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...real Hummer, then you might consider a more modest alternative: a line of gadgets from Conair that are modeled after the brawny cars. The devices include a digital boom box, a CD player and two-way radios ($99, shown above). Out in April, the radios feature a digital compass and voice activation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Handheld Hummers | 3/29/2004 | See Source »

...good or great. You can’t be great and still be good.” Ensler worked hard to stop caring about what other people think of her and her work. “It’s taken me 50 years to find my own moral compass,” she says...

Author: By Jessica E. Gould, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Vagina Warrior Hits the Road | 2/13/2004 | See Source »

...protests against President Jean-Bertrand Aristide continued. MEANWHILE IN THE U.K. ... As the Crow Doesn't Fly Animal behaviorists at Oxford University have discovered that homing pigeons' navigational techniques are a lot like humans'. Using satellite tracking devices, the scientists found that, rather than relying on their inner solar compass, the birds prefer to follow roads, taking an easily grasped route, even if it takes longer. Unlike humans, however, the birds rarely get lost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 2/8/2004 | See Source »

Heinrich Heine called marriage "the high sea for which no compass has yet been invented." John Gottman figures he has found the compass. At the Gottman Institute in Seattle, a husband and wife sit in sensor-loaded chairs with wires strapped across their chests, taped to their fingertips, clipped to their earlobes. The wires are connected to an array of computerized measuring devices that will track physiological data about them. As the couple discuss a glitch in their marriage, a technician in the next room monitors the data: heart rate, sweaty palms, the speed of blood flow. Another technician watches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: The Marriage Savers | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...good as the Cobra's and beat the others--and the T5950's smaller size made it easier to tote. For a compact model, the T5950 was our top choice, but the slightly larger Cobra's overall design, clearer sound and cool extras, like a built-in digital compass and stopwatch, made it our favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech: Two-Way Breaks Out | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

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