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...created by Northeastern University engineering professor Ron Mourant is currently being used at the University of Virginia's Driving Safety Laboratory. Equipped with a bucket seat and real car controls, the simulator offers drivers a virtual-reality road test. Some experts are worried that seniors' unfamiliarity with the high-tech setting may affect results, but others argue that simulators can project dangerous scenarios that would be unsafe on the road. Mourant views the simulator as a tool of persuasion: to help older drivers see their weaknesses and voluntarily stop driving...
...gadget. When Roger Shiffman walked away from his job as president of worldwide marketing for Hasbro in 2001, having earlier launched such blockbuster toys as Giga-pets, Poo-Chis and the chatty Furby, the industry was stunned. The former CEO of Tiger Electronics had pioneered the development of high-tech toys and then gone on to help Hasbro steward its branding strategies. But at 48, Shiffman decided to leave toyland behind. For several years he took cruises and worked on his golf game. After successful surgery for a brain tumor, he was even more determined to settle into retirement--except...
...WILL THE FILLER BE TRIMMED? Robinson will secure his feet to the end of the shuttle?s manipulator arm and be lowered under the nose of the ship-a place where spacewalking astronauts have never ventured. His first attempted fix will be a decidedly low-tech one: He?ll try to pluck the fabric free. If that doesn?t work, he?ll use a blade-a portion of which has been taped over to prevent it from nicking the ship. If that fails, he?ll try a small...
...mainstream media. Current TV will invite a young army of "citizen journalists" to submit edgy 15-second-to-15-minute video segments that the network is calling "pods." The idea is that no one knows better than young people what will hold the attention of the elusive, tech-savvy 18-to-34-year-old demographic...
...London as a purveyor of automobile accessories and the name Dunhill became synonymous with the kind of high-end driving instruments the smart set bought. Company founder Alfred Dunhill?who famously declared that he sold "everything but the motor"?retailed nonessentials for the car lover, from high-tech driving goggles and dashboard clocks to driving gloves, which he introduced to the world long before the brand began selling menswear in the '70s. Now the company is tuning up its image with the help of four big-name designers, including Nick Ashley, son of the late Laura Ashley, who will create...