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SIZE MATTERS Some of the new sets are bigger and thinner than before. A prototype Samsung plasma screen measures a record 80 in. diagonally. And for something really skinny, RCA has developed a rear-projection TV that's less than 7 in. thick...
...MORE WIRES The Philips Streamium FlatTV with built-in wi-fi pulls music, photos and even MPEG video content from your computer and displays it on an LCD screen. Sony is also introducing a wireless TV, the LocationFree flat panel. Plug the transmitter into a DVD player and take the screen for a stroll. The cool thing is, it's also a networked Internet appliance, so you can check your e-mail when the movie is over...
...connected to an array of computerized measuring devices that will track physiological data about them. As the couple discuss a glitch in their marriage, a technician in the next room monitors the data: heart rate, sweaty palms, the speed of blood flow. Another technician watches them on a video screen, recording facial expressions, calibrating emotional vital signs of couples during actual marital conflict. Survivor, Fear Factor--that's kid stuff. This is true reality...
...standard psychological procedure to wash the brain clean of emotion. We settled on a particular "distraction task" that amuses me to this day. Between looking at the photo of the sweetheart and the photo of a boring acquaintance, subjects were shown a large number (like 8,421) on the screen and asked to mentally count backward in increments of seven. The point: to cleanse the mind of strong feelings...
...large, horizontal, cylindrical, cream-colored plastic tube that is open at both ends and extends from above the head to about the waist. After taking preliminary scans to establish basic brain anatomy, the 12-min. experiment started. First the subject looked at the photograph of the beloved on the screen for 30 sec. as the scanner recorded blood flow in various brain regions. Next the subject was shown a large number and asked to count backward for 40 sec. The participant then looked at the neutral photograph for 30 sec. while the brain was scanned again. Finally the subject...