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...John Deere salesmen showed off their largest machinery ever, including a 530-horsepower tractor and a combine that costs $410,000 fully equipped. At the Firestone tent, a rep said the company is preparing a 91-in. (230 cm) farm tire, taller than Yao Ming. TopCon Precision Agriculture exhibited GPS gadgets that adjust your spraying and watering according to the topography of your fields and can even steer your tractor. ADM Financial advisers showed how to hedge risk in futures markets, while a lecturer at Monsanto's Biofuture tent touted drought-tolerant corn: "We're in a brand-new world...
...Halloween festivities involved a whole lot more than knucking and bucking, as it kicked off mid-week with one Lampenior doubling as a vigilante in his first ever citizen’s arrest, complete with GPS tracking and car trailing. Apparently all you need to catch criminals is a quick wit and nothing else to do...More hell on wheels is being brought by Cabot’s most bad-ass senior, who has been using his mother’s fiery red motorized scooter to get to his LSAT classes. He’d offer you a ride...
...based Global Positioning Systems (GPS) were recently installed in Harvard shuttles. These babies allow students to track the shuttle’s movement as it bounces between Mather House and the Quad (and beyond!). This new technology led FM to ask the age-old question: if you could stalk anything, what would it be? So whether you’re fleeing–or pursuing–your victim, let the hunt begin. 1. President Drew Gilpin Faust. Because FM needs to re-issue the “Scrabble Challenge” face to face. 2. Interim Dean David Pilbeam...
...Euphrates and the Tigris - you'd hardly know that the poems in The Baghdad Blues were specifically about the ordeal of life in Iraq. Like Bosnian poet Semezdin Mehmedinovic - whose Sarajevo Blues recounts the wracking of that city - Antoon finds that agony is agony regardless of your GPS coordinates...
It’s nice to see that Shuttle Services and the College Dean’s Office are investigating ways to make using the shuttle more convenient (“GPS to Aid Shuttling Students,” news, Oct. 12). The GPS system, however, is of questionable value, with numerous implementation delays, with a pricetag of $150,000, and with perhaps limited utility to students and other shuttle riders...