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Japan's Gigantic OLED Globe Shows Near-Real Time Displays



If you're headed to Tokyo, Japan, make sure to drop by The National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan) to see some state-of-the-art science and technology. Around the middle of last year, the museum unveiled the world's first large-scale spherical OLED screen, measuring over 19 feet in diameter. Called Geo-Cosmos, this isn't any ordinary globe. It shows near real-time displays…

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Added by alice on February 19, 2012 at 10:30am — 1 Comment

3650 - Raising Global Warming Awareness

A short film for MTV Worldwide to help raise awareness of the effects of global warming which contains a combination of live action and animation. A globe in a classroom was shot on 16mm which was then tracked and populated with cg toy-like clouds, cars, planes, and cities.



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Added by Eugene on May 25, 2009 at 8:39am — 3 Comments

Mexico's Drug War by the Boston Globe

Check out these new set of pictures from the Boston Globe in regards to the Mexican drug… Continue

Added by alice on March 25, 2009 at 11:30am — 2 Comments

Spectacular Pictures of Undersea Eruptions Near Tonga

Amazing images out of Boston Globe on the eruptions from the undersea volcano off the coast of Tonga that started happening a few days ago.



The volcano, which is situated approximately 6 miles off of the main Tongan island of Tongatapu, is one of around 36 undersea… Continue

Added by alice on March 19, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Mumbai After The Smoke Has Cleared

On Monday most of Mumbai, India attempted a return to normal activity, in the wake of the 60-hour-long siege last week. Some facts about the attacks are a bit clearer now, others still hazy. Based in part on the confessions of the only terrorist captured alive - Azam Amir Kasav, Indian officials now say that there were only 10 gunmen involved, all members of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a Pakistani militant group with links to the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir - though Pakistan officially denies any… Continue

Added by Eugene on December 1, 2008 at 11:00am — 2 Comments

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