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The goggles are the key to the Solido system. Taking the place of the funny cardboard-frame glasses used to watch old-style 3-D movies, the eyewear creates a stereoscopic effect by using lenses filled with liquid-crystal diodes, the same material that forms the numerals on the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Grab Your Goggles, 3-D Is Back! | 4/16/1990 | See Source »

The technique is remarkably simple. First, the forger uses an optical scanner to turn a legitimate document into a digital image stored in the computer's memory. Then, using a so-called paint program, which is an electronic version of an artist's drawing kit, he alters the image to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Forgery in The Home Office | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

A former drug dealer, Danny is the prime suspect in the murder of Lauren's lover, Dr. Tohlson, who has found a way to use fetal tissue to preserve youth. To prove his innocence, Danny embarks on a journey through the culture of Southern California, where fast sex, fast cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Unsafe Sex | 3/26/1990 | See Source »

For U.S. television viewers, home satellite dishes have been too costly and cumbersome to win much popularity except in rural areas that lack cable TV. But last week four communications companies disclosed plans for a $1 billion satellite service that could transform American viewing habits when it becomes available in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Dishing Out The Programs | 3/5/1990 | See Source »

Even when the Government gives its blessing, U.S. microchip makers cannot bring themselves to collaborate. Their deep-down resistance to joint efforts came to the surface last week with the scuttling of U.S. Memories, a consortium formed seven months ago by American firms to compete in the Japanese-dominated market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SEMICONDUCTORS: No Thanks, No Memories | 1/29/1990 | See Source »

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