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...look at the plasma panels that are replacing signs and posters at cinemas and airports. If these devices are being used now, when they cost about $10,000 apiece, imagine what we'll see when technologies like light-emitting polymers and e-Ink allow us to make even larger, thinner and higher-quality displays for perhaps as little as $100. In the mid-1800s, the introduction of the blackboard revolutionized classroom education. These displays could have a similar impact, not only in classrooms (in the form of electronic whiteboards) but also for signs, home entertainment and even interior wallpaper...
...here goes: the lab I work in specializes in making thin pieces of gel—slightly thinner than contact lenses, with about the same size and consistency—that change colors in the presence of different materials. I’m attempting to create a sensor that detects cobalt, which might prove useful in quickly determining if a patient has had a heart attack...
...dating is tough for older women. Online, some men will tell you they want only a woman who is younger--or thinner or blonder or something. Don't take that personally; just move on. There are reasonable men in your age range. Most are divorced and sincerely interested in finding someone. Lots have emotional issues--anger, neediness and fear of intimacy among them. Who doesn't, really? But those can often be worked out. It may take three weeks or three months or a year to know whether a relationship will last. More won't than will...
...Mary Pipher writes in Reviving Ophelia that “...the omnipresent media consistently portrays desirable women as thin.... Even as real women grow heavier, models and beautiful women are portrayed as thinner.” Today, it is almost impossible not to be subjected to the socially determined standards of attractiveness; television, advertisements and diet programs are constantly reinforcing the same message that thinness is synonymous with beauty and success. More dangerous, this message fuels an illusion that the “perfection” of models is attainable, if only one wants it badly enough. Thus women...
...with being able to rack up frequent-flyer miles on transcontinental flights, American has lost some even to the likes of JetBlue, a low-cost alternative with amenities like seat-back TVs. "The business traveler used to be American's bread and butter, but the butter is a little thinner these days," admits executive vice president Dan Garton. But American's elite clientele will see improvements this summer--a low-carb, high-protein breakfast as well as more power ports--and more frequent service on the main bicoastal routes, like New York to Los Angeles...