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Speeding motorists have long lived in fear of the state trooper armed with a radar gun. Now it turns out that the troopers themselves may be at risk. Last week the Connecticut state police banned the use of hand-held speed detectors after three officers filed claims saying long-term exposure to the guns gave them cancer...
...prepared Boy Scout troop would wander into the wilderness without a compass. But Scouts may soon have a more sophisticated way to keep from getting lost, using a technology that the Army made famous during Operation Desert Storm. To find their bearings in the desert landscape, soldiers relied on hand-held electronic gadgets called Global Positioning System receivers. The devices, which pick up signals from a $10 billion network of U.S. satellites, can pinpoint a location instantly anywhere on the earth...
Conroy speculated that the students removed the cemented meter from the ground with hand-held sledge hammers. He also said he thinks the theft was a part of a fraternity initiation rite...
...world's most successful electronic-game system unveiled its long-awaited successor: a gray plastic book-size box called the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. When it becomes available in September, Super NES will cost $199.95 (twice the price of the old NES) for the basic game machine, two hand-held controllers, the latest Super Mario Bros. adventure and a $50 coupon for another game. The machine will also be backed by a $95 million nonstop marketing blitz designed to convince every American preadolescent that life without 16 bits wouldn't be worth living...
...project, which is co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Council's ad hoc Committee on Security, began selling the hand-held sirens for $6 each on April 19, according to council Chair Robert C. Rhew '92. Committee members include Jonathan K. Hsu '94, David G. Lefer '93, David A. Aronberg '93 and Associate Dean of Students Ellen Hatfield Towne...