Word: penned
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...future. But technology let her down--for the moment. Atwood, Canadian author of the Booker prizewinning The Blind Assassin, came up with the idea for a telerobotic writing device that permits an author to remotely inscribe books. The first public test of the LongPen, which can transmit a pen stroke written on an electronic tablet to a robotic pen-wielding arm, took place last week. Atwood, at a book fair in London, prepared to sign books across the Atlantic: in New York City and Guelph...
...glitch spoiled the transcontinental debut. The broadband Internet connection allowed videoconferencing but not the mechanical operation of the pen. Still, Atwood is optimistic. She created Unotchit, the company that makes LongPen, to eliminate the strain of book tours, which can be exhausting, expensive and in some cases physically impossible. Atwood, 66, says that after more than 30 years of touring, she had to look ahead: "As I enter the golden years, let's face it, I will be incapable of doing that...
...Researcher A.J. Brush's team attracted attention for LINC, a demo of a digital calendar aimed at families who, what else, frantically multitask. Operated with a sleek stylus pen, LINC looks like and is as easy to use as a paper calendar that hangs on most kitchen walls, crammed with daily to-do lists and annotated with scribbled margin notes, asteriks and arrows. It's designed for use in the kitchen, but the data is downloadable to everyone?s cell phone as well as their work, school and home computers. The idea is to keep the entries legible while keeping...
...hopefully you will end up with blockmates who will become your Harvard family through thick and thin, roommates who will be able to tell you if you still have pen on your face from the previous night’s activities, and people who will move your summer storage up four flights of stairs (without hesitation) when you are on crutches. In sum: Blockmates are people who will make you look back on college with a huge smile...
...relievers will work to bridge the gap in the middle innings. Submarining junior Jason Brown, who refined his mechanics after a session with big-leaguer Mike Myers this off-season, fellow junior Jake Bruton, and a fully healthy senior Mike Dukovich will all serve as stoppers out of the pen. Freshman Hampton Foushee, another lefty, also expects to see some action, as does cannon-armed senior outfielder Lance Salsgiver (see page 4). “Later in the year it can only benefit us with so many pitchers,” Cole says. “I think there?...