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Hi, I’m Krillie. I was born in space on an Earth orbiting space station called “Satellite Belt K”. I write a diary under the moniker “Space Girl” for those interested in what is happening in space and to describe life as a Space Girl. I cover a lot of our activities, about our education and training, our living arrangements and some of our adventures. Along with my friend Kemlo, I write some of the books in “The Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie in Space” series. I hope my Diary is of interest to children on Earth, in the Satellite Belts and beyond.

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/249c26806457 [ PDF Format ] [ Separate Images ] .

I just love the style of the costumes in the old SciFi films, so after got back from the 20th Century SciFi Film at the Expo Pavilion, I used my VR Headset to see how I would look in a range of the old costume designs, many still look very modern…

Star Wars (as Princess Leia and as Rey)

Forbidden Planet (as Altaira with Robby the Robot)

Krillie’s Diary uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

Google Gemini Prompt:Create a Storybook with title “Fancy Dress”. Make the story interesting to a teenage audience. Krillie is 17 years old and was born on Satellite Belt K. She has lived all her life in space. Satellite Belt K is shown in the attached image and is an Earth orbit space habit spread over 20km including habitation, living spaces, educational areas, recreation, physical conditioning areas, manufacturing, solar power generation and storage, space agriculture and hydroponics in large domes (automatically positioned to maximise crop growing quality and time). Robotics and droids are used throughout the Belt. Use the image of Krillie in her cream and orange space station uniform to start the story. Keep the style and appearance of Krillie the same throughout. Use KRILLIE on her name badge in the same place consistently. No national flags or corporate symbols should be visible throughout.

Finally, Krillie is back in her cabin. The Forbidden Planet poster is still on the cabin wall, but now Krillie wears her Forbidden Planet White Minidress and admires how it looks on herself in the mirror.

Further Resources: Kemlo & Krillie Resources

Note: version for editing (needs Be Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

Hi, I’m Krillie. I was born in space on an Earth orbiting space station called “Satellite Belt K”. I write a diary under the moniker “Space Girl” for those interested in what is happening in space and to describe life as a Space Girl. I cover a lot of our activities, about our education and training, our living arrangements and some of our adventures. Along with my friend Kemlo, I write some of the books in “The Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie in Space” series. I hope my Diary is of interest to children on Earth, in the Satellite Belts and beyond.

The following are extracts from https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/
Education – Space-born children begin their education and practice simulated space operations very early. Classrooms and experience areas allow for e-Learning (enhanced learning), VR immersion and simulated field trips including holographic spaces and linked teleoperations of devices in many locations. Kids in the Belt call the facilities “sKool”. Belt residents engage in lifelong learning and training opportunities.

Space Operations Training – By the age of 11 many children have usually become familiar with space vehicle operations through simulation and play and can already use autonomous space scooters with confidence. At 13 children can take a basic flight operations test so that they can use the unsupervised mode on space scooters with appropriate oversight by the Belt K Operations Authority. At 15 they are allowed to use space scooters with limited unsupervised operations. At 18 with a pilot’s license they can use space runabouts. Belt children usually achieve their spacecraft qualifications very soon after their relevant birthdays as they make use of e-Learning, simulators and VR ahead of time. At age 20, for those wanting to use space transports professionally, they can obtain a Space Operations License (SOL) from the Space Transport Authority (STA) via exams and after logging flight experience. The SOL is renewable annually.

K-Pad – a device with screen for communications, information, augmented reality for technical operations, education, etc. Age appropriate facilities are on the device. Updates ensure the device stays appropriate to its user for life. Strong privacy protection is enforced with locally stored data entirely private to the user and not shared off device.

Open World University (OWU) – the main provider of educational opportunities and experiences to on-world and off-world learners of all ages. OWU physical bases and computing centres are on and under sea islands named Atlantica Sea City and Pacifica Sea City run by the international United Nations (UN) Organization. OWU programmes are run for all ages and support lifelong learning. e-Learning (enhanced learning) using distance education is employed with group and social functions, VR simulated field trips and experimental labs. Advanced courses including Masters degrees are provided through OWU by specialised Educational Institutions across the world and beyond.

Offworld Heritage Sites and International Monuments – Some early space age activities on the Moon and in Earth Orbit have been kept intact and preserved for future generations. The International Space Station (ISS) constructed in the late 1990s, and the first dual concentric wheel shaped rotating space station (often referred to as the 2001 Space Station as a nod to the film 2001 that depicted such a station) are in orbit and can be visited externally or in detail via remote VR operated telerobotics.

A Tour of the Educational and Training Areas of Satellite Belt K

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/8fa4d32ae45a [ PDF Format ] [ Separate Images ] .

