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...raft of appliance makers, engineering companies and, especially, consumer-electronics giants, such as Sony. Kamen's team is confident it has a long technological lead, as well as patents on most of its key innovations. "Reverse engineering this thing won't be easy," says Schmertzler. "This is not a pet rock." Yet if the Segway is a runaway hit, you can bet that a flood of knock-offs--much less sophisticated but also much cheaper--will soon wash over the market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Reinventing the Wheel | 12/2/2001 | See Source »

...assimilate the actors’ mannerisms into their artwork, but we are also treated to glimpses of the times when things go significantly wrong. On the first day, an over-zealous animator attempted to alter “Donkey” and created a fuzzy shell resembling a Chia-pet...

Author: By James Crawford, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: A DVD for All Seasons: The Best of What's Around | 11/30/2001 | See Source »

Oxiclean, the Stain Specialist! The bearded, brash and bombastic Billy Mays guides you through the amazing cleaning powers of Oxiclean powdered detergent. Pet stains, food stains, grass stains and wine stains, everything comes out with Oxiclean. “It makes your whites whiter, your brights brighter. As a stain remover, it’s the best! Long live your laundry, with Oxiclean...

Author: By R. Fujii, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Infomercials, Inspirations of Insanity | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

Apple-polishing pet projects can, Bybee admits, make a teaching burden seem onerous for ambitious junior faculty. “So where are the students? Teaching is taken seriously rhetorically and even beyond rhetoric: it’s not the case that whether or not you get tenure hinges on teaching ability, but teaching is taken very seriously...

Author: By Rachel E. Dry, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Just the Tenured of Us | 11/29/2001 | See Source »

...about the Chevy Nova: General Motors' effort to market the car in Spanish-speaking countries--where no va means "doesn't go"--is a legendary blunder. And cross-language advertising is a bigger challenge than ever, as the first American company that tries to use the word pet in a French ad will find out. Intel is known for its cutting-edge technology, but the original translation of its Pentium IV chip was too edgy for Koreans; it means "chip of death." Kentucky Fried Chicken found good news and bad news when it went global with its "finger-lickin' good...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exporting: And What Does It Mean in Farsi? | 11/26/2001 | See Source »

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