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...member of Med. Fac., Robert Joy, was tackled by an observant freshman as he was running from Phillips Brooks House with a stolen tablet that was on exhibition. He was jailed by the Cambridge Police. Until this member of the Med. Fac. was caught, the Harvard administration had blamed the crimes on Cambridge townspeople, claiming that these townies had created Med. Fac. as a way to scapegoat innocent Harvard men. When the Cambridge police caught this member in 1905, however, the truth about Med. Fac. was exposed...
...Larry Cuban, an authority on the history of technology in American education: "Anyone who tells you computers are more effective than anything else is either dumb or lying." Better technology doesn't necessarily make kids better students; good teachers and smart curriculums do. "Laptops are like the new electronic tablet notebook--they have good potential as a writing tool and a place to store information," says Allen Glenn, dean of the University of Washington's education school. "But as far as how you really integrate laptops into actual lessons, in a way that will help students understand their problems, that...
Habener suggested that GLP-1 may be available as a marketable tablet within two or three years. He said certain pharmaceutical companies are already looking at a "buckle tablet" that could be attached to a person's gums...
...House, $25). At 49, Love, a vocal and controversial critic of hormone-replacement therapy, has entered perimenopause. To cope, she exercises daily, adds phytoestrogen-rich foods like soybeans and flaxseed to her diet and doses herself with black cohosh, an herbal source of phytoestrogens that comes in liquid or tablet form...
...their nifty buttons and sex appeal, handheld organizers have always seemed cooler in concept than in reality--too clunky and complicated to replace pen and paper. Then U.S. Robotics introduced its Pilot, the first palmtop to cram addresses and a daily calendar into a simple, 5-oz. electronic tablet. With a penlike stylus, users can jot down notes on the screen and transfer them to a desktop PC program like Lotus Organizer. ($249; Palm Computing...