Word: hybridism
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...what's hot at DARPA right now? Bugs. The creepy, crawly flying kind. The Agency's Microsystems Technology Office is hard at work on HI-MEMS (Hybrid Insect Micro-Electro-Mechanical System), raising real insects filled with electronic circuitry, which could be guided using GPS technology to specific targets via electrical impulses sent to their muscles. These half-bug, half-chip creations - DARPA calls them "insect cyborgs" - would be ideal for surveillance missions, the agency says in a brief description on its website...
Branson does not accept that idea. Virgin, he says, can succeed where discount and traditional carriers have failed, by offering something different: a hybrid that delivers good service at a reasonable price and eliminates the hub-and-spoke approach that creates mayhem whenever the weather sours. He has convinced his investors, who have so far put $312 million in capital into Virgin America, that this model can work in the U.S. "We're going to shake up the market," he says. Branson expects Virgin America to be profitable within two years. He has done this before: both his British...
...ethnic boundaries and reaches a truly international audience. Astatke does not seek to establish an isolated, strictly Ethiopian niche within the arts community, focusing instead on “finding out the Ethiopian contributions” to international art and music. His desire to explore a broad spectrum of hybrid culture typifies the outlook of the second generation. “I don’t think that an exploration of identity is just about understanding [Ethiopian] stories,” Rebecca Haile said in her keynote speech. “It’s not in our interest...
Change can make all the difference in pitching, whether it’s changing speeds, changing locations, or even changing roles. For captain Shelly Madick and the Crimson softball team, one change—moving Madick from her traditional task as a starter to more of a hybrid starter/closer role—has made batters miss more than any other. Madick, the reigning Ivy League Pitcher of the Year and a unanimous First Team All-Ivy pick last season, took some time to hit her stride this season. After a rocky outing against Princeton on March 30, when Madick gave...
...YouTube generation, for that matter. But these are among the challenges that Charlie I. Miller ’08 takes up in his multimedia senior thesis project, “Username: Faust,” which will run Apr. 9-13 in the New College Theater Studio. An innovative hybrid of video, opera, live theater, various versions of the Faust myth, and several internet components, Miller’s thesis defies easy categorization. “I came up with the Faust framework because Faust is a person who’s trapped between two worlds,” Miller...