Virtual Reality and Virtual World experiences created all the way back near the start of the 21st century include the “MoonWorld” and “RGU Oil Rig” immersive training environments. More details are available via clicking on the links or images below…

• https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2012/01/19/moonworld-virtual-world-for-inquiry-and-planetary-geology-field-work/
• https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2017/06/07/virtual-oil-rig-enhancing-higher-education/

Krillie’s Diary uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

Google Gemini Prompt:Create a Storybook interesting to a teenage audience. Krillie is 17 years old and was born on Satellite Belt K. She has lived all her life in space. Satellite Belt K is shown in the attached image and is an Earth orbit space habit spread over 20km including habitation, living spaces, educational areas, recreation, physical conditioning areas, manufacturing, solar power generation and storage, space agriculture and hydroponics in large domes (automatically positioned to maximise crop growing quality and time). Robotics and droids are used throughout the Belt. Use the image of Krillie in her cream and orange space station uniform to start the story. Keep the style and appearance of Krillie the same throughout. Use KRILLIE on her name badge in the same place consistently. No national flags or corporate symbols should be visible throughout.

Finally, Kemlo takes Krillie on a demonstration training flight out from Belt K on a pre-designed flight path out to look back at the Belt K space station hung in the blackness of space above a glowing blue and green Earth.

Further Resources: Kemlo & Krillie Resources

Note: version for editing (needs Be Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

Hi, I’m Krillie. I was born in space on an Earth orbiting space station called “Satellite Belt K”. I write a diary under the moniker “Space Girl” for those interested in what is happening in space and to describe life as a Space Girl. I cover a lot of our activities, about our education and training, our living arrangements and some of our adventures. Along with my friend Kemlo, I write some of the books in “The Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie in Space” series. I hope my Diary is of interest to children on Earth, in the Satellite Belts and beyond.

It was my Masters Graduation ceremony earlier this week and I was excited to be going. I have been studying for my Masters degree in AI and Robotics vis remote e-Learning with the University of Edinburgh. Well, it all turned out to be a bit of an adventure really. Quite an adventure!

Kemlo offered to take me down to the Open World University Graduation Hall on Atlantica Space City and as he has been testing the experimental SX-MR2 modular runabout spacecraft he took me down in that. Well things did not exactly go smoothly.

Kemlo and myself wrote a little storybook to explain… https://g.co/gemini/share/5c98370aed99

But I did make it to the Graduation Ceremony, even though I was a bit breathless and as I did not have time to change, I was still in my space station uniform! No one seemed to mind and I got a very warm reception from the audience and Dean.

But I made up for it later at the Graduation Ball back at a space station near to Belt K. I was able to change into my own design Graduation Ball dress. Kemlo looked smart too and he used some of the material that made up my dress for his bow tie.

Krillie’s Diary uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

Further Resources: Kemlo & Krillie Resources

Note: version for editing (needs Ai Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

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The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/aed957af671c [ PDF Format ] [ Separate Images ] .

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Krillie’s Diary uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

Google Gemini Prompt: Create a Storybook with title “Belt-K Fashion”. Use the background about “The Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie” who are teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Use the style image for the normal appearance of Krillie and her friend Kemlo. Keep the character appearance and name badge labels and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. No national flags to be visible and no national or recognizable corporate insignia on clothing or spacesuits.

Make the story interesting to a teenage audience. Start with the image of Krillie in her uniform but have her dress in 22nd Century fashionalble clothing as the story progresses. The storybook should be in a diary style based on Krillie and sometimes with her friend Kemlo, taking the reader to interesting locations on the Satellite Belt-K space station visiting interesting areas where the fashion is appropriate. Krille and Kemlo together in fashionable 22nd Century clothing also go to some exotic space locations on other space stations such as the “Earthrim Cocktail Lounge” where brightly coloured fruit juice cocktails are served. The final page and illustration should be a stunning visit to the famed “Zero and Beyond” nightclub where couples can float Zero-G in dreamy outfits and dresses.

Hi, I’m Krillie. I was born in space on an Earth orbiting space station called “Satellite Belt K”. I write a diary under the moniker “Space Girl” for those interested in what is happening in space and to describe life as a Space Girl. I cover a lot of our activities, about our education and training, our living arrangements and some of our adventures. Along with my friend Kemlo, I write some of the books in “The Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie in Space” series. I hope my Diary is of interest to children on Earth, in the Satellite Belts and beyond.

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/966ef14978de [ PDF Format ] [ Separate Images ] .

Krillie’s Diary uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

Google Gemini Prompt: Create a Storybook with title “Introducing Belt-K”. Krillie was born on Satellite Belt-K and has lived all her life in space. The storybook should be in a diary style based on Krillie taking the reader on a trip round the Satellite Belt-K space station and visiting interesting areas. Satellite Belt K is shown in the attached image and is an Earth orbit space habit spread over 20km including habitation, living spaces, educational areas, recreation, physical conditioning areas, manufacturing, solar power generation and storage, space agriculture and hydroponics in large domes (automatically positioned to maximise crop growing quality and time). Robotics and droids are used throughout the Belt. Make the story interesting to a teenage audience.  Use the image of Krillie in her uniform for her trip round the space station. Keep the style and appearance of Krillie the same throughout. Use KRILLIE on her name badge in the same place consistently.  No national flags or corporate symbols should be visible throughout.

