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...Science on the Fringe" was an entertaining story on the far-out ideas of the Society for Scientific Exploration, which pursues topics like UFOs, reincarnation, astrology and parapsychology [May 30]. But the persistence of belief in tarot cards, ESP and the horoscopes found in most daily newspapers in the U.S. is no joking matter. Widespread belief in the irrational does not bode well for a democracy that depends on informed, intelligent citizens for sound government and an efficient economy...
...particularly cool (and free!) event features the white-hot and very far-out electro-pop duo Fischerspooner. They won’t be performing, but will instead be showing an exhibition of 4x6 photos (that’s 4x6 feet, not inches) and giving away refreshments and copies of their new CD. The Capitol Records-sponsored party takes place all day on April...
...fought his way out again. Only Heavenly Creatures, a rapturous, true-life study of teen obsession, generated a lot of critical heat outside the video-cult niche, but it still was no hit. What these films, along with the slightly pricier Frighteners, displayed was Jackson's gift for spinning far-out tales that, for all the blood on the walls, displayed a buff-savant's love of film's tricks and boundless possibilities...
...That far-out vision of computing may be coming to a PC near you sooner than you think. A company called FingerWorks has developed a computer keyboard that lets you complete such simple functions as clicking, scrolling and dragging by gesturing or moving your fingers across a new type of touch-and motion-sensitive surface...
...even as the prophets of this bold new world were making their far-out forecasts, other participants in a conference that marked the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the double helix sounded much more skeptical notes. They warned that as futurist Arthur Clarke once remarked, short-term predictions about technological advances often tend to lag far behind predicted timetables. As an example, composer and visual artist Jaron Lanier cited problems that still plague even our simplest computer programs. "Software is still software," he said, openly questioning its ability to handle increased complexity that all the projected advances would require...