ceiling fans made of wood!

An innovative carpenter gifted with a technical bent of mind has developed a variety of ceiling fans made of wood!

Carpenter-technician Suresh Sharma, 40, claims that all of the 104 models of fans have been designed and developed by him. These handmade fans are unique and different as none of the designs have been repeated or copied. The smallest fan in his collection is an 8-inch fan and the biggest one being 11 feet long!

The wooden body fans that run by electricity like normal ceiling fans, have earned him quite popularity here. These fans captivate attention, as one finds blades of ceiling fans made of wood. The users can enjoy cool air.

"These fans are different in a way as the wooden blades of the fan are natural. They are not made of metal. The temperature does not affect the blades of the fan. Outside temperature is ineffective on the wooden fan and thus the fan spreads cooler air," said, Suresh Sharma.
Suresh has taken 13 years to develop various creative works that include making wooden fans. Basically these extraordinary looking fans are made of pure wood and blow the air like any ordinary fan.

He had felt driven at first to try his hand on making fans after he repaired his grand fathers'' very old fan. It motivated him to explore his latent talent in making fans. Today, he has a wide collection of wooden fans.

As these fans are completely designed, carved and assembled by artisans and are expensive.
Suresh says that the advantage of a wooden fans is that it is shock-proof, which makes safe to handle in day-to-day life.

For this extraordinary work, Sharma has been listed in Limca Book of Records and he is very keen to have his innovation also endorsed by the Guinness Book of World Records.

On his part, Suresh Sharma is very enthusiastic about his innovation and wishes that there should be commercial production of wooden fans. Suresh Sharma wishes that his innovative fan is patented and also gets a brand name so that he could sell more of these wooden fans.

Beard artist

An Indian businessman has made the record books - after sporting 57 different beard designs in four years.Sameer Mehta, 37, of Gujarati, visits a barber every other day for around two hours to perfect his intricate designs.

But he says it can take around a month, and up to £60, to complete each new design.

"I use my beard to convey things without actually saying them," Mr Mehta told the Times of India.

His designs have included an IPL tribute in the shape of cricket bats and balls, a tricolour flag for Independence Day, a heart for Valentine's Day and a voting symbol during last year's elections.

The idea first came to him four years ago when he was lying on a hospital bed after having his appendix removed.

He thought that men, compared to women, had very few fashion choices and decided to use his facial hair to make a statement.

When Mr Mehta sported his very first design - which he called a six half eggs beard - passers-by would snigger and his own wife refused to be seen with him.

However, he ignored the criticism and now people stop him in the street to take his photograph - and even his wife's frosty feelings have thawed.

And, after entering the Limca Book of Records, India's version of the Guinness Book of Records, he is vowing to carry on and clock up 100 designs.

World's Largest Beef Burger Guinness Book of Worlds 2010

IT TOOK 120 eggs to hold it together and four burly men to flip it, but a Sydney cafe has set a record by making the world's largest burger.

The whopping beef burger cooked up at Ambrosia On The Spot, in Sydney's Randwick, tipped the scales at 95.5kg, making it the largest ever created.

The previous record was held by an 84kg burger made in the US.

Owner Joe El-Ajouz said the burger would not be a regular feature on the cafe's menu, considering it took him almost 24 hours to create and three months to plan, but he was delighted with the results.

The burger required 81kg of mince, 120 eggs, 16 tomatoes, 120 cheese slices, 2kg of lettuce, 21kg of bread and half a kilo of barbecue sauce.