Hi, I’m Krillie. I was born in space on an Earth orbiting space station called “Satellite Belt K”. I write a diary under the moniker “Space Girl” for those interested in what is happening in space and describing life as a Space Girl which I hope are of interest to children on Earth and in the Satellite Belts and beyond.

Satellite Belt K is an Earth orbit space habit spread over 20km including habitation, living spaces, educational areas, recreation, physical conditioning areas, manufacturing, solar power generation and storage, space agriculture and hydroponics in large domes (automatically positioned to maximise crop growing quality and time). Robotics and droids are used throughout the Belt. Children born on Belt K are given names starting with “K”.

Krillie That’s me! I am 17 years old, born 11th November on Belt K, Sector A. Belt kinds start their education and training early. I have an Open World University (OWU) Degree in Space Construction Engineering and am currently studying for a Masters by e-Learning in AI and Robotics from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. I have an interest in AI-enhanced fashion. On the belt’s we all have robotic assistants and mine is named “KaRA” and embedded my K-Pad.

More coming soon from entries in my Diary. Stay tuned!

Krillie’s Diary uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

Google Gemini Storybooks lets you create a customized picture book, for either children or adults, given a topic, an optional target audience age, and an optional art style for the images.

There are a fw glitches that could not be resolved by repeated edting requests… On page 6 an extra Krillie is shown in the Space Runabout cockpit. And, although Kemlo and Krillie are international Satellite Belt citizens, lets assume that they added US insignia on their spacesuits to acknowledge their Moon specific mission in honour of the nation which launched Apollo 11 and made the first manned lunar landing.

Prompt: ; Create a Storybook with title “Far from Tranquillity”. Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook for a teenager target audience about the Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie who are teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Keep the character appearance and name badge label and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. Use the appearance of the two seater green Space Runabout.

Include a final image of Apollo 11 with the nearby lunar tourist group still in their brightly coloured spacesuits and helmets with a number of the children having fun by running at the almost invisible barrier and using it as a vertical trampoline to bounce them far back with the reduced lunar gravity. Kemlo and Krillie laugh as they see the new barrier is already leading to some new “Lunar Fun and Games”.

https://gemini.google.com/gem/storybook

The storybook uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/10/kemlo-and-krillie-briefing/

There are a few glitches that could not be resolved by repeated edting requests… On page 6 an extra Krillie is shown in the Space Runabout cockpit. And, although Kemlo and Krillie are international Satellite Belt citizens, lets assume that they added US insignia on their spacesuits to acknowledge their Moon specific mission in honour of the nation which launched Apollo 11 and made the first manned lunar landing.

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/9fcef6571d3c or PDF Format.

Further Resources: Kemlo & Krillie Resources

Note: version for editing (needs Ai Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

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Situation – It is the month of May in a year in the future. Earth has an outer space presence in Earth Orbit, on the Moon and beyond. International United Nations entities are now preferred to nationalistic governments and other authorities. Education, cultural and Internet services are freely available everywhere funded by proportional contributions by all countries. Grants support the provision of equipment to access these resources where circumstances require it. The Internet is now a safe and welcoming place since the introduction of an international requirement for strong privacy protections and open source for any major platform. A Universal Basic Income is provided to everyone both on world and off world.

Belt K – An Earth orbit space habit spread over 20km including habitation, living spaces, educational areas, recreation, physical conditioning areas, manufacturing, solar power generation and storage, space agriculture and hydroponics in large domes (automatically positioned to maximise crop growing quality and time). Robotics and droids are used throughout the Belt. Children born on Belt K are given names starting with “K”.

Education – Space-born children begin their education and practice simulated space operations very early. Classrooms and experience areas allow for e-Learning (enhanced learning), VR immersion and simulated field trips including holographic spaces and linked teleoperations of devices in many locations. Kids in the Belt call the facilities “sKool”. Belt residents engage in lifelong learning and training opportunities.

Space Operations Training – By the age of 11 many children have usually become familiar with space vehicle operations through simulation and play and can already use autonomous space scooters with confidence. At 13 children can take a basic flight operations test so that they can use the unsupervised mode on space scooters with appropriate oversight by the Belt K Operations Authority. At 15 they are allowed to use space scooters with limited unsupervised operations. At 18 with a pilot’s license they can use space runabouts. Belt children usually achieve their spacecraft qualifications very soon after their relevant birthdays as they make use of e-Learning, simulators and VR ahead of time. At age 20, for those wanting to use space transports professionally, they can obtain a Space Operations License (SOL) from the Space Transport Authority (STA) via exams and after logging flight experience. The SOL is renewable annually.

