By contrast the United States’ gross national debt is closer to 100 percent of gross domestic product, according to estimates from the International Monetary Fund and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
That still puts the U.S. in better shape than other industrialized nations including Greece, Italy and Ireland, according to the OECD estimates. Of course, those are among the European countries whose high debt levels have raised concerns in recent months.
Here are the 10 developed countries with the most gross debt, compared to GDP, based on the OECD’s projections for 2011:
The latest addition to the manufacturing company’s line of bathroom and kitchen products is the Numi: a super-luxurious toilet complete with built-in music system, ambient lighting, heated seat, foot warmer, a bidet attachment that’ll clean and dry your delicates — all controlled by a touchscreen pad.
Jeremy Hunter has spent 35 years documenting ancient rituals and festivals in 60 countries. Here is a small selection of photographs that will appear as part of Let’s Celebrate 365.
If you’ve ever thought your video game skills were so advanced you could beat your friends with your hands tied behind your back, you can now put your money where your mouth is.
In a project that looks like the laboratory lovechild of the EyeWriter or Daito Manabe’s Electric Stimulus drum machine, both of which use facial tracking devices to draw and make music, the Eye Mario System is set up so you can play NES by glancing sideways or up and down.
A full-sized refrigerator is a pretty sizable appliance, usually requiring at least a van or pickup truck to haul to its destination. This is something the police in Richmond, British Columbia, had to remind a shopper who thought a few ropes and a prayer would get his fridge home in the trunk of a Honda Accord.
Richmond police said they received a call of a dangerous driving situation outside a store called Liquidation World. As you can see in the above photo taken by the RCMP, the fridge — secured with ropes tied to the rear seat belts — wouldn’t exactly engender confidence in anyone caught in traffic behind the Accord.
