Today’s episode of CBC radio’s science show, Quirks and Quarks, looks into how Second Life can be beneficial to health professionals and support groups. Click here for the MP3 podcast.
And the winners are…
Canada, 3-2! Wooooooo!
Oh, and we also handed out the trophies at Abbotts Aerodrome for our big Orbiter Design Competition. All of the entries were great, and the judges were faced with some tough decisions. But in the end, we came down to these winning contestants…
Introducing our orbiter design contestants
Abbotts Aerodrome is now home to several concepts for Earth-orbit vehicles.
Drop by today and tomorrow to see the entries from these contestants:
- Darsh Lucero
- Differ Darwin
- Farrah Foss
- Flux Aldrin
- Phoneix Dreamscape
- Rocket Sellers
- Sunman Loring
- Tank Kwaszes
- THOR Baran
Click here to visit Abbotts Aerodrome now.
One of these trophies could be yours
The three trophies for the 2010 design contest at Abbotts Aerodrome are now on display next to the runway.
Display pads for contestants are available starting tomorrow. Deadline for entries is noon, Saturday, SL time (Pacific).
Abbotts Aerodrome 6th Anniversary Design Contest
Six years ago, two aircraft enthusiasts by the names of Cubey Terra and Apotheus Silverman set the foundations for a futuristic airport known as Abbotts Aerodrome. Over subsequent years, the aerodrome grew and so did the group of volunteers, builders, designers and sellers. The goal: to have fun in the sky and promote flight and aerosports in SL.
Now it’s 2010, and we’re six years old. To celebrate, we’re hosting a design contest — the third design contest in Abbotts history. The first contest challenged aircraft makers to build an original design aircraft from the Terra plane kit. The second contest asked designers to create a lunar lander. This, the third contest, is in a similar vein…
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