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 16 Aug 2001 @ 22:39, by ffunch. Transportation
A zeppeliner from Zeppelin NT has carried it's first paying passengers on a one hour "tourist" flight in Germany, the first Zeppelin to do so since the infamous Hindenburg disaster. This comes after its return from the Paris Airshow where it was an unqualified hit with attendees. CNN has an article. More >
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15 Aug 2001 @ 23:55, by ming. Visual Arts, Graphics
I spent the day at the Siggraph show in L.A. Convention Center. Siggraph is the showcase for the leading edge in computer graphics and animation. Nothing really revolutionary I saw, but lots of stuff that's getting better, and lots of impressive computer generated stuff. To me the most cool stuff was 3D Printers (that create an object on the spot in plastic, based on the blueprints in the computer), body motion input (digitizing somebody's movements and transferring them to animated characters in real-time), and wrap-around displays with multiple flat screen monitors. There were some, supposedly, real 3D displays, but they are still rather disappointing.
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 9 Aug 2001 @ 01:21, by fleer. Travel
A guy from the Netherlands set out on may 1st 2001 for a journey around the globe using a website to find a place to stay for a day. More >
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8 Aug 2001 @ 04:27, by ming. Science
"Eugene Podkletnov, the physicist who claimed to have discovered an anomalous gravitational "shielding" effect in the 90s, but withdrew his original paper prior to publication, has now published a new paper on the topic. It is very technical, so don't expect to understand it. Anyway, it describes an experiement, using very cold super-conductors, that creates an inverse gravitational effect (that is, the device pushes things away from it). Podkletnov claims that the results directly contradict general relativity."
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5 Aug 2001 @ 20:22, by ming. Violence, War
There are more horrifying reports about the police violence against demonstrators at the G8 Summit in Genoa. Well, not even demonstrators, but people sleeping peacefully. See the full text. More >
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