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...While no Opal Mehta, the 2006 General Education (Gen Ed) proposal seems to unintentionally draw from the ideas of American educational writings in its attempt to reconnect a college education with a post-college life. The report suggests that it is time to take learning out of a vacuum, an idea that’s almost 100 years in the (re-)making.LEARNING BY DOINGWhile the new proposal explicitly references the influence of interim University President Derek C. Bok’s “Our Underachieving Colleges” and 2006’s “Excellence Without...
...very short span in the view of historians, but, to many of your readers, a 60th anniversary is a good reason to throw a big party. Time, please take a bow for excellent news reporting. Kester Ekekwe Jos, Nigeria I was pleased to read "Adoring a vacuum," about the Gastrovac, a new tool that vacuum-cooks foods at extremely low temperatures. I have tried to put at ease friends who are wary of the kitchen by stating that cooking is just an experiment in chemistry and physics in which the end result is something to eat. I am impatiently waiting...
Before he started selling vacuums on TV, Dyson made a name for himself as an innovative industrial designer, finding novel ways to improve on everyday objects from wheelbarrows to washing machines. Having made his mark in upright vacuums, he has now turned his attention to two more gadgets that require moving air at high speed: the handheld rechargeable vacuum and the rest-room hand dryer...
Most hand vacuums run on the same primitive rechargeable batteries found in power tools and cordless phones. Dyson's hand vac, the new DC16 Root 6, has a lithium-ion battery like the one in your cell phone. Regular batteries can take nine hours to charge; the Root 6 charges in three. In most hand vacs, the dust catcher sits between the nozzle and the fan. As the catcher fills up, the fan has a harder and harder time pulling in grit. Dyson's uses the same "cyclone" technology pioneered in his upright vacuum, spinning debris off into a reservoir...
Dyson vacs generally cost three times as much as the next best thing, and the Root 6, at $150, is no exception. The prices haven't stopped Dyson from becoming a dominant force in Europe's and Japan's vacuum markets. But the price-conscious U.S., where Dyson upright vacs have been selling since 2002, is tougher. Big brands, feeling threatened, are quick to advertise their own Dyson-like benefits at lower costs. Black & Decker already has a Root 6 competitor, the 18 Volt Pivot Vac. There's no lithium-ion battery, but for $60 it picks up dirt using...