Word: crisps
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...crisp, efficient manager who holds a law degree, Ogawa is matter-of-fact about the company's success. Her first rule of product development? "I always ask myself if I would use it." New projects include online perfume stores and a home-security system that automatically calls an owner's cell phone in case of a fire or break-in. "Everything is changing so fast," she says. "We have no idea what Index will be selling three years from now." Something for the ladies, certainly. --By Jim Frederick. Reported by Hanna Kite/Tokyo
...shouted their names, so we wandered past cautiously. Uniforms and shaved heads make the midshipmen a homogenous mass, but there was no mistaking Adam’s swagger or Brad’s jaw line. I felt a little swell of pride at my friends in their crisp white uniforms...
...reputation for safety another step, offering such features as electronic roll-stability control and side-curtain air bags that protect passengers the full length of the vehicle. (The front end was even designed to reduce injuries to a pedestrian struck by the car.) The brakes feel just as crisp and effective as those found on Volvo's sedans. And the turbocharged five-cylinder engine puts out 208 h.p., giving ample kick for any family outing but scoring a thrifty 24 m.p.g. on the highway. --By Joseph R. Szczesny/Detroit
...fashion. Each rover carries an array of eight cameras, including one perched atop the mast for a you-are-there view. On the 1997 mission, the rover's camera was barely 10 in. off the ground. "It was like crawling around on your belly," says project scientist Joy Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
...fashion. Each rover carries an array of eight cameras, including one perched atop the mast for a you-are-there view. On the 1997 mission, the rover's camera was some 25 cm off the ground. "It was like crawling around on your belly," says project scientist Joy Crisp of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. For all their sophistication, the rovers won't be especially good at addressing the question people ask most: Is there now, or might there ever have been, life on Mars? The devices can make inferences, looking for evidence of water or iron...