The cubes on Discovery Channel

The cubes on Discovery ChannelDiscovery sent a team to film the flying cubes and interview us. Apart from giving us a chance to give this project a wider audience, it allowed us to meet a team of seasoned media professionals.More at http://www.exn.ca/video/?video=exn20051026-blimp.asx

First group flight of 3 cubes, in public

We made it. At Hexagram again. We had three cables, stabilized at the same altitude, able to make the difference between an obstacle to avoid and another cube. Algorithm was:
if (obstacle)
if (cube)
get closer to it
else avoid it
else do nothing
Easy, huh?!?
1st pic shows Nicolas explaining the experience to the audience.
2nd pic show a videoprojection on the cube.
3rd pic is one I shot with my 10.5mm rectilinear fish-eye, from very close to an edge of the cube.

Getting prepared for 1st group flight

This is Lucie and Jean-Bruno who are having a rest (a deserved one). We are all working hard for this first public flight with 3 cubes. The first flight "in society" for our babies. Our job is to make sure that Nicolas' scenario for the presentation is turned into reality. In the background of the photo are 2 helium tanks, the very same we use to inflate the cubes.