Internet is full of
information—some you need to know and much you can simply ignore. There are
sites which will educate you, entertain you or simply bowl you over with their out-of-the-box
features. Many of these websites have high time-wasting potential because of
their bemusing features and unique designs. Here is a list of some interesting websites
which you would love to visit—at least once
Shakespeare’s famous quote “What’s in a
name?” may intrigue your curiosity to
know what’s in your name and how much does Internet know about it. There is a
web application Persona (personas.media.mit.edu) that has been developed by a team of scientists
of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explain your online persona. In short—as the website explains—it shows you
how Internet sees you.
You only need to enter your name in
order to start searching for different results
and the final result will come characterising your online identity. The system
starts looking for different items about a wide range of topics
that are arranged in many categories such as books, sports, politics and
others.
The results you may get are not as deep and precise as you might want them to
be because the application throws up results for your name, not for you as an
individual. In case you are
curious about how this online application works you can navigate through the
site and learn more about it.
Another
interesting website is wechoosethemoon.org—an interactive experience recreating the historic Apollo 11 mission
to the Moon in real time. It is divided into 11 stages containing animation,
archival photos, videos, and mission audio that bring the launch to life. Then
there is BBC Science (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/)—an interactive
webpage that allows you to see an in-depth analysis of your anatomy and the
attitudes of both the sexes, flightradar24.com allows users to track the number
of planes in the any given area at any given time.
There are some websites that will help you to
kill time. These sites may not be informative and educative but they are unique
in their own ways.
Bio-bak.nl is an out-of-the-ordinary website
that will leave you captivated and bemused. The website is a portfolio of a
Dutch designer Coen Grift. For visiting different pages of the website, you
need not click on links instead you drag a human hand on a vast pixelated art work. This is a must-visit
website to see an example of how to use wacky ideas in designing websites.
Bankofimagination allows users to share their ideas with others in a colourful
way. You can also create your own URL to share your ideas. The website design
is inspired by the design of bank lockers. Another
interesting site in our list is false.jp. The site has hundreds of
attention-grabbing flash screens. The main attraction of the site is its
interactive flash games which will engage you with their interesting features
for long.
I
would like to warn you—before wrapping up this article—that the virtual world
is full of interesting stuff—such as sites mentioned above—but they could be of
no use with high time-wasting potential. So browse these websites at the risk
of your precious time.
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