Word: techs
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...cameras now come in more flavors than ever, ranging from $30 disposables from CVS drugstores to pricey models that record to DVD instead of digital tape. But for artful documentation of family fun this summer, the sweet spot belongs to midrange cams, priced as low as $300. Thanks to tech advances--and kickin' free editing software--any kid or parent can indulge a filmmaking jones at modest cost, with great results. Our director's guide...
...powerful mystics (called Travelers) and badass sword-wielding ninjas (known as Harlequins) who protect the Travelers; in the other is that shadowy organization the Tabula. At stake? The fate of civilization. Of course, this is all completely nuts--but it's also the stuff that first-rate high-tech paranoid-schizophrenic thrillers are made...
...talking up corn ethanol and clean diesel and has endorsed a $4,000 tax credit for purchases of hybrid cars. That has not gone unnoticed by energy's new coalition of convenience, even if the President hasn't yet mentioned plug-in hybrids or bioethanol. "We drive to high-tech jobs today in cars built with 100-year-old technology, using 100 million-year-old fuel," says Podesta. "We can do better than that." Maybe 500 m.p.g. isn't so crazy after all. --With reporting by Marc Hequet/ St. Paul, Kristin Kloberdanz/Hopkinsville and Jeffrey Ressner/ Los Angeles
EnergyCS and Clean-Tech have launched a start-up called E-Drive Systems, which plans to sell by next year kits to convert the Prius into a plug-in (though the modifications will void the warranty). At speeds below 35 m.p.h., Hanssen's Prius sails along on its 18 lithium batteries for up to 30 miles at a go--well within the range envisioned by Gaffney. The conversion cost isn't cheap: $15,000, which Hanssen hopes to cut to around $10,000. "It won't pay for itself in gas savings," Hanssen admits, "but neither does the Prius. People...
Some of the accomplishments he points to are the development of affordable housing, the move from blue-collar to high-tech industry in Cambridge, and the appointment of guidance counselors in the Cambridge Public Schools...