August 11, 2007 – 1:19 am
From Physorg.com.
It’s an odd combination of Navier-Stokes equations and NASCAR driving. Computer scientists at the University of Washington have developed software that is incorporated in new technology allowing television audiences to instantaneously see how air flows around speeding cars.
The algorithm Model Reduction for Real-time Fluids, first presented at a SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference last August, [...]
From Houston Chronicle.
Yao Ming took wedding pictures with his fiancée Ye Li in Lin’an City of Zhejiang Province on Monday morning, Sina.com reported today. The couple arrived at 6am and spent two hours taking pictures in scenic spots in Taihuyuan. The area is regarded as a smaller Jiuzhaigou. View their wedding photos at YaomingMania.com.
Congratulation to [...]
From ESPN.
GOURETTE, France — One of its biggest stars is already gone, and now so is the leader of the Tour de France.
Michael Rasmussen was removed from the race by his Rabobank team after winning Wednesday’s stage, a day after Alexandre Vinokourov and his team withdrew when the star cyclist tested positive for a banned [...]
From Vanity Fair.
A single soccer match achieves what five years of combat and negotiations could not: an apparent end to Ivory Coast’s civil war. The man who brought the warring sides together was not a politician or a gun-toting strongman, but Didier Drogba, the star striker for Ivory Coast.
For nearly five years, Ivory Coast had [...]
From both Henin perfect again in third straight title and DeSimone: Henin’s personal journey.
An hour after clutching her fourth French Open trophy, Justine Henin cradled other precious cargo in her arms: her 6-week-old niece.
Talking and laughing with friends and relatives in a lounge just off center court, Henin slowly rocked her brother’s baby, then gently [...]
Reported by Jonathan in The Dream’s dream: Yao Ming studies with master (w/ video) and Yao gets master class on moves from Olajuwon.
Wonderful!! 
“The biggest difference between him and me is the mentality. He’s got two championship rings in a row. I’m not saying I found out today, but I can hear very strongly [...]