Technology, Media, and Design

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Liftoff For Inflatable Spacecraft

An inflatable spacecraft that could form the basis of a future space hotel has blasted into space from Siberia. Once the watermelon-shaped craft - based on a design discarded by Nasa - is safely established in orbit, it will be inflated to full size.

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Wednesday, July 05, 2006

One Person's Journey: Across The Roof Of The World

The railway line from China to Tibet took more than 30,000 workers and five years to build. Outside the sealed windows, protected by ultra-violet filters, shaggy yaks ran startled from the train, rare antelope grazed on the grasslands, snow-capped peaks glistened in the sun and fat marmots scampered into their burrows.

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One Person's Journey: Across The Roof Of The World

The railway line from China to Tibet took more than 30,000 workers and five years to build. Outside the sealed windows, protected by ultra-violet filters, shaggy yaks ran startled from the train, rare antelope grazed on the grasslands, snow-capped peaks glistened in the sun and fat marmots scampered into their burrows.

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Sunday, July 02, 2006

Survivorman

No food, no shelter, no fresh water � one man alone in the wild for seven days with only his wits and stamina to sustain him. Each episode of Survivorman finds survival expert Les Stroud abandoned in a remote location with little more than the clothes on his back � and his cameras.

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