Spacecraft – Space Scooters (SS) for intra-habitat local transport and exploration, Space Runabouts (SR) for in orbit travel, Space Transports (ST) managed by the Space Transport Authority (STA) are the workhorses for orbital and Earth-Orbit operations for cargo and passengers, and Experimental Spacecraft (SX).

Space Scooters (SS) – small two to four seat personal spacecraft for travel within a Belt. Highly automated with remote supervisory capability for younger travellers.

Space Runabouts (SR) – two seat or larger spacecraft for travel around and between the Satellite Belts. Automation is used for safety. Fully autonomous versions provide a taxi service.

Robotic Assistants (RA) – a range of intelligent agents which are implemented in a distributed fashion. They can be personalised and embedded in a range of physical forms such as a wrist device or a robot. By tradition such robots are given names starting with the initial of the belt they are deployed on (e.g. “KaRA”)

K-Pad – a device with screen for communications, information, augmented reality for technical operations, education, etc. Age appropriate facilities are on the device. Updates ensure the device stays appropriate to its user for life. Strong privacy protection is enforced with locally stored data entirely private to the user and not shared off device.

Kemlo – Male, 18 years old, born 3rd March on Belt K, Sector A. Kemlo has has an Open World University (OWU) Degree in Planetary Geosciences. Skilled pilot. Captain of the Space Scouts. Helps train younger children to fly and maintain space scooters. Kemlo is involved in the test programme for an experimental modular space runabout (SX-MR2). Kemlo’s robotic assistant which he calls “Komputer” is embedded in his Omega wrist band (a gift for his 18th birthday) which he wears with the screen under his left wrist in “driver-style”.

Krillie – Female**, 17 years old, born 11th November on Belt K, Sector A. Krillie has an Open World University (OWU) Degree in Space Construction Engineering and is currently studying for a Masters by e-Learning in AI and Robotics from the University of Edinburgh in Scotland. Krillie is the author of a diary and series of books describing life as a Space Girl which are popular with children on Earth and in the Belts and beyond. Krillie has an interest in AI-enhanced fashion. Krillie’s robotic assistant “KaRA” is embedded in her K-Pad. [** Gender change from the Kemlo books.]

Open World University (OWU) – the main provider of educational opportunities and experiences to on-world and off-world learners of all ages. OWU physical bases and computing centres are on and under sea islands named Atlantica Sea City and Pacifica Sea City run by the international United Nations (UN) Organization. OWU programmes are run for all ages and support lifelong learning. e-Learning (enhanced learning) using distance education is employed with group and social functions, VR simulated field trips and experimental labs. Advanced courses including Masters degrees are provided through OWU by specialised Educational Institutions across the world and beyond.

Offworld Heritage Sites and International Monuments

Some early space age activities on the Moon and in Earth Orbit have been kept intact and preserved for future generations. The International Space Station (ISS) constructed in the late 1990s, and the first wheel shaped rotating space station (often referred to as the 2001 Space Station as a nod to the film 2001 that depicted such a station) are in orbit and can be visited externally or in detail via remote VR operated telerobotics.

The Kemlo & Krillie fashion uses background created previously using AI tools based on the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/02/19/kemlo-and-krillie/

Google Gemini Storybooks lets you create a customized picture book, for either children or adults, given a topic, an optional target audience age, and an optional art style for the images.

Prompt: Create a Storybook with title “2001: A Birthday Odyssey”. Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook for a teenager target audience about the Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie who are teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Keep the character appearance and name badge label and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. No national flags to be visible and no national or recognizable corporate insignia on clothing or spacesuits. Make sure to use design of the green “Space Runabout” spaceship as in the attached images. The occupants always face te nose when seated inside the craft which has a fully enclosed cockpit cover.

Include a final image of Kemlo and Krillie in the observation level of satellite Kelt K along with a group of male and female teenage Space Scouts and some smaller children cheering and waving as they look out at a colorful drone show spelling out the words “Happy Birthday Kemlo!”

https://gemini.google.com/gem/storybook

The storybook uses background created previously using AI tools based in the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/02/19/kemlo-and-krillie/

The Storybook produced is available at: https://gemini.google.com/share/51c819c809ff or PDF Format.

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Further Resources: Kemlo & Krillie Resources

Note: version for editing (needs Ai Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

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Prompt: Create a Storybook with title “Kemlo and the Gravity Ray Gun”. Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook for a teenager target audience about the Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie, teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Keep the character appearance and name badge label and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. Kemlo has been given the mission to thoroughly test out a new device. This is a Ray Gun which can project “Gravity Rays”.

Include a final image of the the children alongside Kemlo and Krillie cheering and waving through the dome at the engineering team as they complete repairs.

