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...brain work well together. Dial a number, and one click enters it in your Palm address book. Highlight and tap on a number from your Palm, and the phone dials it. At about $600, it's not cheaper than buying each separately, but at 6.6 oz., it's lighter. One catch: it won't be available until late fall. --By Jyoti Thottam
...double that figure in each of the next few years, largely on tennis-ball business. Meanwhile, he is working to convince tire manufacturers that by sealing their wheels with his technology instead of butyl rubber, the current sealant, they can produce tires that run cooler and safer, are lighter and increase a car's fuel efficiency. The U.S. Army has asked InMat to develop gloves that will protect soldiers from chemical agents. Goldberg's funding has come mostly from an angel investor and grants, which means he is still on the prowl for cash. "It's been a battle...
...experiment with strong, lightweight nanocomposite materials in the late 1980s, and U.S. automakers are starting to move nanocomposites out of the lab and into vehicles. General Motors is using advanced plastics to make step assists for 2002 GMC Safari and Chevrolet Astro vans. The new materials are stiffer, lighter and less brittle in cold temperatures than other plastics. Improvements in strength and reductions in weight lead to fuel savings. The next step is for GM to use nanocomposites in car interiors and bumpers and eventually in load-bearing structural parts, such as vehicle frames...
...Chen, the first member of his country's vaunted fifth generation of moviemakers to receive international acclaim, made his reputation with sumptuously detailed stories of stern teachers and yearning students. His latest work, Together, is another fable of pedagogy, but with a much lighter touch?there cannot have been a more charming, disarming movie in Toronto. A 13-year-old violin prodigy arrives in Beijing with his father, who is determined the boy will have the very best teacher?the one, that is, with the clout to make his son famous. This scenario risks stumbling into villainizing or bathos...
Gomes’ and Pomey’s lawyers argue that the potential “bright futures” of their clients should result in lighter sentencing but sentences should not be mitigated because criminals have the potential for contributing to society in the future. Intelligence, privilege and education may allow Gomes and Pomey to achieve great things—but they do not constitute extenuating circumstances preventing the imposition of typical criminal penalties for an acknowledged criminal act. Students at elite institutions like Harvard have access to a dazzling plethora of resources and opportunities but the opportunity...