Its face is a large disc, painted dark blue, with what looks like a red-hot explosive force emanating from the centre.

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Some of Richard Wilson's previous works include a large disc sawn out of the facade of a building for the Liverpool Year of Culture and a section of ship moored near the Millennium Dome in 2000, cut vertically to show its cross-section.

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So why are people working on creating such a large capacity optical disc technology (among other potential uses)?

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Upon inflation the ballonets protrude through the ring meshing to form occluded dimples the method permitting a large volume of gas in a smaller disc shaped area.

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On a drizzly Saturday in Bridgeview, just southwest of Chicago, a disc jockey pumped hip-hop music out of large speakers, beer flowed from a sales stand and energy drinks were handed out.

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Pictures of its disc taken using visible light show a warp, suggestive of a large planet.

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