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...report urges alliance members to exploit the latest technology in carrying out this strategy. The type of innovations the contributors have in mind: clusters of bombs that are drawn to a target by the heat that it emits, and new airborne surveillance systems that can instantaneously transmit information and even television pictures of troop movements to commanders in the field...
...with twigs. The assassin bug of South America, also a termite fancier, approaches its prey by gluing nest material on its back to serve as camouflage. But, says Beck, the bug's behavior is probably "innate or genetically prewired." Another scientific index is the ability of animals to transmit information through so-called language behavior. Bees, foraging for pollen, return to the hive and perform an intricate figure-eight dance to map the route for other bees. Biologist James Gould of Princeton University says, however, that the dance is in the bees' genes, not their minds...
...ONLY MEASURE OF SUCCESS for a musical comedy is the amount of fun the cast can transmit to the audience in two and a half hours. Company, at South House, rings the bell at the top of the scale...
These two methods of electronic communication are expected to complement, not compete against, each other. Both beeper and mobile-phone messages are carried on radio frequencies. The companies that operate on those frequencies, known as common carriers, often transmit both kinds of signals. Growing familiarity with cheaper beepers is expected to enhance the demand for mobile phones. Another radio-transmitted telephone service, cordless phones, which only have a range of up to 700 ft., got a boost from the Government last week when the FCC proposed to double the number of frequencies available...
Even in this technology-driven business, there is big money to be made by companies that merely rent beepers and by the common carriers that transmit the signals. The Li'l Bugger, for instance, costs Metromedia $150, but will generate $600 in income from rentals and broadcast charges over its six-year life...