I will be updating this with more info, but didn't want to delay any longer putting it up!

stop back soon for more details

Thanks Jay, It looks great!

Its only been a couple of weeks since ABC announced the Lost Internet based game dubbed Inside the Experience.

From the press release we are told the game is taking place all over the world. Clues are being posted in the US, UK, and Australlia, so as ABC put it, it will require people working together all over the world so you don't miss a clue.

Some of the clues to the game are aired on the final commercial break during Lost.  Didn't see it? Chances are you fast forwarded right through it on your TiVo or VCR.

The commercial was for the Hanso Foundation and directed you to "find out more at  www.sublymonal.com"
This week the same commercial directing people to a new website www.letyourcompassguideyou.com

As of now there are no fewer than 38 clues that give some information or direct you to findng information about what is really going on. Intestested? check out the links for lost on the right side of the page. or go to thelostexperienceclues.blogspot.com.

I will never figure out why the US media fails to report events like this!

Yesterday, I was reading this blog site Click here and couldn't believe this wasn't reported here in the States. Chris Miller, a Guru on most Lotus products, happened to be in London last week at a conference and witnessed the event live.
(To make things easier, anything highlighted in blue will take you directly to that website for more information.)

The Sultan's Elephant is a spectacle you’ve only imagined... Created by theatrical magicians Royal de Luxe, it tells the story of a sultan from far-off lands and his magical, time-travelling mechanical elephant.

Read The Story so far... for a wonderful backstory leading up the event.

Imagine waking up and seeing this in the street in London! What is it? It looks like a ship...


Its opening!

The elephant

Friends


From everything I have read and heard, the attention to detail was amazing!, The rocket girls eyes, blinked, her mouth, arms, and legs moved. No detail was left out.

She took a shower in the morning,

  Ate during the day

and slept at night!


leaving....there she goes!


This is only a sampling! Want to see more?

+ French Website - with awesome, full screen pictures and video

+ The BBC London - great news, pictures, video and sound


Here are some facts for you to ponder: From this website

Both the Little Giant and the Elephant were made out of wood. The Elephant definitely had a steel or iron frame to which the wood was attached. I'm guessing the same was true for the Little Giant, but I don't know. On the Nantes website they have some technical info:

Stats for the elephant:

• Max height: 11.20 m
• Max width: 7.20 m
• Length when walking: 22.00 m
• Total weight: 42 metric tons
• Speed: 1.5 km/h
• Power produced by: a 160 HP and a 250 HP diesel motor; one 70 kVA electric generator
• 60 hydraulic jacks, 1 of which has 50 tons of force and 2 have 35 tons of force.
• 1600 liters of hydraulic oil
• 1.5 km hydraulic tubing
• 22 hydraulic jacks are used solely to move the trunk
• 5 jacks move the head and neck

Some factoids:

• Each foot weighs a ton
• The trunk is capable of lifting a ton
• The Elephant can walk sideways, like a crab
• All of the limbs can move, including the lips and tongue
• Hydraulics, electric capstan, air, and even truck windshield-wiper motors are used to move the various pieces
• For the decoration, a potter modeled arab characters which were reproduced using laser cutters
• To avoid having to dismantle the elephant, the gable of the workshop was cut out.
• 22 people animate the elephant
• 295 cases of Irish beer
• Visit to the zoo with the zoo keepers to look and the rear (among other things)
• Kevlar cord used to manipulate the tail with the aide of a capstan
• Ball of lights for the eyes and the movable pupils
• Powdered slate from Angers to give a slight tint
• Powdered coffee for tinting the urine

ENJOY!