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ATTENTION GETTER Hey, parents! We've finally found a video-game system designed to lengthen--not shorten--your child's attention span. Developer East3 redesigned some NASA biofeedback technology to build the Attention Trainer, a helmet that monitors brain activity through the scalp. The data are relayed wirelessly to a PC and used in special games developed by Hasbro Interactive in which vehicles move faster or targets grow larger when players focus their attention. At about $1,000, it's not quite ready for the PlayStation crowd...
...Some of this mourning will turn to scrutiny - and concern that Earnhardt's death will be bad news for the sport. Some will wonder why Earnhardt didn't wear a full helmet with face shield while driving or have a HANS (head and neck support) system in his car like some of his colleagues. And the rule changes instituted for Sunday's race - restrictor plates and aerodynamic changes on cars to slow them down, making passing easier and the race more exciting because of it - will have their day under the hot lights...
...kind of radio call Colonel Shlomo Dagan, commander of Israel's Southern Gaza Brigade, has been getting all too often lately--a report of another Israeli settler shot by Palestinians. When the call came last Tuesday, he gathered his flak jacket, his helmet and his men and rushed to the dangerous road linking the Gaza Strip's Jewish settlements to Israel. An 18-year-old Jewish settler lay dead in the passenger seat of a car, hit by sniper fire. Dagan, with his camouflage helmet perched on top of spiky blond hair, arrived in minutes and began shouting orders...
...grading the looks between 1. Irritated, 2. Ambivalent and 3. Intrigued. In the end we decided on "Stella," which worked out well, as it received only two irritated or ambivalent looks and a promising five intrigued expressions (though this could have been due to band member Brook "Helmet-Head" Boardman changing clothes in the back seat). It was a bold move to start with the slower number, but one that will help contribute to the uniqueness of the album. Our producer claimed we were "ballsy...
...also forced Brook to ride a metal panda bear fixed on a large spring in a nearby playground. We thought, if nothing else, a man dressed up in a crash helmet, fighter boots and shock gloves would inspire the kids at recess. More than inspired, they made their wisdom heard by yelling "hey, helmet-head," and "look at panda-man." The shots came out stellar...