Word: gizmo
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...more retro than the future. To look at old science-fiction films is to be reminded of the frailty of man's prophetic powers. Who would have guessed that some new ideas would fall out of favor (manned space travel) and some old ones would last (that 19th century gizmo the internal-combustion engine)? The fashioner of sci-fi Utopias or dystopias is advised to keep it simple and avoid embarrassment later...
...last one to revolutionize golf. The Quad debuts June 15, but is already hot on the PGA Tour. Says TaylorMade's Sean Toulon: "We've empowered golfers to change their equipment to fit their swing and improve performance--a significant development." At least until the next high-tech gizmo comes along. --By Sonja Steptoe
What happens when a chic industrial designer teams up with a leading maker of personal weather gauges? Consumers get a cool gizmo that not only looks sleek but works great too. The new Starck with Oregon Scientific weather clocks range in price from $75 to $300, and they're designed by Philippe Starck. The top model has a wide range of features, including projecting the time onto your ceiling and reporting the phase of the moon. The clock can also tell you the barometric pressure, humidity, predicted weather for the next 12 to 18 hours and the temperature and humidity...
PlayStation 2 EyeToy Cast your video image onscreen, and it appears that you are really moving objects in the games. Try the window-washing challenge, one of 12 games that come with this gizmo. playstation.com...
...turned into something delicious by a touch of nutmeg and a hot oven. Except that the mist comes from dry ice stuck in a grinning skull, the whisper in the trees from nylon ghosts hung in the boughs, and the pumpkin, made of bilious orange plastic, has a gizmo inside that groans "Whoooooooo ..." as you walk past. Halloween is upon us again...