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Solar Impulse flying into the night. REUTERS/Dominic Favre/Pool

Yesterday morning, an aircraft completed the first night flight powered solely by solar energy. Named Solar Impulse and made of carbon-fibre, the small one-seater plane was flown by the Swiss pilot Andre Borschberg, who landed after 26 hours of flying.

According to the Swiss organisers, it was also the longest and highest flight in the history of solar aviation. The wings of the plane, which measure 63.4 metres, are covered in 12,000 solar cells which stored a sufficient amount of solar energy during the day to power the aircraft during the night. The success of the flight is crucial in showing the potential of renewable energies and clean technology, and could ultimately revolutionise the way we travel.

The next project will see a second prototype attempting to cross the Atlantic…

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Dryden Goodwin with his piece for Who Am I? gallery

The popular genetics and brain science gallery ‘Who am I?’ at London’s Science Museum has recently been revamped in celebration of its tenth anniversary. The gallery commissioned four new artworks for its relaunch, including one by our Invisible Dust artist Dryden Goodwin, as well as by Antony Gormley and Revital Cohen, amongst others.

Hannah Redler, Head of Science Museum Arts Projects, said that for this year’s commissions, the aim was to find artists “whose methods of investigation and research are comparable to those used in science albeit to markedly different ends.” Dryden, who uses drawing and lens-based media to ‘map’ individuals, believes that there is a potentially rich dialogue between scientists and artists, as attested by his involvement in our project.

Make sure to see his new piece at the gallery!

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View Tube

The View Tube, where we are planning Faisal Abdu’Allah’s residency in the autumn, is amongst the venues which will host cultural festival CREATE’s ‘Future Histories’ talks and walks. Come along if you want to take part in some exciting and quirky events which give the opportunity of discovering this rapidly developing and changing part of London.

Artist Richard Wentworth will be giving an art tour revealing the hidden side of the Olympic Boroughs; collective Rum dem Crew, founded by Charlie Dark, will run around the Olympic grounds giving participants a new view of the area; and architect Jason Burges will give a walk of the the new artistic projects commissioned by the Olympics 2012.

Book here for Future Histories.

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Cars to bicycles, Bergmot Station/Santa Monica, USA

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