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...everything from soil conditions to water pollutants to electricity usage. Measurement equals management. The idea is to get optimal use of such resources as fertilizers and energy. But one restriction on modern sensors is that they are built with rigid materials like hard plastic and metal, which give them shape and volume, restricting where they...
DeepStream's pliable digital sensors overcome that limitation. "Instead of being flat and planar, we can mold them into any imaginable shape or topology, so now you can get into very awkward and difficult spaces," says Crosier. Another advantage: the materials are resistant to hazards like high temperatures and toxins...
Huff, seated before his computer on which he arranges music, is surrounded by rows of books, photos of friends and premier organists, and a lamp in the shape of a cat, its innards expected to glow when switched on. A closet, door ajar, holds recordings of the choir...
...ethnic hostilities of the Balkan states; for, as Andelman attests, “the currents of history move slowly.” Yet one man’s dream—President Wilson’s commitment to his vision for a League of Nations—can shape an entire Peace Conference and might, arguably, be charged with its failure. On the last page of the book, Andelman notes that we have learned from history that the best of intentions can fail: “We have only to look to the past to prove this point?...
Since discovering the double-helix shape of DNA in 1953, Nobel Laureate James Watson has been a fixture in the news—far too often for his controversial views. Just last month, Watson expressed his belief that black people might have genetically inferior intelligence. In the ensuing uproar, Watson stepped down from his 40-year post as chancellor of the Cold Springs Harbor Laboratory and cancelled the tour for his newly-released book, “Avoid Boring People.” So do the new 368 pages of prose contain any of Watson’s controversial bombs...