Apple plans to ‘land a spaceship’ in Cupertino.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtuz5OmOh_M
After having a banner WWDC start yesterday, Apple founder and CEO Steve Jobs humbly presented his idea for a new Apple campus at the Cupertino City Council today. Jobs wants to build one building that will hold 12,000 Apple employees on a former Hewlett-Packard property in the area between Tantau North Wolfe, Homestead and the 280 freeway.”It’s a little like a spaceship landed,” Jobs says. urbanistas
Cassini Mission
Hundreds of scientists and engineers from 14 European countries and 32 states of the United States make up the team designing, fabricating and flying the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft.
Launched in October 1997 on a Titan IV-Centaur rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Cassini will first execute two gravity- assist flybys of Venus, then one each of the Earth and Jupiter to send it on to arrive at Saturn in June 2004.
Upon reaching Saturn, Cassini will swing close to the planet — to an altitude only one-sixth the diameter of Saturn itself — to begin the first of some five dozen orbits during the rest of its four-year mission.
In late 2004, Cassini will release the European-built Huygens probe for its descent of up to two and a half hours through Titan’s dense atmosphere. The instrument-laden probe will beam its findings to the Cassini orbiter to be stored and finally relayed to Earth. More info urbanistas
Jellyfish Lake, Palau
“Twelve thousand years ago these jellyfish became trapped in a natural basin on the island when the ocean receded,” Jacob explains. “With no predators amongst them for thousands of years, they evolved into a new species that lost most of their stinging ability as they no longer had to protect themselves”. urbanistas
For your inspiration: Deaf Center new EP
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KwhvmmYRbY
Deaf Center – Owl Splinters
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Written By – Erik K. Skodvin, Otto A. Totland
Stunning new EP from Deaf Center , if you don’t know them already, you should definitely check this out. urbanistas
Under The Spell of Polaris
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High and above, Under The Spell of Polaris.
More photos in: www.flickr.com/photos/nunoserrao/
What you need to know about … Portugal.
The video was initially dedicated to Finland, after the European and IMF bail-out.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXw5fMIYGqg
More info urbanistas
Tarantino the remixer
This is why many love Tarantino, this is why I think he’s overrated.
more info at urbanistas
Timelapse exuberance
You know me, always a fan of well-done timelapse videos.
This is another great example, soundtracked by Hans Zimmer.
More info: urbanistas
Pale Blue Dot Speech by Carl Sagan. Happy Earth Day.
This speech was inspired by a photo taken by Voyager 1, that reveals Earth 6.4 Billion kilometres away, reducing our planet to a pale blue dot. The request to take the photo came from Carl Sagan himself. urbanistas
It should be on on everyone’s bucket list.
Experience Human Flight.
Shot on a GoPro
Produced: Betty Wants In
Music: “She is” – Salieri Music Inc
