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Behind LiLi's free will, in fact, is an actress speaking into a mike while strapped into a motion-capture device (when she waves hello, so does LiLi), an animator punching keys for more subtle movements and about $50,000 of software. She's a high-tech, multilingual, digital puppet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 101 Pixels of Fun | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

And they can be as alluring as their animators can imagine. Ananova, a British newscaster who reads the headlines from the website ananova.com, looks at users with emerald eyes from under short-cropped green hair. Unlike LiLi, Ananova is fully automated - there is no girl behind the scenes talking and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 101 Pixels of Fun | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

Other innovations don't just talk, but listen. Wildfire, a digital telephone assistant, understands commands like "check messages" or "send a copy to the home office" that she processes in a fetching Kathleen Turner whisper. Wildfire Communications Inc. believes that its voice-mail system can be developed into a full...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 101 Pixels of Fun | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

In Bangalore, many elderly people live alone while their children, often globe-trotting software professionals, work far, far away. Sensing a need for interactive communication, Wockhardt launched its free virtual visits more than a year ago. After doctors clear an encounter, a digital camera records a patient's video message...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bridging the Gap | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

The church, which plans to expand its earthly digital domain, first wed the celestial and the virtual about a year ago, catering primarily to the 80% of Filipinos who are Catholic. the CBCP's website offers church teachings and directives. E-mail is also "filtered." And just to make sure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: I Once Was Lost, but Now I'm Wired | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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