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...finally become fashionable to heed doctors' warnings that heavy book bags could injure students' backs. Elementary and middle school students in New York City, Los Angeles and other areas are now rolling their backpacks on lightweight frames. (Many high-schoolers, however, consider the carry-on-luggage look unhip...
...thus minimizing the pollution caused by stop-and-go driving. The gasoline engine powers the battery and kicks in for acceleration. When the car coasts or brakes, the motor becomes a generator, capturing the energy that would normally be lost and transforming it into electricity. In the Insight, a lightweight but superefficient three-cylinder, 63-h.p. gas engine supplies most of the oomph, and the electric motor offers a 10-h.p. boost when needed...
eTrex Summit GARMIN, $267 Combination global-positioning system, altimeter and compass in one lightweight, waterproof device. Easy to use and read...
...Mobile Phone SAMSUNG, $149 Surf the Web in style using this lightweight, elegant phone. Comes with voice-activated dialing, memo recording and a small but easy-to-read screen...
COOL LAPS INVENTOR: RAY NOVOTNY For the literal-minded few who insist on actually propping their laptop computers on their laps, the consequence can be an extreme case of warm thighs. The Laptop Soft-Seat, made of lightweight aluminum, absorbs the excess heat and keeps computers and knees cool. So does a table, but then that was invented a while...