The dome is powered by a 24-processor SGI Onyx visualization system with
12GB RAM and six SGI(R) InfiniteReality4(TM) graphic pipes, each with 1GB of
dedicated texture memory. With this
feature audiences can make choices about where they wish to go in the Cosmos
and even chose the specific routes they want the presenter to take. Whether it's sharing images to aid in brain surgery, finding oil
more efficiently, studying global climate, providing technologies for homeland
security and defense, or enabling the transition from analog to digital
broadcasting, SGI is dedicated to addressing the next class of challenges for
scientific, engineering and creative users.

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Slooh Joins Forces With Discovery.com To Introduce Online Exploration of Space

Slooh is configured to optimize the
view of hundreds of astronomical objects such as the Orion Nebula, the
Whirlpool Galaxy and the Pleiades Cluster-objects that are difficult to see in
all their grandeur with a typical backyard telescope .com is an important milestone in our quest
to popularize astronomy," said Michael Paolucci, President and Founder of
Slooh., For
an experience that's truly out of this world, visitors to the 2008 Summer
Games will need to go no further than the new Beijing Planetarium. SGI also provided 580GB of SGI(R) InfiniteStorage
TP9100 and TP900 systems, enough to run two playback and two real-time shows.
This real-time database of our known Universe will keep growing as we make
more discoveries ."

SILICON GRAPHICS | The Source of Innovation and Discovery(TM)
SGI, also known as Silicon Graphics, Inc.

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com), the first
online service to offer live viewing of outer space, has joined forces with
Discovery. With offices worldwide, the
company is headquartered in Mountain View, Calif.

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"It is a validation of Slooh's success thus far in making astronomy
easy and affordable for the general public.com . The world's
first digital all-dome laser-projected real-time planetarium is powered by a
Zeiss All Dome Laser Image Projection system driven by SGI(R) Onyx(R)
visualization computers. Arriving on the second floor by escalator, visitors can
see the 200-seat SGI Digital Space Theatre with its 18-meter dome, tilted 15
degrees.

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S. Slooh is available
online for a 7-night free trial and requires only a 56K modem and Flash 7.newscom. SGI's vision is to provide technology
that enables the most significant scientific and creative breakthroughs of the
21st century.

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In development since 2001, Slooh has been live and online every night since
April 24th, 2004.
(Photo: http://www., is a leader in high-performance
computing, visualization and storage.

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slooh . Slooh
allows members to access and control its high-powered telescopes, which are
situated at 7900 feet on Mt., starting at 2pm EST. Slooh is currently
recruiting amateur comet hunters to join its stable of Slooh Discoverers, who
will use the observatories to make true discoveries on behalf of the
membership.
Additional solo time can be purchased in 15-minute intervals for $19. In the newly opened SGI(R) Digital Space Theatre,
visitors will -- for the first time -- see spectacular high-contrast color
images including more than 37,000 stars, 30,000 galaxies, constellations,
nebulae , planets, spacecraft, and deep space objects. An additional 3-pipe Onyx system with
InfiniteReality3 (TM) graphics is installed in the dome for show development
and pre-show presentations.

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SGI Corporate
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Since its limited introduction, Slooh has already attracted thousands of
loyal paying customers, and is a leader in the burgeoning market of pay
content sites on the internet.95
per year for unlimited group missions, plus 90 minutes of solo mission time.95.

Digital Space Theatre in New Beijing Planetarium Powered by SGI and Zeiss Provides Immersive Hands-On Window to the Universe

BEIJING and MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.com.

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Deluxe membership is $99.
To enhance the entertainment and educational value even further, the
planetarium has been equipped with a special interactive digital audience
voting system built into the armrest of each of the 200 seats.

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Through the Virtual Science Network, Beijing
Planetarium audiences will be connected to endless worlds of discovery.
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Featured speakers have included David Levy, co -discoverer of
Comet Shoemaker-Levy and Bob Berman of Astronomy Magazine. This will be the first time that visitors will be able to
see visualization of the heliosphere., in the United States and/or other countries worldwide.

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Slooh's telescopes are stationed five hours ahead of Eastern Standard
Time, which enables members in North America to see the night sky during
daylight hours in the U.com. The heliosphere, roughly twice the size
of the orbit of Pluto, is shown in the dome powering its way smoothly through
interstellar medium and sheltering the solar system from much of its dust and
gases. The SGI architecture allows the entire dome
display to be controlled from a wireless PDA so that even a child can visit
constellations or tour the galaxies with the press of a button ., and can be found on the Web
at http://www.

