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Myoelectric is the non-sci-fi name for bionic. A myoelectric hand works off tiny electrical signals released when muscles are contracted. The signals are picked up by electrodes that line the inside of a prosthesis and cover the muscles of a stump. Electrodes send the signal to a computer chip that instructs an electronic hand to open, close or rotate...
Player to Watch: Jeff Terrell. In his final year, Tiger signal-caller will be hugely responsible for any success...
...media poll, relegated to third place despite a championship in 2005. Harvard has a blue chip in its backfield—Clifton Dawson—who should run rampant over a depleted Brown D. In another intriguing matchup, the Bears start the league’s most experienced signal-caller in Joe DiGiacomo while the Crimson, after the suspension of Liam O’Hagan and the injury to Week One starter Chris Pizzotti, trot out the most inexperienced, Jeff Witt, with all of a baker’s dozen career passing attempts to his name. Brown?...
...Bhumibol Adulyadej, a constitutional monarch, was reaffirmed as head of state, while the spokesman promised that a new caretaker Prime Minister would be named. (Cavalry regiment soldiers stationed by Government House had yellow ribbons, a color associated with the monarchy, tied to their uniforms and rifles in an apparent signal that the coup enjoyed the King's tacit support.) By 3 a.m., TV announcers had declared Wednesday a holiday for most citizens, while civil servants were asked to report to military bases...
...roster changes: within the senior class, at captain, in the receiving core, and maybe most importantly, at quarterback. Things were finally ready to come together in Saturday’s 31-14 season-opener against Holy Cross, after five weeks of rallying around the Crimson’s new signal-caller, junior Chris Pizzotti. That all ended on one play. With the Crimson trailing 7-0 and driving early in the second quarter against the Crusaders, the depth chart suffered its most recent setback. Only this time—when Pizzotti scrambled for a seven-yard gain before taking...