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...Segway this week will roll out a slickly upgraded $4,995 PT, which it hopes will revitalize consumer interest. The new model is, predictably, a feat of engineering. It comes with a souped-up wireless key, which doubles as an alarm and display module. But the real breakthrough is the ride. If the first Segway felt intuitive-lean forward to go forward, lean back to stop and reverse, twist your wrist to turn-the latest models (the i2 and off-road x2) respond like they're controlled by mere thought. The secret is in its new control shaft, which...
...False Alarm...
...Look at how technology is freeing parents from having to be the bad cop all the time. We use television as an alarm clock for our children: when the show's over, it's time for bed, or time for school. We don't have to be the bossy parent who enforces bedtimes - we get to be the cool parent who lets his kid watch a show. Now there's a DVD filtering device called Clearplay, which edits out violence, sex, and foul language on the fly. You no longer have to be the meanie who puts his foot down...
...buildings and trees whiz past us, faster and faster, away from the city, closer to home.Emma M. Lind ’09, a Crimson editorial editor, is a social studies concentrator in Winthrop House. She also spends her commuting hours resenting the need to dress professionally, especially when the alarm clock rings at the crack of dawn...
...False Alarm Monday, July 31, 7:48 a.m. Officers were dispatched to a report of a suspicious package. Officers arrived at the Business School’s shipping and receiving depot and observed a black briefcase on the ground in the area. The Boston Bomb Squad was notified, and further investigation revealed that the briefcase was empty and not suspicious; it was later disposed...