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Animation: NASA tests Gulfstream Supersonic Business Jet sonic boom noise reduction nose spike on F-15 fighter

Supersonic business aviation took a step closer to reality this week after NASA began flight testing Gulfstream’s patented Quiet Spike sonic-boom mitigation device on a Boeing F-15. The Quiet Spike is ...
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Flow: this quietly transportive animation is a skin-prickling wonder

There is a certain mood in post-apocalyptic storytelling that video games tend to pull off far better than films. Think the monuments and mausoleums of the CD-ROM classic Myst, or the overgrown ruins ...
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Behind ‘Flow’s’ Surprise Oscar Win, The First For Latvia: ‘I Hope That You’ll Open Doors to Independent Animation Filmmakers’

In a big win that underscored the growing prominence of indepedent animation, Gints Zibalodis’ “Flow,” the moving dialog-free tale of a solitary cat’s journey as it learns to survive after a great ...
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How Independent Animation Underdogs Like ‘Flow' And ‘Memoir Of A Snail' Are Disrupting The Awards Race: There's "Never Been A Better Time"

In the animated film space, two things naturally come to mind: stories for children and big-budget, formulaic projects. The former idea is something directors have been fighting for years, a recent ...