Pink Tentacle has a nice collection of traditional youkai paintings by Sawaki Suushi.

The new green transportation technology to show real viability is vehicles running on compressed air. There are multiple companies releasing products based on the underlying technologies of air engines. Standard piston and rotary based engines have been developed, with air serving as lubricant and power source.Zero Pollution Motors is a French company affiliated with Motor Development International that will begin selling their air car in the US in 2009-2010.Tata Motors is a large Indian car company that plans to introduce a model in 2008.Here is a “Beyond Tomorrow” special.How Stuff WorksWikipedia
This is a fascinating look at ancient world geography. The map is a little rough, but the information is great.via reddit
A site of daily sketches of people seen on the Seoul subway by Kyung Park.via 4colorrebellion