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UPDATED: October 25, 2010 NO. 43 OCTOBER 28, 2010
Looking into the Future
The 2010 World Expo has displayed lots of cutting-edge technology that will improve life in the future. Below are some fascinating exhibited inventions.
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Fiber Optic Reeds

(WANG SONG)

Inside the Shanghai Corporate Pavilion, the Color It Green area is densely covered with interactive reeds made of optical fibers, with tips emitting light.

These brightly lit reeds change color or become brighter when visitors touch them. The colors also change in response to seasonal scenes displayed on this section's wall-mounted screens.

Theme Theater

(CFP)

A six-minute video titled UTAGE is on display in the Japan Industry Pavilion's theater. An 18-meter-tall, 10-meter-wide high-definition screen is used for displaying programs created to show the landscape and customs of Japan since ancient times.

The theater's framing paper tubes are made from recycled paper. The installation's interior is made of reused materials designed by globally acclaimed architect Shigeru Ban. UTAGE depicts Japan's progress and development over the last few centuries; snapshots of the country from a variety of time periods are shown here. The theater's high-definition screen ensures that no detail is missed.

Indispensable Petroleum

(WANG SONG)

The Oil Pavilion explains how petroleum products meet our needs for clothing, food, shelter, transportation and entertainment. The Oil Pavilion also uses illustrations and models to display the latest technology used in oil and gas exploration, drilling, recovery, transportation and refining.

Models of China's Shenzhou 7 spaceship and the Airbus A380—both of which employ materials derived from petroleum—demonstrate the importance of petroleum in aerospace navigation. The pavilion also shows how petroleum can help people live a green life.

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