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...moment, ALVINN can go only where he has gone before. The technology-- cameras, laser range finders, sonar and motors--works in three stages. First ALVINN ``sees'' the road by taping it as well as sending out laser and sonar waves as Jochem drives. Then the computer goes into training, replaying the tape thousands of times, studying the details--road signs, lane markers, speed limits. Finally ALVINN drives a stretch of road, handling his own acceleration, braking and steering...
...jokingly tell Mastoianni about imagining laser beams and alien skin beneath the long trenchcoats and felt hats of the HRSFA members, Mastroianni responds, "Oh, I love all the cheesy sci-fi about gadgets and laser guns, but in my favorite sci-fi the gadgets should be integrated and not the focus. When I first read A Wrinkle in Time in fourth grade, amid all the magic, I could constantly ask the question 'What...
Museum of Science. Science Park, Boston.723-2500. Exhibits include "The Observatory,"featuring infrared and ultrasonic sounds andimages of unseen events; and "The Test Tube," anexhibit of some of the museum's work-in-progressfor upcoming exhibits. Laser show "Pink Floyd:Dark Side of the Moon," "The Police,""Lollapalaser" and "Dream On: The Music ofAerosmith." Omni Theater. Planetarium...
...coherent theory chapter that will enable me to graduate. This is a sorry situation indeed. It must be avoided in the future; Dorksworth's legacy must be destroyed. I would suggest an immediate ban on thesis-writing, with suitable economic safeguards for those vendors of acid-free paper and laser printing who make a living off the hapless seniors...
...historian, here on a year's research fellowship. When I arrived at the end of August, I bought a Macintosh Performa 475 package, with ethernet card installed, and an Apple Laser Writer. I soon discovered that my computer's screen would often freeze up after a printing job. Then I would have to switch off the machine and reboot...