Click on the book cover to open the Google Gemini Storybook.

More Detail, Alternative Formats and Background

• The Belt K AdventureStorybook 1: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/05/google-gemini-storybook-kemlo-and-krillie/

  https://g.co/gemini/share/d0a85734e6b8 | PDF Format | Storybook 1 Images

• Storybook 2: Krillie’s Grand Graduation AdventureStorybook 2: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/05/google-gemini-storybook-kemlo-and-krillie/

  https://g.co/gemini/share/5ceb6ce5de10 | PDF Format | Storybook 2 Images

• Storybook 3: The ISS EmergencyStorybook 3: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/09/07/google-gemini-storybook-the-iss-emergency/

  https://g.co/gemini/share/dfc5a957adb8 | PDF Format | Storybook 3 Images

Background from https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/02/19/kemlo-and-krillie/ [PDF Format]. Character details, spacecraft, spacestation, Kemlo Font and other information at https://www.aiai.ed.ac.uk/~ai/resources/Kemlo-and-Krillie/

Create a customized picture book, for either children or adults, given a topic, an optional target audience age, and an optional art style for the images.

Prompt: Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook for a teenager target audience about the Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie who are teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Keep the character appearance and name badge label and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. Kemlo and Krillie head out from Satellite Belt K on a mission to check on the condition and status of the International Space Station which is still in Earth orbit and which has been designated as an “Offworld Heritage Site”. The site has become a popular anchor location for nearby orbital vacation homes. As they approach the ISS, it is clear that something is terribly wrong. A large section of one of the solar panels has become almost entirely detached and is hanging by loose cables. This will pose a very serious risk to the surrounding space vacation homes as well as risking much higher levels of damage to the ISS itself. Time is short and Kemlo and Krillie call upon the other Space Scouts on Belt K to come and assist using the “Gravity Rays” on their small spaceships to help repair the ISS temporarily until engineers can be sent to effect a full repair. Include some images of the ISS and the spacecraft in its vicinity during the initial inspection and in the work by the Space Scouts to effect the temporary repair. Include a final image of the the engineering team’s larger repaor spacecraft approaching the ISS.

https://gemini.google.com/gem/storybook

The storybook uses background created previously using AI tools based in the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/02/19/kemlo-and-krillie/

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/dfc5a957adb8 or PDF Format

Note: version for editing (needs Ai Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

Create a customized picture book, for either children or adults, given a topic, an optional target audience age, and an optional art style for the images.

Prompt: Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook for a teenager target audience about the Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie who are teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Keep the character appearance and name badge label and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. Krillie has graduated with a Masters by e-Learning in AI and Robotics from the University of Edinburgh and has been invited to receive her degree certificate in a ceremony at the Open World University (OWU) situated on Atlantica Sea City. Kemlo is to transport her in an experimental spacecraft from the orbiting Satellite Belt K down to Atlantica Sea City. But something goes wrong and Kemlo and Krillie must use all their skills to correct the issue and still get to the ceremony in time for a happy ending.

https://gemini.google.com/gem/storybook

The storybook uses background created previously using AI tools based in the Kemlo Spaceworld series of books by E.C. Eliott published in 1954 to 1963. It uses images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/02/19/kemlo-and-krillie/

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/cdc610971da1 or https://g.co/gemini/share/df05dd50b44b

Version 2 with more emphasis on showing the spacecraft and the graduation ceremony.

Prompt: Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook for a teenager target audience about the Further Adventures of Kemlo and Krillie who are teenagers who live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit. Keep the character appearance and name badge label and position on clothing consistent with the attached image. Krillie has graduated with a Masters by e-Learning in AI and Robotics from the University of Edinburgh and has been invited to receive her degree certificate in a ceremony at the Open World University (OWU) situated on Atlantica Sea City as shown in an attached image. Kemlo is to transport her in an experimental spacecraft from the orbiting Satellite Belt K down to Atlantica Sea City. But something goes wrong and Kemlo and Krillie must use all their skills to correct the issue and still get to the ceremony in time for a happy ending. Include some images of the spacecrat descending and approaching Atlantica Sea City. Include a final image of the graduation ceremony with Killie receiving her certificate.

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/93daa9bab288

Textual Story Generation

Once upon a time, not so long from now, there was a place called

Belt K, a sprawling space habitat in orbit around Earth. It was home to many people, but none were as well known as the two space-born teenagers, Kemlo and Krillie. Kemlo, at eighteen, was an accomplished pilot and the captain of the Space Scouts. His best friend, Krillie, a year younger, was a brilliant Space Construction Engineer with a Masters in AI and Robotics from the University of Edinburgh.

