Word: virtual
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...power of today's technology. A person inspired by a cause can blog about their outrage and plot a response on Facebook with other similarly animated people. While any single congressional district might not produce a groundswell to demand a halt to global warming or killing in Darfur, a virtual community unmoored from geography can deliver a critical mass. And once converted, advocates are far better informed than a generation ago. They can hear the personal tales of aid workers over Skype. When the Western press steers clear, they can access and share local media reports. Thanks to what Chris...
...nervousness about working on a product like this. Video games have a lot of expectations, and developers tend to have stress to meet those," he told me. Miyamoto draws from his personal life to create new games. His love of dogs led to the virtual-pet title Nintendogs, and his gardening hobby grew into the carrot-shaped Pikmin in the eponymous GameCube...
...another way, how much leverage does Clinton have? Certainly more than she did a month ago. Though she is unlikely to catch Obama in delegates, her lopsided victories in Kentucky and West Virginia have helped her narrow his lead in the popular-vote count to a virtual tie. She may even finish the primary season with more votes, if you count those from the disputed primaries in Michigan and Florida. That gives her bragging rights for the No. 2 spot or for other demands. "This is about making her pile of chips bigger so she can use them to bargain...
...Their answer is a kind of fishy virtual reality, bringing the Indian Ocean indoors to a hatchery at the hamlet of Arno Bay, 120 km north of Port Lincoln, South Australia. In a breakthrough announced in March, Clean Seas claimed a world first by collecting fertilized eggs from breeding stock - about 20 tuna weighing 160 kg apiece and kept in a giant indoor tank. Sleek, dark shapes with a line of tiny bright-yellow fins down their back, they circle endlessly, apparently convinced they have traveled far to the north, to their spawning grounds. It may be fall outside, with...
...Dassault will look for revenue streams. It may, for instance, charge manufacturers if their brands and products are used as models or in user-generated games. "They'll be happy to contribute if they know they're going to get brand awareness and brand placement in some of these virtual worlds," Wilson says. It could also sell or license premium content to users...