Word: scans
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...shower or brush your teeth in rhythm to German techno, there's an online channel that offers what you want. Finding a station that matches your interests at a site like Sonicnet.com is like finding a date in the personal ads. All you have to do is scan the list of descriptions, and eventually you'll find the one that's approximately right for you. Globetrotter? To start, there's "African Experience" and "Brazilia." Headbanger? Try "The Pit" (metal) or "Axis" (adult alternative). With sites like Live365.com that provide average Joes with the bandwidth to open up their record collection...
...physicians use a "functional brain scan" to measure a general loss in function. "This is often useful in persuading the patient that something is wrong," says Dr. Stephen Read, a Los Angeles psychiatrist. But the scan can't make fine distinctions between, say, the ability to pay bills and trade stocks...
...Israel's intelligence operation. In 1996, Israel completed a $4 million network of antennas in hilltop Israeli settlements throughout the West Bank that enables it to listen in on every cellular-phone call Palestinians make. At the Jerusalem headquarters of military intelligence's listening division, Unit 8200, computers scan the calls for key words that signal conversations worth a hearing by one of the hundreds of soldiers stationed there. Even with no one on the line, a cell phone emits a signal every few seconds, so Israel can trace the owner constantly. Assassinations are carried out with...
...nastier than that. When the Iceman was extensively X-rayed, researchers noticed a suspicious shadow under his left shoulder. Only recently was a CT scan used as well, and it confirmed that the shadow was an arrowhead. Its position made scientists wince...
...harder to recognize. But I assume there's no transaction that I carry out, from buying floss at the drugstore to getting cash from an ATM, that's not videotaped. Last week the city of Tampa, Fla., unveiled 36 cameras in its entertainment district downtown with new software to scan the crowds and compare the recorded faces with mug shots on file. But those cameras are also capturing the mug of the guy stopping by for a drink who told his wife he was working late at the office. It has got so we are all stars of The Truman...