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...converts hand motions into signals the computer can understand is called the DataGlove. Optic fibers sewn onto the fingers are supposed to detect the slightest movement of the digits. A head-mounted display that looks like an oversize skin-diving mask is called the EyePhone. Built-in headphones provide stereo sound, and a pair of liquid-crystal-display screens creates stereoscopic images that give the illusion of three dimensions. Both glove and headset are equipped with electromagnetic sensors that track changes in position and orientation. For computer power, the equipment is linked by cable to a pair of Silicon Graphics...
...main indulgence is to go off with his small circle of friends to Boston for the symphony, with a stop at Goodspeed's, a rare print-and-book shop in the city. There he purchased the 1850s print of the Merrimack River and Concord that hangs above the stereo in his living room. He is an accomplished mimic, doing a wicked imitation of Meldrim Thomson Jr., the archconservative former Governor who named him attorney general...
...without transferring files or juggling floppies. Ergo president and Brick designer Tom Spalding, 41, says the machine comes in "boring beige" and in a postmodern granite finish, which he likes a lot better. "We're not a traditional vendor," says Spalding, who previously made millions in hot-tub and stereo- equipment ventures. "It's much more fun doing neat, clever designs...
NONE OF THE truly offensive people in America apply for NEA grants anyway. Andrew Dice Clay doesn't need government money; the public is giving him plenty. And if the public shells out millions to hear, "Robin Leach? I fucked him," on the big screen in Dolby stereo, it appears that community standards are pretty...
Elsewhere in Furstenwalde it was much the same: plenty of looking, little buying. "I have 5,000 marks (($3,000)) in my bank account, and I'm thinking about a stereo set," said Dirk Juttner, 21, an unmarried construction worker who stood outside the show window of a newly opened electronics store jammed with Sony TV sets, Toshiba CD players and Grundig stereos. "But I'll shop around for a good price...