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...there, you’re walking into a hospital and it’s kind of scary,” Stork said. “If you push that ‘four’ button, they know exactly where you’re going, as opposed to the Bureau, which is much less stigmatized...

Author: By Katharine A. Kaplan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Group Tackles Mental Health | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

...phone, you know the chirp. For years Nextel has been the only national carrier with "push to talk" service. Rather than place calls and having to dial all those numbers, users can chat with each other walkie-talkie style, coast to coast. To initiate a conversation, you press a button on the side of your phone, which sends an attention-getting chirp to your buddy's phone. In recent weeks, Sprint PCS and Verizon Wireless have introduced their own push-to-talk phones...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: How Pushy Are You? | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...least one way. Both separate push-to-talk contacts from regular phone-book entries. To start a chat on Nextel's service, you need to sort through your phone book until you find your push-to-talk buddy. With Sprint and Verizon, a tap of the side talk button brings up your push-to-talk buddies and groups...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: How Pushy Are You? | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...started working with kids, it was mind-boggling to me, the lack of technology available to them." CosmoBot can help a child by testing motor and verbal skills. The robot plays games like Simon Says and mimics a child's movements. For example, when the child pushes a button on the robot's central-command, or mission-control, box, the robot moves in that direction. The robot also comes with a video game in which a computerized CosmoBot must jump to catch falling stars--an action that requires the child to push buttons and direct the robot on screen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: To Your Health | 12/15/2003 | See Source »

...moon of a face, which is seen onscreen usually deployed in an overwrought double take or wide-eyed surprise, is now reddening as he barks in Cantonese into his cell phone. Even Tsang's assistant, shaking her head in fear, refuses to interrupt him. Finally, Tsang punches the end button and walks back across the street to where the photographer is waiting. As he strolls, his features melt back into the familiar, cheerful expression that any TV addict knows so well. By the time Tsang steps before the lens, it seems all the brightness a photographer might ever need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let Me Entertain You | 12/14/2003 | See Source »

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