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...saddest things about our world is there is no room left in it for the stupid people. Throughout the years, whatever technological and social changes might come, the less-than-smart used to have the solace of TV. It would give them new shows in the fall, and those shows would stay on the air at the same time on the same channel, and then there would not be another set of shows to learn until next year...
Finally, footwear gets smart. The new Adidas 1 is the first running shoe to adjust its cushioning levels automatically during a jog. With every step, a magnetic sensor in the heel measures the force exerted by a runner and transmits this data to a microprocessor under the arch. The chip drives a tiny cable system that adjusts the heel, which gets harder to cushion the blow when your tired feet are pounding the pavement and then softer to relax them while walking across the lawn. The shoe might also relax your wallet: the Adidas 1 will retail at $250 when...
...good news for stargazers is that prices for computerized telescopes are no longer out of sight. These smart scopes use go-to technology to steer themselves to any of the thousands of heavenly objects you select using a handy remote control. Celestron's NexStar 102GT, for instance, debuting this month with a $400 price tag, includes a motorized mount to track objects as Earth rotates (so you don't have to keep recentering the scope) and a preprogrammed celestial tour to guide you to the coolest objects visible each night, based on the location you input. The bad news: Celestron...
...slowdown in corporate IT spending, Microsoft made a major play for our living rooms and pockets, with mixed results. It sank billions into the video-game business (Xbox and its soon-to-be-announced successor, Xbox 2), the cell-phone business (partnering with longtime ally Intel) and something called smart personal object technology (SPOT), which uses FM-radio bands to deliver sports, weather and stock prices to devices like watches and refrigerator-door magnets for a subscription of $59 a year...
...world were just, any number of songs from I would break through and make Merritt a rich man. But the odds are long that songs as smart and idiosyncratic as I Don't Believe You and I Don't Really Love You Anymore ("True, I'd give my right arm/To keep you safe from harm/And, true, for you I'd move to Ecuador") and I Wish I Had an Evil Twin ("I wish I had an evil twin/Running round doing people in") could make it onto contemporary pop radio. "One day maybe I'll write the theme to a popular...