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saddle shaped?

The "space" in any small part of the "horn" is saddle-shaped, like a Pringles potato crisp. Such a "negatively curved" space would act as a warped lens, distorting the image around the blobs so they look elliptical to astronomers.

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or a football?

One rival group proposed last year that the universe was shaped instead like a football. But that would have left a particular pattern of background radiation - which has not been found by further experiments.

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trumpet shape?

At first they thought it was flat. Then that it was shaped like a football. But now, scientists believe the universe could be shaped like a flat-sided trumpet.

That would lead to strange effects in some parts of the universe, where time and light would be so curved that you could see the back of your own head. Also, a long-held theory about the universe - that it looks much the same anywhere - would have to be abandoned. And finally, the universe would be finite, rather than extending in every direction forever.

The new shape, predicted by careful mathematical modelling to fit with known astronomical data, would have the universe stretched out into a long funnel, flaring into a bell-like shape at one end. The thin end would be infinitely long - but so narrow that it would have a finite volume.

The "bell" of the trumpet would also be peculiar: it would flare out, but a spaceship that could somehow navigate towards the open end would eventually find itself flying back along the "outside surface" of the bell.

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lama second life

Celui qui continue à m'inspirer et me motiver, le Roi des Chats:   

il est vraiment de l'autre côté du miroir.  Et c'est un espace d'exposition interactif virtuel. Ha.  

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links to see

resources for new media art/ web art : 

triangular blog

Jonas Lund

Rhizome

Raphael Rozendaal

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paintshop

projet qui propose aux gens de dessiner eux-mêmes, seuls ou en collaboration, des oeuvres virtuelles, et de les vendre à un prix que le système calcule en fonction de leur "popularité" (présence sur internet etc.) 

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Article sur des expositions virtuelles dans wikipedia.

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hyperstudio

ce logiciel promet un système basique pour construire des sites web avec look geek garanti.  http://www.mackiev.com/hyperstudio/index.html 

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Second Life, a bit

Le jeu virtuel Second Life propose à ses utilisateurs de créer un alter-égo. Il y a apparemment des musées virtuels.