It was a momentous day. Krillie was invited to receive her master’s degree in person at the

Open World University (OWU), located on the magnificent Atlantica Sea City on Earth. Kemlo, a skilled pilot, was tasked with getting her there in time for the ceremony in his experimental modular space runabout, the SX-MR2. They were both excited, dressed in their sleek blue and orange flight suits with the Kemlo and Krillie name tags in the correct position on the chest, a gift from the Belt K Operations Authority.

The journey began smoothly. Kemlo piloted the SX-MR2 away from Belt K and set a course for Earth. As they descended through the atmosphere, the view was breathtaking. The blue-green swirl of Earth’s oceans and continents grew larger and larger in the viewport, a stark contrast to the endless black of space they were so used to. They could see the vast expanse of the sea and the glittering city that was their destination.

Krillie’s heart swelled with a mix of excitement and anticipation. This was a day she had worked her whole life for. But just as they were nearing the coast, a warning light flashed on the control panel. A quick diagnostic showed a critical power drain from the main propulsion system.

“What is it, Kemlo?” Krillie asked, her voice tinged with concern.

“I’m not sure,” Kemlo replied, his brow furrowed in concentration as he ran checks. “It looks like the system is rerouting power to the wrong places. We’re losing our descent speed.”

They had to think fast. The SX-MR2 was designed for in-orbit travel, not for atmospheric descent, and a manual override was out of the question. Kemlo and Krillie knew this was the time to use their training and work as a team. Kemlo focused on maintaining a stable flight path and used their auxiliary thrusters to keep the vessel from spiraling out of control. Meanwhile, Krillie accessed the SX-MR2’s operating system with her K-Pad. Her knowledge of AI and robotics was crucial. She had to create a new program to override the faulty system and reroute power back to the main thrusters.

The seconds felt like hours. Kemlo was sweating, his knuckles white as he gripped the controls. Krillie’s fingers flew across her K-Pad, writing lines of code, her mind racing. “Almost there,” she muttered, “I’ve almost got it.”

Just as they were about to dip too low, the main engines roared to life, a triumphant sound that filled the cockpit. They were back on course. Kemlo expertly maneuvered the SX-MR2 towards the glittering metropolis of Atlantica Sea City. It was a close call, but they had made it.

They landed just in the nick of time. Kemlo and Krillie, now out of their spacesuits, made their way to the graduation hall. They were met with the cheers of the crowd and the beaming smiles of the faculty members. Krillie walked across the stage, her head held high, and received her diploma. It was a proud moment, made even more special by the adventure they had just overcome.

With her master’s degree in hand, Krillie was ready for her next adventure, and she knew she had a friend and pilot she could always count on to get her there.

Note: version for editing (needs Ai Austin author login) is here (Development Notes).

Create a customized picture book, for either children or adults, given a topic, an optional target audience age, and an optional art style for the images.

https://gemini.google.com/gem/storybook

Prompt: Use the background given in the attached document to write a storybook to introduce Kemlo and Krillie who are teenagers live on Satellite Belt K in Earth Orbit.

Using images and PDF of the contents of this blog post: https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/02/19/kemlo-and-krillie/

The Storybook produced is available at: https://g.co/gemini/share/d0a85734e6b8 or https://g.co/gemini/share/9d4b5ae4aacb (Development Log)

Several refinments were done to the early draft to replace the name badges for Kemlo and Krillie and to try to use consistent labelling on the Training Scooters.

How to Create a Storybook with Gemini – Teacher’s Tech – 14-Aug-2025

Note: version for editing (needs Ai Austin author login) is here.

Google Gemini @GeminiApp 1-Sep-2025 – Nano Banana Model – https://gemini.google.com/
From photo to figurine style in just one prompt.

Prompt: Create a 1/7 scale commercialized figurine of the characters in the picture, in a realistic style, in a real environment. The figurine is placed on a computer desk. The figurine has a round transparent acrylic base, with no text on the base. The content on the computer screen is a 3D modeling process of this figurine. Next to the computer screen is a toy packaging box, designed in a style reminiscent of high-quality collectible figures, printed with original artwork. The packaging features two-dimensional flat illustrations.

Ai Austin Second Life Avatar as Strider with Orcrist Sword

Mike Mercury in Gerry Anderson’s Supercar

Patagonia Explorers

Cosmologist Fred Hoyle and screenwriter John Elliot created the story of a message received from outer space that led to the creation of Andromeda. It was broadcast as a BBC Television series in 1961 staring Julie Christie in her first role while still at Drama School. A second series entitled “The Andromeda Breakthrough” starred Susan Hampshire was broadcast on BBC Television in 1962.

See Wikipedia – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_for_Andromeda and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Andromeda_Breakthrough

Most of the original broadcast materials is lost except for the sixth episode entitled “The Face of the Tiger” and a number of film clips from episodes one, two, three, and seven. There is also an audio-only copy of episode seven, taken from an off-air recording. A complete set of off-air photographs, known as “Tele-snaps” were made by John Cura at the time of the original broadcasts for all seven episodes and were held in the collection of Michael Hayes, the producer. A DVD release used these tele-snaps interspersed with the video material inserted at the appropriate points where it exists.

Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkLkAG_R8oA

A description of John Cura’s tele-snaps work and approach is given in this blog post:

• From the Archive – April 12, 2012 – Yay for Andromeda! A Look at the 1961 BBC Masterpiece!
  http://www.from-the-archive.co.uk/2012/04/yay-for-andromeda-look-at-1961-bbc.html
  

glTF mesh upload capabilities have been added to the Second Life viewer and became available in the default viewer on 8th August 2025. Those capabilities are now merged into the development version of the Firestorm viewer from 10th August 2025 (Firestorm 7.2.0.78873) and hence make available glTF mesh upload capabilities for OpenSim as well as Second Life.

At present, internally the glTF mesh models are converted to a Linden Lab mesh format that is the same as used for Collada (.dae) uploads, hence no alteration is needed to OpenSim server code to have these facilities become operational. Note that future developments might add to the internal mesh format.

glTF mesh in OpenSim operates in the same way as in Second Life except for two things:

1. The maximum mesh extent in Second Life is 64m, whereas in OpenSim it is just under 256m.
2. There was an issue in OpenSim server code with the texturing of Collada (and hence also glTF) mesh uploads up to 30-Jun-2025. This was fixed in 0.9.2.1 Dev Master server code at that time. See http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=9209

glTF Mesh Testing in Second Life

See this summary blog post for glTF mesh tests conducted over recent months in Second Life… https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2025/06/05/second-life-gltf-mesh-june-2025/

glTF Mesh Testing in OpenSim

Test meshes were as used in Second Life mentioned in the blog post above, and described again below. They are usually originated in a range of 3D creation tools such as Studio Max, Cinema4D, etc or downloaded from sites such as NASA mesh models, Sketchup 3D Warehouse, etc. and then converted to Blender. From Blender they are exported to glTF (.glb) and then cleaned up and number of mesh parts reduced to less than 256 parts so they import as one linked inventory object) using glTF transformation tools such as https://glb.babylonpress.org and https://gltf.report. See below for more information on the glTF mesh transformation tools.

glTF Rigged Mesh Avatar Testing in OpenSim

Rigged mesh avatars can also be uploaded in glTF format in the same way that Collada rigged mesh works. Ready Player Me avatars cannot be uploaded in their native .glb format since the skeleton/armature differs between that used by Ready Player Me and SecondLife/OpenSim. Conversion first is needed via a tool such as Onigiri (see this blog post).

glTF Test Meshes

NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

This is a small model prepared by NASA and released in Blender and .glb formats. A related NASA model of the Perseverance Rover provides an interesting test of models with a lot of materials (> 8) per part.
https://nasa3d.arc.nasa.gov/detail/ingenuity_thumb

Gerry Anderson’s Supercar

Supercar vehicle, Mike Mercury figure and Black Rock Lab (BRL) Exterior and Interior glTF meshes exported from the Blender models are good tests of a range of complexity in the models. The Mike Mercury figure is made up of two 10K vertex meshes generated from 2D images by Meshy and subsequently significantly edited in Blender.
https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2023/11/02/supercar-updated-model/

Kässbohrer 300 Pisten Bully

Kässbohrer Pisten Bully Models imported via Unity3D and into a range of environments…
https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2018/07/24/pisten-bully-3d-models/

Batmobile 1966

Blender import of Collada original model and textures, conversion to power of 2 textures, flipping many normals to regularise the appearance of the model and additions to more closely resemble the 1966 TV series Batmobile. glTF export for use in various platforms including Second Life.
https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2024/05/06/batmobile-3d-model/

Silent Running Drone #01 – Dewey

One of three service drones on the spaceship “Valley Forge” in the film Silent Running. Using a mesh originally from Sketchfab 3DWarehouse drone model by Martin T. and simplified by Fred Beckhusen.
https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2022/02/12/silent-running/

RGU Oil Rig

The RGU Oil Rig is a region scale build used in OpenSim for some years for training of offshore oil rig workers.
https://blog.inf.ed.ac.uk/atate/2019/08/15/oil-rig-training-experience-in-firestorm-vr/

glTF Mesh Data

NASA Ingenuity Mars Helicopter

.glb File Size: 2.7MB
Meshes (Nodes): 11
Vertices: 8502
Triangles: 9124
Opaque Materials: 9
Transparent materials: 1

Supercar with Extended Wings

.glb File Size: 19.0MB
Meshes (Nodes): 1625
Vertices: 520541
Triangles: 271824
Opaque Materials: 36
Transparent materials: 4
Textures: 12

