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That's true that the mainstream movies on IMAX, even on a real IMAX screen, aren't the same. I saw one of the Matrix sequels on a real IMAX screen in San Francisco and there was a good amount of unused space on the screen since the film was shot widescreen and the traditional IMAX screen's aspect ratio is closer to square. Mainstream movies, at best, have a few key scenes filmed with IMAX equipment.

Now, real, made for IMAX films on a proper IMAX screen (whether flat or domed), that's something else. I grew up going to IMAX at what's now called the California Science Center and that was the real deal. Space Station 3D (which I saw at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida), for example, was impressive. That's 3D and IMAX worth paying for, not the postproduction conversion 3D crap that Hollywood has been putting out. I want to see Living in the Age of Airplanes but the closest theater showing it is over 700 miles away.

How are you replacing the trees that had to be removed?

The California Science Center Foundation is investing approximately $2 million to replace 400 trees removed along the route with over 1,000 trees. These replacement trees are between 10 and 14 feet in height -- about the same size as most of the trees they will be removing. A minimum of two years of free maintenance will also be provided. Within five years the community along route will have an even greener and more beautiful tree canopy.

• Ask your local science museum if they have an AI Mind exhibit. If they do not, volunteer to install MindForth as an AI exhibit.See which museum is the home of the oldest living artificial intelligence.Albuquerque NM -- New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science
• Baltimore MD -- Maryland Science Center Berkeley CA -- Lawrence Hall of Science Bloomingtown IN -- Wonderlab Museum of Science, Health, & Technology
  Boston MA -- Museum of Science
• Brantford, Ontario, Canada -- Personal Computer Museum
• Charlotte NC -- Discovery Place
• Chicago IL -- Museum of Science and Industry
• Columbus OH -- Center of Science and Industry (COSI)
• Detroit MI -- Detroit Science Center Jersey City NJ -- Liberty Science Center Kansas City MO -- Science City at Union Station
• Los Angeles CA -- the California Science Center
• Louisville KY -- the Louisville Science Center
• Manchester UK -- Museum of Science and Industry (MoSI)
• Mobile AL -- the Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center
• Mountain View CA -- Computer History Museum
• New York City NY -- the New York Hall of Science
• Norwich VT -- Montshire Museum of Science
• Philadelphia PA -- the Franklin Institute Science Museum
• Pittsburgh PA -- Carnegie Science Center
  • with RoboWorld exhibit showing how robots
    • sense;

It also happens to be the launch date for Sputnik 1.