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...with him as he walked through Ireland’s lush landscape. The technique that Sullivan used to make the photographs is a complicated, exacting one. The chips found in all digital cameras are extremely sensitive to infrared radiation, Sullivan says. “They put an infrared blocking filter [in digital cameras]” he explains. “So what it does is prevent the infrared information from entering the chip. “I knew if I took the filter off, it would be very, very sensitive to infrared radiation, and it gives me very bizarre...
...intellectual expression in the Philosophy department offers unique challenges. (Sometimes it can be tempting to throw your copy of Descartes’ “Meditations” into Mass. Ave. traffic.) Instead of running your own interpretation of the readings through your TF’s critical analysis filter (par for the course in other humanities areas, especially English), philosophy papers introduce the rudiments of philosophical thought by having students retrace the steps that other scholars have paced over for years. This style of learning isn’t for everyone, but those who like the intellectual precision...
...build us a panic truck?' 'What's that?' 'You know, if anything goes down, you can panic, get in it and go.'" So into a camouflage-painted Blizzard went a GPS navigation system, two-way radio, radar, spaces for food, water, fuel and a nuclear-biological-chemical air filter ("You can pressurize the cabin and breathe through that"), ultra-long-life batteries, and, on the sides, a pick, shovel, and mats for bogged wheels. Three Panic Trucks have been built and five are in the works, says Watson, who loves the passion with which people embrace his creations: "They...
...this filing. But given the Bush Administration's recent loss in the Hamdan case, this latest legal salvo represents another potentially embarrassing challenge to the Justice Department's strategy for Guantanamo. The Justice Department has filed its own motion requesting court-sanctioned procedures, including the use of a "filter team," to review the 1,100 pounds of seized detainee documents to ensure that materials relevant to the investigation "can be uncovered without inappropriately compromising privileged attorney-client communications," says Justice spokeswoman Kathleen Blomquist...
Simple H20 was the star of the show, popping up purified, fortified and flavored. San Faustino boasts a high calcium content. O Water undergoes reverse osmosis to filter out impurities and is then distilled into steam, while Hint, left, comes in flavors like pear, peppermint and a fabulous pomegranate-tangerine. And so as not to sully your drink with ice from tap water, Ice Rocks, disposable ice-cube trays filled with pure spring water, now available only at specialty shops, will be more widely distributed...