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...Smart Dust These computerized motes are still a bit bigger than dust--about the size of a matchbox--but the concept holds: scatter a bunch of these radio-equipped wireless sensors across a battlefield, and they could track troop movements; embed them in a road, and they could deliver a traffic report. They're already detecting climate conditions at a California vineyard and monitoring energy use in supermarkets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Next Big Thing | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

...himself. But the U.S.-educated engineer and university professor had emerged as the organization's most visible spokesman, thanks to his excellent command of English, his understanding of the Western mind and, on the hard scale of Hamas, his softer tone. Israelis dismissed his mild pragmatism as nothing but smart p.r. Yet it was Abu Shanab who often hinted at how Hamas might accept something less than its maximal demands. As he explained a few days before the June 29 hudna, or cease-fire, went into effect, the same kind of "religious truce" could be extended indefinitely if "Israel would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hamas: Target Of Retribution: My Last Encounter with Ismail Abu Shanab | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...taking that very seriously. [Conservatives] were smart. They got into this, and they've sort of taken over the airwaves. Rush really did pioneer something. We should have been doing this 10 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 10 Questions for Al Franken | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

Negatives: no smart playlists, and no high-speed FireWire connection to transfer songs from your computer. Still, it's enough to finally give Apple a run for its money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: A Music Player For The Long Run | 9/1/2003 | See Source »

...First, it's a start: the beginning of what the Americans hope will become a larger contingent. Second: politics, of course. Helping to share the heavy load seems a smart business move to many governments - because Uncle Sam is willing to make some sweet deals to dispel the impression that the U.S. and U.K. are stranded. "The biggest advantage is to demonstrate the U.S. is not alone," says a senior U.S. intelligence official. "If all the promises materialize, it will still be only one-fifth of the U.S. forces deployed there." America's needs are creating big opportunities for some...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: To The Rescue | 8/31/2003 | See Source »

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