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...dedicated handful, however, the only tennis worth playing takes place on walled-in courts of late-medieval design. Its tournaments, adhering to arcane rules that have barely changed in 400 years, go untelevised. And the low-tech wooden racquets and hand-sewn balls would leave today's lawn-tennis professionals shaking their heads in disbelief. This is the sport of real tennis (also known as court tennis or royal tennis), and it's the perfect antidote for anyone still suffering from Wimbledon fatigue...
...favorite of Napoleon and Henry VIII, real tennis is the predecessor of lawn tennis, and has its origins in games enjoyed in castles and monasteries in centuries past. It is played today by about 10,000 aficionados on some 40 courts worldwide-some of which, like those at Fontainebleau castle near Paris, are exquisite historical monuments-and enthusiasts say the game is on the up. "Real tennis is in a much healthier state than it was 15-20 years ago," says professional player Peter Paterson of the Cambridge University Real Tennis Club. As proof, he points to the recently built...
After the caretaker saw Snyder walk across the Elmwood Avenue estate’s lawn and activate a motion detector, he pushed a panic button, notifying Harvard police at 3:42 p.m., McNamara said...
...promote higher-end products and services in cleaner, better-organized stores. Nardelli has a laboratory for these ideas in the Home Depot across the street from his 22nd-floor office. (He often drives in on weekends--sometimes on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle.) Floor displays explain big-ticket items like lawn mowers and washing machines. Instead of paint cans lined up on shelves, a "color-solutions center" showcases Home Depot's color-matching technology...
...People always look for the straightest, clearest path, so that's what we map to the robot," she says. The early result is SmartNav, a rover the size of a lawn mower that is controlled by a neural network capable of distinguishing sand, concrete and gravel. On Mars, such networks could keep rovers exploring rather than waiting for instructions...