Word: techs
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...recognize him as the Dallas Mavericks' loudmouth owner. But this tech billionaire has also got rhythm: he recently shimmied his hips on Dancing with the Stars. Mark Cuban will now take your questions...
...Starbucks, ipods, playstations, blogs, IM, high-end snow gear: the anesthetizing of China's Me Generation sounds just like what's happening in the U.S. It seems that as long as we have our morning cup of coffee, iTunes and the latest high-tech cell phone, then all is well. These are the values we ourselves embrace and teach our children. Who cares about politics and civil rights as long as you have the best stuff? Nancy Levy, Long Beach, Calif...
...more of a love tap, since the Rover was going less than 10 m.p.h. (16 km/h)--took place in a very unusual road race on a dismantled Air Force base in Victorville, Calif. A few years ago, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the Pentagon's blue-sky high-tech research wing that everyone calls DARPA, decided it was interested in developing robotic vehicles that could drive themselves: no remote control, no human intervention, only artificial intelligence behind the wheel. But instead of hiring a bunch of fancy nerds and sticking them in an undisclosed location until they came...
...Amateurs are free to mix it up with big corporations and research universities. MIT was among the 35 competitors, but so was Team Gray Racing, a Louisiana troupe started by insurance-company executives after they heard about the first DARPA road race. "They said, 'We've got some good tech people--why don't we do this?'" says a Team Gray member. And DARPA isn't the only government outfit working this way. NASA lists seven competitions on its website, including the Astronaut Glove Challenge. Get sewing...
...People Meter (PPM). The PPM supposedly “detects inaudible codes embedded in the audio portion of media and entertainment content delivered by broadcasters, content providers, and distributors.” The beeper-like devices are said to be more accurate, easier to use, and, according to the tech gurus at Time magazine, are one of the best inventions of the year.Despite the hype, PPMs are far from a perfect system, and have more than a few flaws that cripple the data they provide. The numbers issue is the biggest concern. Paper is inexpensive, easy to distribute...