Supercar with Both Wings, All Accessories and Blast Wall

.glb File Size: 19.9MB
Meshes (Nodes): 1681
Vertices: 538729
Triangles: 292038
Opaque Materials: 44
Transparent materials: 4
Textures: 14

Mike Mercury Figure

.glb File Size: 7.9MB
Meshes (Nodes): 2
Vertices: 14124
Triangles: 18458
Opaque Materials: 2
Transparent materials: 0

Black Rock Lab Exterior

.glb File Size: 2.7MB
Meshes (Nodes): 891
Vertices: 68412
Triangles: 39037
Opaque Materials: 31
Transparent materials: 1

Black Rock Lab Interior

.glb File Size: 15.8MB
Meshes (Nodes): 1415
Vertices: 455142
Triangles: 181935
Opaque Materials: 88
Transparent materials: 0

Kässbohrer Pisten Bully

.glb File Size: 7.7MB
Meshes (Nodes): 1507
Vertices: 207979
Triangles: 175122
Opaque Materials: 29
Transparent materials: 4

Batmobile 1966

.glb File Size: 8.2MB
Meshes (Nodes): 289
Vertices: 309877
Triangles: 146094
Opaque Materials: 29
Transparent materials: 2

Silent Running Drone #01

.glb File Size: 1.0MB
Meshes (Nodes): 17
Vertices: 28075
Triangles: 27539
Opaque Materials: 13
Transparent materials: 0

RGU Oil Rig

.glb File Size: 56.0MB
Meshes (Nodes): 9342
Vertices: 1303822
Triangles: 955880
Opaque Materials: 4258
Transparent materials: 92

glTF Mesh Cleanup Tools

To be able to link all mesh parts of a model together as a single item in inventory (with a single cube icon), Second Life currently imposes a limit of 256 mesh parts in any upload. Beyond that the items will all be unlinked and added to inventory as a multi-part object (with a multi-cube icon). This will cause problems when rezzed and manipulated or even deleted as all the (perhaps tiny) parts will be difficult to select, edit or delete, and they cannot be linked in world as the limit there also is 256 items in a single link set. So mesh optimisation via a suitable tool needs to be used to reduce mesh component numbers, etc.

Labris offered some pointers to glTF cleanup tools, which can remove some simple glTF/glb export errors. Labris also created an online tool which may help to reduce and optimize GLB files – https://glb.babylonpress.org/. You may wish to change the texture format processing and the options it uses. I keep textures in their original form and deselect “flatten” and “join” in order to preserve the hierarchical structure and naming of model parts. Use “R” to rerun the tool on the current glTF model after making any changes to the settings.

The tool above is based on https://gltf-transform.donmccurdy.com/ which is able to check the input file and re-serialize the GLB from scratch, ensuring all headers, chunks, metadata, accessors, buffers etc adhere to the spec. This inherently fixes minor structural issues. Some of its functions are also available online here – https://gltf.report/. Load a glTF model and open the Script tab < >. You can edit the script prior to running it to change its behaviour (e.g. to comment out the flatten, join and textureCompress lines. textureCompress can resize all the textures to ≤1K and convert to WebP. While it may not remove all the warnings, it helps a lot with removing unneeded geometry and other stuff. Some of Sketchfab models can be reduced more than 10 times in size.

Labris also created an online tool which may help to reduce and optimize GLB files – https://glb.babylonpress.org/. You may wish to change the texture format to be used (e.g. to retain PNG rather than the default conversion to Webp).

Forbidden Planet is an early SciFi film produced in 1956 by MGM and stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis and Leslie Nielsen. It is set on the Planet Altair IV where scientist Dr. Edward Morbius and his daughter Altaira along with Robby the Robot live after arriving on an expedition 20 years earlier. The flying saucer shaped starship C-57D has been sent to discover what became of Morbius’s mission.

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet [Poster Image]

Cinefantastique Magazine Volume 8 Number 2 & 3 1979 Forbidden Planet – Internet Archive incl. PDF

YouTube – “What Happened to FORBIDDEN PLANET?” (1-Jun-2024) by Dan Monroe

YouTube – “What Happened to ROBBY The ROBOT?” (19-Dec-2023) by Dan Monroe

Costume Design

Costumes were designed by Costume Design by Helen Rose and Walter Plunkett. See https://costumedesignarchive.blogspot.com/2022/02/forbidden-planet-1956.html

Stephen La Rivière (@la_riviere) and his team at Century 21 Films have been recovering footage on “lost” film canisters that have been restored on a “Go Fund Me” project which I have been very pleased to support:

Go Fund me – Rescuing the Past – A Supermarionation Preservation Project

One outcome has been the incorporation of some of the clips into a film:

Behind the Scenes of Supercar: Gerry and Sylvia Anderson Remember (Making Of Documentary)

Back in 2004 Stephen also produced the “Full Boost Vertical – The Supercar Story” DVD. See this Review on tvcentury21.com.