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Kamen, whose invention credits include a portable drug-infusion pump, a compact dialysis machine and a wheelchair that can climb stairs, has refused to say another word on the subject. When pressed recently by a persistent journalist, he took her by the shoulders and asked, "What part of 'I'm not going to talk about this' don't you understand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Where It's At | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

MODERATE $600 SONY CYBERSHOT DSC-P5 A 3.3-megapixel camera that delivers great picture resolution in an attractive, compact package with easy-to-navigate menus. If you want to trim your costs, the Sony DSC-P3 model offers all the same features, except the 3X optical zoom, for $100 less. www.sonystyle.com...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buyer's Guide: Best Of Tech | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...Force special operations EC-130 plane flying near the Afghan border. A $70 million converted cargo aircraft, flown by the Pennsylvania Air National Guard, Commando Solo is an airborne Radio Shack. It's packed with all kinds of broadcasting gear: secure faxes and computers, cassette decks, compact disks, VHS tape players, and powerful transmitters. The hardware allows the plane's 11-man crew to jam a country's broadcasts and to substitute on any frequency radio and TV messages intended to confuse, deceive or inform. So there will be someone to listen to Commando Solo, the CIA is supplying portable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Opening Up the Psyops War | 10/16/2001 | See Source »

Although West apologized for spending less time than anticipated on hip hop culture, he was able to incorporate music throughout his speech by splicing in tracks from a compact disc he recorded last spring...

Author: By Phillip M. Chan, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: West Shifts Hip Hop Talk’s Focus to Attacks | 10/11/2001 | See Source »

...very advanced engine. What’s more, sources suggest that since Kamen’s stair-climbing wheelchair succeeded only through innovations in balancing technology, we can only imagine that Kamen’s scooter utilizes many of the same physics principles—making for a potentially compact, fast, easy-to-ride, non-polluting personal mobility vehicle...

Author: By A. B. Pacelli, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Getting to the Root of "Ginger" | 10/4/2001 | See Source »

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