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...Leave it to the Indians to take the congested saga of ?I Married a Dead Man? - distressed young woman, fatal train wreck, her deception of a loving adoptive family, extortion by the old beau - and pack it with three times the plot, plus songs. Since the movie is both fabulous and obscure, I?ll spell out what happens. This may take a while...
...technologies range from deciphering buying trends in retail outlets to identifying dangerous chemicals. Want to know how many razor blades are selling in Prague or Pittsburgh? Slap a radio tag--a computer chip that allows a product to be tracked on its journey from manufacturer to consumer--on every pack of Gillette blades, and you will get your answer in a hurry. That's the specialty of Alien Technology, an eight-year-old company based in Morgan Hill, Calif. The same tags can help track weapons too, and the U.S. Department of Defense just commanded its 43,000 sup-pliers...
Phone fading fast at the football game? Just plug it into your Power Pack. About the size of a cigarette pack, the Power Pack will cost between $25 and $40 and last a year or more. The power comes from a disposable fuel cartridge that costs about a dollar and provides up to nine hours of phone use. Lifton sees enormous market potential, noting the 2 billion mobile phones estimated to be in use worldwide by 2007. New York--based market researchers Allied Business Intelligence predicts that by 2011 the market for micro--fuel cells will hit $2 billion...
...efforts behind radio-frequency-identification (RFID) tags. The key to both flexible screens and RFID tags is Alien's patented manufacturing process, which allows chips to be generously sprinkled onto thin plastic sheets that can be easily attached to almost any type of product. Once fastened to a pack of razor blades, for example, a RFID chip emits a radio signal that allows the manufacturer or retailer to track if and when the product has been sold. Alien is the market leader in these chips and expects to make between 50 million and 100 million tags next year...
...cause for a postvacation vacation is becoming a popular leisure strategy. More Americans are traveling not only with their extended families but also with groups of friends--on average, seven people total, according to a recent survey by the marketing firm Yesawich, Pepperdine, Brown & Russell (YPB&R). Fans of pack travel enjoy getting group discounts, but mostly they see it as the ultimate in multitasking: Why not catch up with friends while taking in a museum? And if you opt to skip the art, chances are there's a willing shopping companion in the group. According to a Travelocity poll...