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...whip up something delicious and make new friends? Inviting consumers to join an in-store social network is proving so appealing that meal-assembly kitchens are popping up across the country. Corporate giants such as Nokia and Ikea are also creating retail communities, offering shoppers services and entertainment that mesh into their lives, at times blurring the boundaries between retail and reality...
...effects to make the beads more pearl-like or more metallic looking, for example. New colors or even variations in coloration make the stones milkier or more opaque in appearance. Recently the company has experimented with new materials, applying crystal glazes to silicon or weaving the tiniest crystals into mesh...
Still, there are moments, says Carrington, when the two cultures don't exactly mesh. When functioning in an official capacity, Carrington has a tribal "linguist" on hand who acts as his mouthpiece. One day, while entertaining a group of Ghanaian friends at his home, Carrington decided to demonstrate his grasp of Ashanti traditions. "I told [the linguist] to tell my wife to get me a glass of water," says Carrington, laughing. She was sitting next to him. Her answer did not require the assistance of linguists. "I learned that you have to know when to be Ghanaian and when...
...Gurion airport has a laboratory in the basement to conduct instant tests of liquids found on suspect passengers. If the U.S. system lacks sufficient technology to detect liquid explosives, and if it relies on the TSA screeners to ID possible terrorists, it is, at best, a wire mesh fence...
Under Boston’s plan, the city will build 2,250 “mesh access points” to blanket the 49-square-mile city with wireless Internet. Boston has access to 467 city buildings, 9,000 light poles, 824 signal lights, and 1,735 fire department call boxes on which to mount the points...