AIBO
Hajime Sorayama
Its name echoes the Japanese word for 'partner'. In Japan the first robot dogs sold out in 20 minutes despite a price of 250,000 yen.
Photo: Bradhall71 (Public domain)
On 11 August a total solar eclipse crosses northern France. The euro is born on 1 January as an accounting currency. At the end of December two violent storms hit the country within days. Everywhere people prepare for the year 2000 and its famous computer bug.
A few cards of the album
The start of their anecdote. The album's other cards are for you to discover in the game.
Burj Al Arab
Tom Wright
A giant sail standing in the sea: designed by Tom Wright in 1993, the hotel rises 321 metres on an artificial island in the Persian Gulf. Engineers had to keep the island low yet strong enough against the waves. Opened in December 1999, it was the tallest building used only as a hotel until 2007.
Photo: Yacine Hary (CC BY 2.0)
Chandra X-ray Observatory
TRW Inc.
Columbia had never carried a heavier load since its first flight. Launched in 1999, the X-ray telescope honours Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, the first to understand that neutron stars come from dying stars. Its first passes through the Van Allen belt damaged some sensors.
Photo: NASA (Public domain)
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