Most people see the fact that kids do less exercise
thesedays as anegative, but one school inBergen is
embracing the trendby offering computer games as an
alternative toconventional sports. Its electiveegames
module includes skill-honinghandexercises andplayer
etiquette, aswell as practice in titles such asDota4
andCounter-Strike.
visitbergen.com
Theidea
OWOW,THENETHERLANDS
Theydon’t lookanything likedrums, guitars
orevensynths, but these futuristic-looking
gizmosmight justbe thenextwaveofmusical
instruments.DesignedbyDutchfirmOWOW,
the fourhandheldMIDIdevicesallow theuser
toconverthandwaves, air-drummingand
evenhand-drawnpen lines intodigital sounds
that canbe layered tomakemusic.Yousee
how thecompanygot itsname.
owow.io
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over?
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BIGFISH
ALatvian touristhasbroken
an ice-fishing record in the
small townofVilhelmina in
SwedishLapland.Gunars
Jankovishauleda9.23kg fish
outof the ice,beating the
previous recordof8.08kgset
bya local fisherman.
Themuseum
NEWVIKINGAGEMUSEUM,OSLO
Thewinner of an
architectural competition
todesign thenewViking
AgeMuseumat Bygdøy
inOslo–whichwill be
three times the sizeof
thecurrentmuseum–
will beannounced this
month. The 107proposals,
whichareall anonymous
at this stage, includea
building shaped like the
Viking symbol for “sun”;
abulbous form that
snakes itsway through
theoldmuseum; anda
shimmering glass-roofed
crescent. “Norway
without Viking ships is like
Egyptwithout pyramids,”
saysOlePetterOttersen,
president of theUniversity
ofOslo. “Wearepleased
that our shipswill be
displayed in thebest
possibleway.”
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