03/09/2009
02/09/2009
01/09/2009
NASA - Glass Cockpit Design (2000)
Eleven new full-color, flat-panel display screens in the shuttle cockpit replace 32 gauges and electromechanical displays and four cathode-ray tube displays. The new "glass cockpit" is 75 pounds lighter and uses less power then the older model, and its color displays provide easier pilot recognition of key shuttle functions. The new cockpit is expected to be installed on all shuttles in the NASA fleet by 2002, and it sets the stage for the next cockpit improvement planned to fly in 2005: a "smart cockpit" that reduces the pilot's workload during critical periods. During STS-101, Atlantis will fly as the most updated shuttle ever, with more than 100 new modifications incorporated during a ten-month period in 1998 at Boeing's Palmdale, Calif., shuttle factory. View the source and other glass cockpit designs HERE.
31/08/2009
Hideki Matsutake - Private Studio Tour (2008)
Hideki Matsutake, considered by some people to be the true genius behind the sound (not the music) of Y.M.O, shows us around his personal studio and how much he obviously still enjoys synthesis. He began his professional career as an apprentice to Isao Tomita at the age of 19, was the "sound programmer" for Yellow Magic Orchestra through their golden age, released his solo material under the name "Logic System" (The "Venus" and "Logic" LPs are my personal recommendation) and is now the head of the Japan Synthesizer Programmers Association.
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