the location of something of great importance located on CIA grounds.
Hubble Space Telescope
And last but not least the Hubble Space Telescope, that was launched in 1990 and orbits the Earth at five miles per second. It’s position outside Earth’s atmosphere offers a clear view of the stars. Hubble is one of NASA’s most enduring projects and also one of the most productive. Until now Hubble has provided hundred of thousands of photos from the outer space, which helped us unveil some of space’s deepest secrets.
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