Simulation
Reliving 9/11, With Fire as Teacher (nytimes): Researchers are simulating the WTC fires in Maryland. Javier at
archinect says, "The Baudrillard nerds can feast on this one."
This office is inside a towering laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. And it is only one fragment of the disaster being replayed for a federal investigation centered here. In other studies, steel recovered from the twin towers is being ripped apart at high speeds, rebuilt structural supports are baking in artificial infernos, and fireproofing insulation is being pounded with simulated plane impacts to see how well it sticks to the steel it was meant to protect.
* Ray, 1/07/2004 02:15:08 PM
