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CubistChaos; Paris provides a puzzle in motion.(News)(Paris Expo)(Brief Article)
Byline: Kevin A. Wilson, Matt Davis, Roger Hart, Mike Floyd
Over on the other side of town from the Paris Expo we saw a fascinating thing. The Chaos Computer Club out of Berlin had converted the 20-story French National Library building, a rectangular glass edifice on the Left Bank of the Seine, into a giant video display, using 512 lights behind the windows as pixels. The display shifted from 20-story portraits of Albert Einstein to 20-story Mona Lisas to 20-story screen savers of a flying bird to 20-story games, like PacMan. At the moment we saw it, someone was playing Tetris. A 200-foot tall Tetris game that, we learned later, was operated via cell phone. The installation, sponsored by Mini of France, opened Sept. 25, the night before Paris show press days, and closed 11 days later.
The Mondial de L'Automobile at the Paris Expo was itself much like that giant Tetris game: It was fascinating, engrossing and yet puzzling. The scale was huge, and there were all these pieces in various shapes and sizes-tiny two-seat funmobiles, German hyper-power SUVs, super-luxury chariots and dazzling future-tech. It was quite a challenge to make it all fit together into a ...
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire March 8, 2007 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Marketing Event May 20, 2003 700+ words
...five companies that hold events at Paris Expo venues say they would recommend...satisfaction. As part of the initiative, Paris Expo's top-tier management will...event meetings with clients. Paris Expo manager Renauld Hamaide said...
- ADP Telecom Deploys Cisco Wireless Infrastructure at Roissy Charles De Gaulle...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 23, 2004 700+ words
...technology to provide WLAN services for the Paris Expo-Porte de Versailles, the second...for all exhibitors and visitors of the Paris Expo Organization. The announcement follows...Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport and the Paris Expo as world-class facilities that simplify...
- Paris Expo Features Mac Accessories.(products of Apple Computer Inc.)
- Magazine article from: ExtremeTech.com September 22, 2005 700+ words
...keynote announcement to satiate attendees, visitors to Apple's Paris Expo had to be content with a number of smaller disclosures. On...Belkin representative. Read the full story on eWEEK.com: Paris Expo Features Mac Accessories
- Paris Expo Features Mac Accessories.
- Magazine article from: PC Magazine Online September 21, 2005 700+ words
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- Unibail unites French venues as Paris Expo.(exhibition and convention...
- Magazine article from: Marketing Event March 13, 2002 700+ words
...six venues in the French capital together under the banner Paris Expo. The move means clients can go through one sales office to...would be less time-consuming when organising events,' said Paris Expo international development manager Anne Marie Narboni. 'Our...
- INTERNATIONAL BRIEF: Paris Expo launches congress division.
- Magazine article from: Conference & Incentive Travel October 31, 2003 700+ words
Paris Expo has launched a congress division to coincide with the opening of 9,500 sq m of new conference space at the Espace Grande Arche. Tel: +33 1 43 95 16 51.
- OVERSEAS BRIEFS: Paris Expo introduces package.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Conference & Incentive Travel October 3, 2002 700+ words
Paris Expo has introduced an all-inclusive day-delegate package at three of its venues: CNIT La Defense, Coeur Defense conference centre and Porte de Versailles. Tel: +33 1 43 95 16 51.
- NEWS IN BRIEF: Paris Expo rebuilds Hall 5.
- Magazine article from: Marketing Event October 22, 2002 700+ words
Paris Expo is rebuilding Hall 5 at its Porte de Versailles exhibition centre to provide 18,000sqm of space. Hall 5.1 on the first floor...
- Update on Apple's Paris Expo.
- Newspaper article from: The Online Reporter September 23, 2002 700+ words
...idea whether the PC market has hit bottom yet but 200,000 visitors visited Apple's retail stores in the week before the Paris Expo. He wouldn't give an indication of whether Apple was considering Intel chips in future models rather than the more expensive...
Source: HighBeam Research, CubistChaos; Paris provides a puzzle in motion.(News)(Paris...