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With its ballooned-out arms and legs, it looks like moon gear for the Michelin Man, but this 1,100-lb. diving suit is strictly for deep-sea adventures. Unlike standard diving equipment, which can't take you much deeper than 1,000 ft., the Atmospheric Diving System by Oceanworks International stabilizes air pressure around the body so that divers working as deep as 2,000 ft. below sea level feel as if they're still on the beach. Powered by twin thrusters mounted on either side of the oxygen tank, the suit lets you steer in any direction, using...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Inventions: Best Of The Rest | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...case of speed and overwhelming numbers. Some 15,000 police officers in riot gear swooped down at dawn on 2,000 antinuclear demonstrators who were trying to block a truck convoy carrying nuclear waste from reaching a storage center in northern Germany. the whole story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Trains Full of Terror | 11/19/2001 | See Source »

...second floor. With a table full of Harry Potter Legos and a section in the game board corner dedicated to games and puzzles inspired by the books and upcoming movie, I think it’s safe to say that the wave of Harry Potter merchandising is in full gear. Created by several companies including Mattel and Gund, most of the toys are cute, clever, or at least nicely crafted, as well as pricey. The doll collection is well detailed and, unlike most other dolls, these have fuzzy faces, a unique and inviting touch. The stuffed animals are typical...

Author: By Sarah L. Solorzano, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Commercial Wizardry | 11/16/2001 | See Source »

...well as published reports (including a major investigative piece in the London Observer) argue that the crash was a much more complex series of events. First, a 5-in. long "spacer," a metal part that helps keep in alignment the four wheels on one of the Concorde's landing gear, was left off the Air France plane. This mistake very likely hindered the speed of the plane as it rolled down the runway and caused it to veer severely to its left, striking a runway light. Critics argue that debris from this light disrupted engine No. 1, causing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return Of The Concorde | 11/12/2001 | See Source »

...talk to each other and to INS, Customs and State computers to make sure no more terrorists get through the visa system. Problem is, with first-rate IT people able to command their own prices, even in this economy, why would anybody go to work on old-school government gear for peanuts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who'll Win in a FBI Reorg? | 11/8/2001 | See Source »

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