Word: embeddedness
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Another increasingly ubiquitous, albeit less visible high-tech object is the smart card. Many a European wallet now includes one or more cards embedded with a memory chip, which may hold anything from a cash balance to be spent on small purchases to personal information that reduces the possibility of...
The smart card was invented by a former French journalist and technological autodidact, Roland Moreno, in the 1970s. Initial applications centered on ID cards, but by the 1980s--in another example of state-led adoption of new technology--France Telecom introduced prepaid telecartes that rendered coins in phone booths obsolete...
Most businesses that have been in the square for as long as Dunkin' Donuts (28 years) are deeply embedded in Harvard life. But closing Dunkin' Donuts will hardly cause chaos; in fact, the Square would be better off without it. Alumni still reminisce about late nights at the Tasty, and...
The dilemma they reach--whether to support an aged chain or an expanding corporation--touches a problem modern conservatives face frequently in the real world: Given that one should, generally speaking, preserve traditions, how long must something be around to qualify as a tradition? Jurists who stand by the original...
1. Powering Up Homes will tap energy from efficient neighborhood generators, thermal-mass cooling ponds and solar collectors embedded in the streets