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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...looked good -- if you discount the "boggle" factor. This is a psychological effect Stewart Brand describes in The Media Lab, his 1987 book about M.I.T.'s cutting-edge research facility. It's a sensation familiar to anyone who has spent a day at a high-tech trade show or an hour with a fast- talking computer salesman. Too much happens too fast. There is too much hand waving, too many new things with new names. "The potential for being bamboozled," writes Brand, "is total...
...first was a handout wishing all students seasons greetings. The other two xeroxes were a problem set and an 18-page lab writeup, both of which are due at the beginning of reading period...
...last question [on the problem set] was, "How can you kill the Chem 30 lab TF using organic chemistry? Answers will be graded on originality and creativity,'" Tulsky says
...Lab tests have eliminated live bacteria as a possible cause for the illness, Freeman said. Tests are now being performed to determine if the agent was a bacterial toxin...
That is starting to change. One new tool that should prove helpful is a computerized genetic-disease data base developed at Patterson's lab that lists more than 300 genetic problems plaguing dogs. Another is the university's PennHIP program, a hip-disease-detection system that took 11 years and $1 million to develop. It involves taking detailed measurements of hip X rays to grade the severity of dysplasia. The program is being marketed by International Canine Genetics Inc., a research company based in Malverne, Pa., which is already training vets to use it. "A tighter-fitting hip joint...