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...usually be attributed to a handful of phenomena commonly observed in the Harvard Square area, traffic and snow chief among them. Still, I’m actually rather surprised that Quadlings, eager to spare themselves the ten-minute-long wait outdoors, haven’t proposed a complete overhaul of the system. A monorail, for instance, could surely shuttle Quad residents to and from the Yard area in speed and comfort. (Are you taking notes, President Haddock...

Author: By Adam Goldenberg | Title: Nightmare on Garden St. | 12/16/2005 | See Source »

...Gone in 60 Seconds” would be utterly confusing. The audience is plunged into a network of thirty-something men who talk too quickly and run around town looking for expensive sports cars to steal without adequate explanation. Sena’s remake was a complete overhaul of Halicki’s melodramatic original. Not only is the storyline linear and understandable, unlike Halicki’s, but the acting is exceedingly better. However, even though Nicholas Cage and Angelina Jolie undoubtedly add major star power to the new version, Halicki’s version is still marginally validated...

Author: By Erin A. May, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: DVD Review: Gone In 60 Seconds (1974) | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...Republican majority that can endure, as Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal coalition did, for a half-century or more. Once he gets past the midterm elections, Bush plans to introduce a concept that, if anything, is even more ambitious than his failed Social Security plan: a grand overhaul that would include not only that program but Medicare and Medicaid as well. Says strategist McKinnon: "He knows that part of what he brings to the presidency is an ability and commitment to chart a long course under public pressure." The question that will be answered in the coming year is whether...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: His Search For A New Groove | 12/11/2005 | See Source »

Remarkably, the sensor business was almost tossed aside by Siemens in 2000 during a corporate overhaul. "But I realized that this was an interesting enabling technology, and I was keen to do something on my own, so I told them I'd like to take the technology and spin it off," says Brehler, 42. On second thought, Siemens saw the light, and its venture-capital unit provided some start-up financing. EnOcean expects to become cash positive soon. "Today everybody's talking about smart homes and buildings. In this environment, our products are the eyes and ears of these intelligent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Markus Brehler: Smart Sensors, No Batteries | 12/4/2005 | See Source »

...built a prototype of a small motorcycle used by parachutists and known as the MP5, or ?Paperino? (Italian for Donald Duck). But Piaggio was not satisfied with the design, so he asked Corradino D'Ascanio, an aeronautical engineer who had designed one of the first modern helicopters, to overhaul it. D'Ascanio hated motorcycles and quickly transformed the MP5 into a revolutionary scooter based on airplane technology. The vehicle had a single steel chassis with a front fork modeled to look like landing gear. When Piaggio saw the first one in 1946, he exclaimed, ?Sembra una vespa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Vespa: Hot Wheels | 11/29/2005 | See Source »

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