PRODUCT NEWS
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Astro-tec works on world's largest planetarium dome |
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26 Jul 2010 . BY Sarah Todd |
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Astro-tec, which currently offers standard lap seam domes as well as ultimate seam domes without horizontal seams, is working on another innovation - the world's largest planetarium dome, at the Nagoya City Science Museum in Japan.
The standard dome is 35m (114ft) in diameter, with 696 panels, 96 ribs, and a total area of around 20,000sq ft (1,860sq m). "That size of dome has never been done before," said Astro-tec sales manager Dale Lewis.
Astro-tec has installed large domes in the past, including a 24m (79ft)-diameter dome at New York's Hayden Planetarium, and is getting ready to install another 23m (75ft) dome at Italy's Rainbow Magic Land in mid-2010.
Lewis says large domes are definitely becoming a trend. "Domes can fall anywhere from 7m (23ft) in diameter to 35m at this point. The bigger science centres and museums, it just seems like everybody wants to go as large as they can. Now that we've done Nagoya, we've gotten a couple of requests for 35m," he says. "You have 3D coming into play now, so I think you're also going to see this trend continue as they start investing more money into these projects."
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Full Balance reveals all-natural reflexology board
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BY Katie Barnes | 19 Apr 2024 |
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Austrian-based Full Balance has created a Big Foot massage board for communal spa areas which
guests stand on to "closely mimic the experience of professional reflexology treatments". |
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MyEquilibria combines art and outdoor exercise
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BY Megan Whitby | 12 Apr 2024 |
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"We summarise what we do in two words – functional art," says Gian Luca Innocenzi, CEO and
founder of MyEquilibria, which specialises in high-end outdoor exercise equipment. |
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Alliance Leisure Services was specifically
established to respond to the changing
development needs of the public sector,
education and growing leisure trust
market.
The company’s core business is the provision of facility development and support for local authorities, educational establishments and leisure trusts that want to improve or expand the leisure products and services they offer. |
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