Word: shadowing
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...more clarity. Using shorter-wavelength radar waves measured in millimeters, not centimeters, Millivision in Amherst, Mass., makes a device that goes well beyond colored blobs. "What we are doing is real imaging," says Richard Huguenin, chief technology officer. "You see a picture." Actually, it's more like a shadow. The human body, as it turns out, naturally emits millimeter radiation that goes right through clothes. So anything blocking that emission, such as a concealed gun or wallet, shows up as a shadow in the images produced by Millivision's prototype scanners. Huguenin acknowledges the privacy concerns, but he argues that...
TYRONN LUE Unknown 6-ft. Laker in shadow of Shaq soars in play-offs as man who slowwwed Iverson...
...ended 56 years ago, and?despite its continuing cultural resonance?it's fair to wonder how much longer its shadow will shape our world. Already, the grip is loosening. Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi seems more prepared than any of his recent predecessors to assert Japan's national interests; if, as planned, he visits the Yasukuni shrine, a memorial to Japanese war dead, he would be the first Premier to do so in an official capacity. Gerhard SchrOder's government is explicitly committed to the idea that Germany can and should be a "normal" country, not one whose every move...
Person of the Week EXECUTING JUSTICE? The lethal injection of unrepentant Oklahoma City Federal Building bomber Timothy McVeigh sparked a heated round of debate over capital punishment?both in the U.S. and abroad, where the issue cast a shadow over President George W. Bush's trip to Europe...
...bookmakers' favorite, former Defence Secretary and now shadow chancellor Michael Portillo, may also have a problem: he has admitted to homosexual experiences as a young man, a history that does not sit lightly with some Conservatives. Portillo lost his seat in 1997, regained one in a by-election and meanwhile moved from the party's right to its left. Says John Curtice, professor of politics at Strathclyde University: "Under Portillo, I imagine, the party would take a much more liberal direction on social issues, and some of us would argue that this is the journey the party has to take...