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Marie (not this woman's real name; she wishes to remain anonymous) can see again thanks to an electrode implanted around her right optic nerve. The electrode is connected to a stimulator installed in a small depression carved from the inside of her skull. A video camera, worn on a cap, transmits images in the form of radio signals to the stimulator, which converts these signals into electrical impulses and sends them along Marie's optic nerve. The optic nerve ferries the signals to Marie's visual cortex, where they are reassembled into an image: in this case, a collection...
...race and has expanded his ties to Bush's Administration. Sources tell TIME that Cook met with Commerce Secretary Don Evans last June and brought up a bitter legacy of the Clinton years--the $7.2 million fee Global Crossing had to pay for running its fiber-optic cables through a marine sanctuary off Washington State. In August, Evans' aides agreed to remove the fee temporarily while they reviewed the issue and gave Global a chance to argue for a lower price. No decision has been made...
...DONE Tumors can be examined with a miniature fiber-optic camera that is inserted through the nipple and into a milk duct. Eventually surgeons may be able to treat tumors through the same tiny probe...
...AVAILABILITY The fiber-optic scope was okayed by the FDA last summer. Using it for treatment may be less than five years away...
...Global Crossing's international network seemed like the right idea at the right time?investors certainly bought into the conceit, driving Global Crossing stock price up to a peak of $60 in February 2000. As Internet traffic has slowed, however, that optimistic build-out has resulted in a fiber-optic glut?too much capacity and too little traffic. Transmission prices on some routes fell 50% a year in 1999 and 2000. Analysts estimate that less than 5% of Global Crossing's total capacity is being utilized. "They built a formidable network, but they got caught between rapidly mounting debt...