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...would really translate in the U.S.," Block said. "But I do think an educational law is a good way to go." Like child abuse, unless the child reports it or the spanking leaves a mark and is reported by a relative or teacher, it will be very difficult to detect when parents are violating...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Should Spanking Be Banned? | 1/24/2007 | See Source »

...conceptual movement among chefs, wrapped a crab torso in it. Angel Leon, used it to clarify stock. And at the Porto Mui?os booth in the exhibition hall, the lechugas del mar sold like- well, hotcakes. But apart from a predominance of sea vegetables, it was hard to detect clear trends at Madrid Fusion. As some of the world's top chefs gathered to show off their stuff, the first signs of introspection, if not outright doubt, were beginning to appear in the world of contemporary gastronomy. Has technology eclipsed taste? Where are all of these centrifuged sauces and liquid-nitrogenized...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Could Taste Make a Culinary Comeback? | 1/19/2007 | See Source »

...been drinking, a car will soon take away your keys. Toyota is developing steering-wheel sweat sensors that will detect a driver's blood-alcohol level, then disable the car if necessary...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Next: Jan. 22, 2007 | 1/11/2007 | See Source »

Since Sept. 1, Harvard has overseen the implementation of a major new interdisciplinary research initiative in the field of nano and micro-electromechanical systems (NEMS/MEMS) which could potentially be used to detect biological toxins in air or water. Affiliated with Harvard Medical School, the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences within Harvard College, and the physics department at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the new program, called the Harvard Center for Microfluidic and Plasmonic Systems, will investigate a new type of NEMS/MEMS system based on metallic nanostructures that support particles known as surface plasmons (SP). “What?...

Author: By Gerald C. Tiu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Initiative May Help Detect Biotoxins | 1/5/2007 | See Source »

...airport x-ray machines going to detect more than just concealed weapons? Yes, says the American Civil Liberties Union, which likens the new backscatter technology to a digital strip search. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will launch the device this month at Phoenix's Sky Harbor Airport as part of an antiterrorism test program. Backscatter penetrates clothes but not skin, exposing the outline of the body along with any objects being carried. The TSA's version is filtered to make faces and intimate parts indistinguishable (see photo above). Initially, it will be used only if travelers fail a primary screening...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Backlash on Backscatter | 1/4/2007 | See Source »

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