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Judging by his story on Starbucks' "new" vacuum coffee pot [TREND ALERT, Oct. 23], you need to send Joshua Quittner to basic-science class. The vacuum coffee pots (which can actually be purchased for a few dollars at secondhand stores) push the water to the top funnel because of pressure created by boiling water in the bottom vessel, not by a vacuum in the upper chamber. When the bottom vessel is allowed to cool, a vacuum forms and sucks the coffee back down. The only thing new about this technology is Starbucks' $169 price tag. BILL CONNELL Florence...
...Joshua Quittner...
Here's my idea of the perfect exercise machine: it looks like a stationary bike, but with way more dials, wires and digital readouts. You input the workout you want--how hard, how long, how many calories burned--and turn the thing on. Then you walk away. The ideal Quittner exercise machine exercises by itself while Quittner enjoys the fat-melting, cardiac-strengthening benefits--possibly sitting in a comfortable chair drinking his favorite concoction of lime juice, brown sugar...
...find out more about the pedometer at www.digiwalker.com Any questions for Quittner? E-mail him at jquit@well.com
...that last criterion that stymied the Sony. Its external speakers, even when turned up full blast, weren't loud enough to compete with the ambient noise of my station wagon, three Quittner girls and Otto, the brown dog. The Aiwa, on the other hand, could easily be heard by my kidlings in the back seat of the car. While the sound quality of the Sony's external-speaker system is way better than the Aiwa's for, say, sitting quietly and alone on your bed, it's too mellow for car trips and howling Quittners...