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...WiMAX, wireless operators in Sydney, Johannesburg, Paris and the Bay Area are already deploying ArrayComm's new antenna design, to the dismay of mobile carriers. Conventional mobile antennae, Cooper says, "are really just a bunch of sticks - we make them smart.'' Where conventional masts send out signals in circular arcs - a process that wastes transmission power because only the signals that hit a phone are used - an ArrayComm antenna transmits signals in a straight line, targeting a particular phone that it recognizes using specialized software. Cooper says ArrayComm's software, which resides in computers at transmitting base stations, can reach...
...before this familiar exchange between audience, words and images can even begin, a large circular mirror positioned at the exhibit’s entrance inverts and replicates the image of everyone entering the gallery—immediately establishing the sense of disorientation and fancy that have become Evans’ trademarks...
...time is right. Recently, Michael A. Leavitt, an executive with the Environmental Protection Agency, summed up Bush’s attitude: “There is no environmental progress without economic prosperity. There is nothing that promises pollution like poverty.” That’s circular logic at its worst. This country should be committed to protecting the environment whether the economy is good or bad. If we’re willing to compromise our commitment over ephemeral spikes in oil prices, then our so-called commitment is no commitment at all. Ransacking a national reserve without convincing...
...somebody wins/ And one day it’s kicks, then it’s kicks in the shins/ But the planet spins, and the world goes ‘round.” Variations on this theme recur toward the end of the production, creating a unified, circular whole...
...hard to understand why Wilson attracted a diverse crowd to the Orpheum. The concert did its best to bill itself as history in the making. Commemorative Smile programs were $20; circular Smile posters, at least $30; Smile shirts, hats, and sweaters as much as $70. The Smile logo was omnipresent, even appearing on a screen behind the band—as if the audience needed reminding of what was being played...