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...kind of Japanese lute). But can they handle heavy metal? Despite the assertion of people like Britain's Prince Charles that plants respond to the human voice, research has so far shown that flora are deaf to sound waves?your Ka-on creations will probably withstand whatever you pump through them. The Ka-on is currently only available in Japan, but Let's Corp. is working on versions for other markets. So people who talk to their plants may soon find them answering back...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tech Watch | 11/1/2004 | See Source »

...terror, is to riot, and then to “f---” Bush. How will that stop the insurgents in Iraq, ensure security for the Middle East, or even bring our troops home? The answer is it will not, but rest assured, if we “pump our fists” and throw on a black sweatshirt, as the marchers in Eminem’s video do, all our problems will be solved...

Author: By Mark A. Adomanis, | Title: Please Stop Moshing | 10/29/2004 | See Source »

...SILVER CYLINDRICAL EDIFICE OF Shibuya 109 (Ichi-maru-kyu in Japanese) shines like a beacon to Japan's teen fashionistas, who journey here every day like the faithful to a holy site. An eight-story, freewheeling, techno-pumping madhouse of 110 boutiques selling clothing, shoes and accessories, Maru Kyu, as it's popularly known, is the one-stop fashion mecca for Tokyo's high-school-girl hipsters, who not only pump billions into Japan's economy each year but also drive trends in hemlines, hair color and heel height from Singapore to Shanghai and beyond. In less than a decade...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Forecasting: The Stylemaker: CRACKING THE CODE OF TOKYO'S TEENS | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...full cost of our dirty little habit. That’s because our government subsidizes the oil companies big time—a topic certainly on the agenda during Cheney’s backroom meetings in 2001—which helps keep the price of gas down at the pump. Whether it’s gas prices or tax dollars, American consumers have to pay the piper either way. The problem is that most people don’t make the connection; whereas higher gas prices would lower demand and increase support for alternative energies and more fuel-efficient vehicles...

Author: By Sasha Post, | Title: Out of Gas | 10/6/2004 | See Source »

...right policy move on the merits, but let’s not fool ourselves about the administration’s motives—all that “war on terror” rhetoric doesn’t stand a chance if Floridians start having sticker shock at the pump weeks before the election...

Author: By Sasha Post, | Title: Out of Gas | 10/6/2004 | See Source »

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