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Space hotel taking bookings for 2012 opening

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first orbiting space hotel is on track to open for its first customers in 2012, but hurry, as bookings are filling fast.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (23) | comments 11 weblog

Researchers develop fast methods for making 3D city models

There is a growing demand for three-dimensional city models, but creating these models is expensive and labour-intensive. Shi Pu and Sander Oude Elberink of the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 29, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Virtual museum guide

(PhysOrg.com) -- Archaeological treasures are brought to life by Fraunhofer software. Real images are enriched with digital information on a virtual tour through ancient buildings, creating a more vivid experience ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 02, 2010 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Nations set new tourism limits for Antarctica

(AP) -- Countries with interests in Antarctica have endorsed U.S.-proposed mandatory limits on Antarctic tourism that aim to protect the continent's fragile environment, officials said Friday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Tour de France Stresses Riders' Bodies to the Limit

Glancing at the elevation profiles of the stages of the 2010 Tour de France is enough to tire a couch potato. The mountainous race is legendarily strenuous, but beyond short-term discomforts such as road rash ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 19, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Virtual White House tours go online

The Oval Office, the "situation room" and the first family's organic garden are among the highlights of a new virtual tour of the White House put online Tuesday.

Technology / Internet

created Nov 10, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Taciturn Armstrong sparks Twitter media boycott

Lance Armstrong's refusal to speak directly to the press at the Tour of Italy has sparked a boycott by some sections of the Italian and anglophone media of the American's online messages.

Technology / Internet

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1


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