Formula 1 team (and Hi-Fi company!) McLaren have just opened their new world domination control centre "Paragon", much of which is underground. I think that James Bond would not look out of place here ...


It includes things like a wind tunnel, an underground tunnel between two circular buildings with a car museum in it, a swimming pool and a restaurant. The main building being in a ying-yang shape with one half being a lake (which also acts as the heat dump for cooling the building)
The technology centre alone is big enough to hold nine jumbo jets ...



BBC report

Official McLaren-Paragon Website

Not posted much recently, so here's a couple of cool sites for gadget freaks!

AdventureKit.com - Lots of cool stuff in the UK! LED lights, swiss army toolkits, survival stuff and a whole lot more, including lots of funky lights! The AdventureKit domain actually just forwards you to the www.sebertool.co.uk site, but it's easier to remember!

CoolWire! string that glows! Great for costuming, marking off areas, raves and 1,001 other applications (ok, I can only think of a few dozen off the top of my head, but I'm sure you'll do better!)