A house with rooms that turn 90 degrees

It would seem that when Iran isn't busy putting the kibosh down on social media, its architects are designing some pretty crazy ways to beat the weather. 

Case in point: a seven-floor house in Tehran with three rectangular rooms that can rotate up to 90 degrees in accordance with the season. As Slate tells it, the design was inspired by Iranian mansions of yore that had separate living rooms for both summer and winter. When extended outward, the spaces offer each floor its own terrace. 

Besides being one hell of a bragging right for its homeowner, the rooms serve a functional purpose as well: the lowest is a breakfast area, the middle a home office and the top was planned as a guest room. How's it all work? Custom CNC-machined mechanisms that function a lot like the turntables used at auto shows do the heavy lifting... err,turning. 

This isn't the firm's first project to push architectural boundaries, either -- it's also done somebananas design on a house with curved concrete façades and interiors.

--source: Engadget 

Media statement on Causeway toll hike is fake

The Singapore's Land Transport Authority (LTA) said a fake press release on a newly-revamped toll hike at the Johor Causeway is being circulated online. The statement boasting the agency's official logo and letter head stated the revised 'five-fold toll hike'.

The statement indicated that the new hike is supposed to come into effect on Sept 15. The fake statement has gone viral less than a day after it was shared on social media.

An official with the LTA has clarified that the agency did not release the document carrying both the current and revised rates for motorists entering and exiting the republic.

An English daily reported, the Singapore government is investigating the matter.

-- source: ASTRO Awani