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Ferrari goes Anime

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Posted by Leefe on 30 January 2010 – 11:36 pm
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Ferrari 458 ItaliaI don’t normally write about cars here, so consider this post to be about Anime.

I recently cam across images Ferrari 458 Italia. And it looked to me like something out of Japanese Anime. Perhaps Ghost in the Shell. or Bubblegum Crisis ?

I like the smooth organic styling. It looks almost alive.

Which SciFi crew do you belong to?

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Posted by Leefe on 1 November 2007 – 11:02 pm
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Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics)
created with QuizFarm.com You scored as Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)The universe is erupting into war and your government picks the wrong side. How much worse could things get? It doesn’t matter, because no matter what you have your friends and you’ll do the right thing. In the end that will be all that matters. Now if only the Psi Cops would leave you alone.

Babylon 5 (Babylon 5)
 
81%
Moya (Farscape)
 
69%
SG-1 (Stargate)
 
63%
Nebuchadnezzar (The Matrix)
 
63%
FBI’s X-Files Division (The X-Files)
 
63%
Enterprise D (Star Trek)
 
56%
Deep Space Nine (Star Trek)
 
56%
Heart of Gold (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)
 
50%
Serenity (Firefly)
 
50%
Millennium Falcon (Star Wars)
 
50%
Andromeda Ascendant (Andromeda)
 
44%
Galactica (Battlestar: Galactica)
 
44%
Bebop (Cowboy Bebop)
 
25%

Sexy in space

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Posted by Leefe on 22 July 2007 – 11:40 pm
Filed under News, SciFi

MIT ‘BioSuit’ a new spacesuit designNew space suits are being designed by MIT. Described as being reminiscent of Barbarella, they are figure hugging and use “‘mechanical counterpressure’ rather than gas to maintain Earth-like conditions for astronauts”.

Professor Dava Newman is working on ‘BioSuits’ that will give the wear more freedom of movement than current spacesuits. The envisioned use for the suits is planet exploration, on the moon or Mars, where the bulk of current suits tires the wearing more quickly.

But don’t expect to see these suits in use any time soon. Newman anticipates that they will be ready for use in about 10 years, in time for the manned expedition to Mars.

References

  1. NASA’s sexy space suit (SunHerald,22 July 2007)
  2. A space suit Angelina Jolie could love (tgdaily, 16 Jult 2007)
  3. New Skintight Spacesuit Design Unveiled (National Geographic, 17 Jult 2007)
  4. One giant leap for space fashion: MIT team designs sleek, skintight spacesuit (MIT news, 16 July 2007)

Battlestar Galactica Vs Star Wars Vs Star Trek Vs Babylon 5

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Posted by Leefe on 30 June 2007 – 11:30 pm
Filed under Movies, SciFi

Ever wondered what would happen if you stuck elements from major space operas into one universe?

Finding this movie on YouTube I see that someone has. And has the skills to create it. Good animation and reasonably scripted scenes.

(YouTube movie on full post page)
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