Word: cobalt
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...getting to the wilderness is half the excitement, though it requires stamina and the will to drive yet another hour up the rutted mud strip before you. On the way you may wonder if the bone-jarring ride is worth it, but once faced with the stunning views of cobalt lakes and rolling hills, panicked thoughts of chiropractor bills are quickly forgotten...
...whether they can do the job that quickly. The gamma rays in the competing systems penetrate more deeply into packages and piles of envelopes, but they can take hours to destroy any spores that may be in them. Also, each gamma-ray machine uses a small quantity of radioactive cobalt 60 as its energy source, posing safety and disposal risks that could make an already nervous public even more...
...uranium in the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima came from the Congo. So does the cobalt, essential in the construction of advanced fighter aircraft, as well as diamonds, gold and some of the purest copper on the planet. Even the coltan computer chips in the latest Sony Play Station are made from columbite-tantalite, a mineral mined in the Congo...
...visual, with no aspirations to greater social or metaphysical meaning, his objects sometimes assume a more personal significance. In “Waiting,” which was conceived as a memento mori for a dead friend, a ponderous swath of fabric slumps above a somber procession of empty cobalt cups...
Most important, Rex works. Unlike the Vista, which gives gadgetry a bad name, Rex made even a techno-skeptic like me a little weak in the knees. It's impeccably stylish, right down to its cobalt blue docking station and purple cable connector, and at $150 to $190 (depending on the type of PC connection you choose), it's cheaper than most full-size handhelds. It's custom-made for notebook users who can slide it into a PC card slot for updates. True, it doesn't offer all the expansion options of the bigger handhelds, such as games...