Mercedes GP Formula 1 racing car 'exploded' for show
A Mercedes GP Formula 1 car has been stripped down into thousands of pieces for a new art show.
More than 3,200 separate parts were hung from a specially designed metal frame to create the display.
The aim is to give people a unique view of what makes a modern day Formula 1 car.
Called 'View Suspended 2' the art work was unveiled by the team's CEO Nick Fry at the Mercedes-Benz World F1 Exhibition in Surrey.He said: "Formula One is watched by more than 580 million people worldwide.
"So to be able to see a racing car in this way is something very special and a unique look at the heart of the sport."
It was created by Dutch artist Paul Veroude.
But the time and effort that went into the display is dwarfed by the number of hours that goes into creating the genuine article.
An average F1 car needs around 90,000 man hours spent on designing it.
A further 200,000 hours then goes into manufacturing and testing the various materials that go into the car including carbon fibre, titanium, aluminium and magnesium.
Microsoft to launch Internet Explorer 9 at SXSWiMicrosoft will be formally launching the next version of its Internet Explorer browser, IE9, at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSWi) on Monday--an interesting place to launch, given that the Austin, Texas, geek fest is packed full of the hordes who have long since ditched Internet Explorer for the decidedly hipper pastures of Firefox, Safari, or Chrome.
The new browser, which had its first and only release candidate land in users' hands in early February, will fully launch to the public at 9 Pacific time that night. In a blog post, Internet Explorer senior director Ryan Gavin described the browser as offering up "a more beautiful web."
On its release day, Microsoft is having a press briefing where Gavin said there are still "a few surprises left." Later that night, Microsoft will be throwing a party in Austin in celebration of the new browser, with hipster-friendly rock act Yeasayer headlining the event.
Among the new features in IE9 is a refreshed look with the browser taking up less space than previous versions of IE, as well as a way to pin sites to the Windows task bar. Sites can then program their pages to act more like desktop applications with things like notifications, and the Windows 7 Jump List feature, which can hop users to specific parts of a Web page.
