Life-Size Gundam Rising in July

Until now, even the largest Gundam models have been smaller than life-size. Sunrise created a 2/3-scale ten-meter Victory Gundam replica in the ’90’s, while a fanmade 1/3-scale Z Gundam replica stands at seven meters.

That all changes in July, when a full-scale eighteen-meter replica of the original RX-78 Gundam rises in Odaiba’s Shiokaze Park. The statue, patterned after the titular anthropomorphic military vehicle of the first Gundam anime series, will commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Gundam franchise. Click here to continue reading “Life-Size Gundam Rising in July”…

Twenty Years of the World Wide Web

On March 13, 1989, a software consultant named Tim Berners-Lee wrote a memo proposing a global hypertext system. He wrote the memo out of sheer frustration with existing information management practices. Click here to continue reading “Twenty Years of the World Wide Web”…