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Discovery.
"Discovery.slooh. In 2002, after intense reviews, the
Beijing Planetarium contracted Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI) to build a digital
planetarium solution that would represent a paradigm shift in how planetariums
can become destination spots to educate and entertain visitors.

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"The new Beijing Planetarium also includes the Beijing Ancient Observatory
which has eight astronomical instruments from the Qing Dynasty and is located
near the Jian Guo Gate.com
650-933-5683

Lingling Zhang
SGI China
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Presenters are
able to move seamlessly between real-time and playback mode , simulating events
such as eclipses and the passage of comets to create new shows to immerse,
entertain , and educate audiences. In
addition, the Planetarium can be used for special events.com
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Slooh's patent pending
technology collects the light of distant celestial objects and develops the
images in real time as members look on.com is pleased to introduce this new product to our audience ,"
said Mark Irwin, Vice President of Operations at Discovery."
"Our partnership with Discovery .

Located behind the old planetarium, the brand-new dazzling glass building
is 30 meters high, occupying 20 thousand square meters, and has three theaters
and two observatories .

The Digital Universe
SGI Professional Services specially created the Digital Universe
application that can be used to run real-time shows and also create new shows.

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Slooh has stationed
high-powered telescopes in the Canary Islands, one of the world's best
locations for astronomical viewing. This new world-class planetarium preserves our past
while providing a window to the future ," said a Beijing Planetarium
expert/specialist. "SGI Reality Center environments have been
deployed all around the world in a vast variety of areas.

NOTE: Silicon Graphics, SGI, Onyx, Reality Center, InfiniteReality, the
SGI cube and the SGI logo are registered trademarks and InfiniteReality3 ,
InfiniteReality4 and The Source of Innovation and Discovery are trademarks of
Silicon Graphics , Inc.

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com to introduce Slooh's live space show to Discovery.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20050120/SFTH021 )
Since its founding in 1957, the Beijing Planetarium has played a national
role in Chinese astronomical education resulting in many textbooks,
audiovisual aids and scientific works. This unique
installation is now linked to the immense resources of the Virtual Science
Network, a group of scientists and researchers, all of whom are SGI customers
that exchange and contribute an amazing variety of visualization content
developed on the SGI platform to museums, science centers and educational
outreach institutions .

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com Audience Takes Command From Their Home Computers
of High Powered Telescopes Situated in the Canary Islands

NEW YORK, Slooh (http://www. For
more information, please visit http://www. For science accuracy and expertise, SGI collaborated with
Dr.
"The world's first digital, all-dome-laser-projected, real-time
planetarium is truly spectacular," said Bill La Rosa , senior vice president
and general manager, ICON, SGI.

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Andrew Hanson, Dr.
Indiana University , Dr.

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Teide, at the Institute of Astrophysics in the
Canary Islands, one of the world's best locations for astronomical viewing. "Slooh's
technology has made astronomy accessible and interesting for everyone.

About Slooh
Bringing the rhythms and wonder of outer space to people of all ages,
Slooh's mighty telescopes are the centerpiece of LIVE interactive 'missions'
to hundreds of known wonders of the universe.

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95 per month is also available.
Other contributing partners for SGI were Leonard Wickberg III, Hubble
Space Telescope Science Institute, NASA; Brent Tully, University of Hawaii;
University of Queensland; David Malin and the American Museum of Natural
History-New York provided the "Search for Life" show.

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com. Slooh has added many new features since its
launch , including Slooh Radio, a nightly live audio feed of leading astronomy
personalities who describe Slooh missions in progress as they take questions
from members.
Slooh's basic membership costs $49. A
monthly membership of $7. Slooh's missions are driven by its patent
pending LightMachine (TM) technology, which accumulates the light of distant
celestial objects and displays them in real time for the viewing audience. Priscilla Frisch of the Department of Astronomy
and Astrophysics, University of Chicago and SGI produced the "Solar Journey"
show, a NASA-funded production that was specially created for the Beijing
Planetarium Dome.
The interactivity of the SGI Digital Space Theatre means visitors can have
an entirely unique experience.

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95 per year for unlimited group
missions , plus 15 minutes of solo mission time. Philip Fu and a team of scientists at the Indiana
University . The latest
innovations in automotive and aerospace design, surgical procedures, modeling
of biological molecules or virtual reconstructions of heritage sites can all
be brought into the dome.