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...lifelike in his appearance, responses and movements that Maryland "robo-therapists" Alex and Elena Libin have recommended him for nursing-home residents and dementia patients who could use a pet's love but are unable to care for the real thing. Stroke Max with an open palm or call him by name, and he will purr, turn his head, move his ears and blink his eyes. He can also sit, stretch and "sleep" but never goes looking for a litter box. INVENTOR Omron AVAILABILITY Now, for research only TO LEARN MORE robotherapy.org...
Ready for a shocking fashion statement? The No-Contact Jacket may look pretty fly, but it's also a piece of serious personal-defense technology. If the wearer feels threatened in any way, she (so far it's only for women) can activate a switch in either palm that blasts an 80,000-volt electrical pulse through the jacket's material. That's enough to knock anybody back a few paces. Powered by a regular 9-volt battery, the No-Contact Jacket is fully insulated, so the wearer won't feel a thing. Even when...
...guerrillas from "family leave" is, Wickremesinghe tells TIME, actually a cover for rebel leader Velupillai Prabhakaran's convening of a council of senior commanders to discuss, among other options, remobilizing for war. But whatever the gap between fiction and reality developing on this blighted paradise of palm trees and ivory beaches, there is no mistaking the fundamental truth: the 20-month-old peace process to end Asia's longest and bloodiest civil war is suddenly in serious trouble...
Such views of Buddhist philosophy as separable from religion are prevalent among Western Buddhist circles and are very much present at Harvard. The Buddhist figure on campus who is most likely to affect students, McHardy, adheres to this view of Buddhism. McHardy’s simple linen garb, joined-palm greeting and the smell of incense that clings to her and anyone who enters her attic apartment set her apart from the t-shirt-and-jeans students who practice Buddhist meditation. Her basic conception of Buddhism is, however, surprisingly close to that of many who have not practiced with this...
...respect for the past. If we Americans keep pushing the envelope in an increasingly outrageous quest for the ultimate in cool, then I'm afraid our future will take us down the same path of decadence chosen by great societies that are now only history. Barbara Isenberg Royal Palm Beach...