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Millions of the poorest people in the Philippines live without electricity.

Many are informal settlers who connect themselves to power sources illegally, often leading to fires breaking out in their homes and to the rest the cost is often to much.

Now, a new and cheap solar-light idea is providing an answer for a growing number of Filipinos,  the project is being run by MyShelter Foundation who plan to run the idea out to over 1 million homes – looks like a bright idea to me (sorry ).

This video shows Gregory Lincoln Kloehn and his new abode which he has crafted out of an old dumpster(skip). It’s very compact but he does seem to have incorporated a few home comforts in there, you can find out more on his facebook page.

Looks like the chairman of  publisher McGraw-Hill – Terry McGraw has let the cat out of the bag regarding Apple’s latest technology release as can be seen in the video (jump to 2:48) above as he confirmed the existence of Apple’s iPhone OS-based tablet and that it’s coming tomorrow!

All we can do is wait and see, still a little disappointed in Microsoft’s tablet launch was hoping it was going to be more like this.

Oh not sure if its the real thing but here is a possible picture of the iPad

Here is a pretty amazing video and some photos taken by David Hobcote of the Burj Dubai tower which when completed will be the tallest skyscraper in the world. It is simply amazing and when you look down at the buildings below it you get a sense of its enormity.

Definitely a place I want to visit just to catch a glimpse of all the amazing architecture that is being constructed in this region.

You can see more of this amazing building here and the official site here…