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...review a lecture that they did not understand or missed due to illness. Placing lectures on the Web would likely have little more effect on class attendance than keeping the tapes on reserve in libraries, and any such effect would only spur professors to take more questions and interact with students to a greater degree. Online lectures would also be a benefit to Harvard students not enrolled in the class, who could now audit courses regardless of scheduling and make more informed decisions on their course choices. However, we recognize that many professors may be leery of having their image...
...Virtusphere represents the technological wizardry of the Latypov brothers, chief executive Nurulla and chief operating officer Nurahmed, both physicists born in Uzbekistan. They have used the same immersive technology to develop an advanced virtual film studio, in which actors don headset and cybersuit to interact in real time with virtual characters and objects in a movie or TV show. The Latypovs are also working on technology that will let viewers interact with virtual characters in the TV studio from their homes with a mouse, computer and fast Internet connection...
Rather than pressure the state for their rights, many Singaporean gays prefer the Internet's anonymity. At websites like sgboy.com and numerous online forums they can interact with like-minded surfers. You can leave personal ads, rent an apartment, or find fellow gay schoolmates at sgboy.com's many forums. The site's popularity was underscored earlier this month, when it held a beauty contest at Venom, one of Singapore's largest discos: hundreds of men signed up to strut the catwalk and thousands more queued up on the street outside for a chance to ogle at them...
...unlike most movie-goers, festival attendees had the chance to personally interact with those responsible for bringing the films to life. Many of the works' actors, directors and producers spoke with students in formal panels and informal discussions after the viewings...
...country. They are examining hundreds of insects that have never before been studied for forensic purposes. Anderson is also moving beyond bugs to other creatures. In October she submerged six pig carcasses in Howe Sound, hoping to develop basic guidelines for how saltwater animals like crabs and shrimp interact with corpses. Though oceans have always been a favorite dumping ground for bodies, this type of research hadn't been conducted since the 1800s. Anderson's biggest challenge now? Cash. "Most funders like their money to go toward studying live people," she says. "I tell them the dead have rights...