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Its a busy week on the Tech Travel Week Roundup, focuses heavily on Dubai but also venturing deep into the Peruvian jungle we once again bring you the best tech attractions from around the world.

1) Take a ride on Dubai’s brand new subway, a video of the entire trip sped up too 818mph. [Source]

2) Some ad agency offers their vision of the future of Dubai, is it the annual make a video of Dubai week? [Source]

3) The 1km high Nakheel Tower should be complete around 2019. [Source]

4)Missel Silos converted into homes

5) The tallest abandoned structures in the world. [Source]

6) Decorating Machu Pechu with a giant laser light cannon. [Source]

This weeks theme with one notable exception is tropical islands…fake tropical islands that is. Man made islands anchored in Dubai or man made islands floating around the world, even made man islands in blimp hangers. Weird? You bet, tomorrows hottest travel destination? Maybe.

1) Tropical Islands is a theme park in Germany. Built in a massive former blimp hanger the waterpark style resort recreates a tropical atmosphere complete with tropical beaches, waters and vegitation. You can even camp out overnight in the park. [Source]

2) While on the topic of blimps, the current owner of a blimp company offering sight seeing tours of San Fransisco is one of the former directors of the Chabot Space and Science Center in Oakland, California. [Source]

3) Back to islands, a British architecture firm has planned an artifical ice board for Dubai. [Source]

4) If there take on the man made island does not do it for you maybe on of these 15 floating islands will. [Source]

5) And last but not least Wireds 100 geeky places to take your kids this summer. [Source]

Another week, another tech round up. Lots to cover, and for once the geographic location of the tech attractions are spread out all over the world without the usual geographic location in Japan.

1) Alhambra Fortress in Granada has finally been read, by a computer at least. A 3D scanner has scanned all 10,000 inscriptions on the fortress.

2) In Britain one mans obsessive James Bond collection has been transformed into the first James Bond Museum.

3) Costa Rica seems to like airplanes transformed into buildings, there is the Costa Verde 727 Fuselage Suit and the El Avion restaurant.

4) More aviation tourism may be on its way to Dubai. Rumor has it that some company in Dubai has made a hefty bid on the last available British Airways Concorde.

5) While in Dubai do a little Sand Boarding, with the Sandviper, the first board dedicated to sand boarding.

6) The Tate is getting an Egyptian style extension, architectural firm Herzog & deMeuron has complete the stunning design.

7) Another aviation themed restaurant in South Korea, apparently the first of its kind to fly commercial. [Source]