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...literally and, well, virtually. Instead of FunWalls and Scrabulous games, users of 3DVIA generate three-dimensional simulations of everyday objects using professional-grade 3D modeling software. Its designers say their software could eventually allow Web 2.0 users to construct their own virtual worlds - and invite friends in for a visit...
About a year ago in my first visit to Second Life, the popular online virtual world, I spent half an hour trying to make my avatar, or online character, look like a hotter version of myself - which isn't easy when you don't know how to use the tools. When I finally made it onto Money Island to mingle, a stranger approached me and said, "Hello there, Devon." I froze. Then I tried to run. I was desperately searching for the teleport tool when my sister walked into the room, peered over my shoulder at the computer screen...
...After this episode, my driver thought it prudent to avoid coming on a visit to several storm-ravaged villages. A boat was arranged and in my notebook, he wrote out basic questions in Burmese that I could at least point to when meeting cyclone victims: what is your village name, what is the death toll, have you gotten any government...
...need food and medicines for stomach problems, headaches, diarrhea," says a young monk standing amid the ruins of his monastery in nearby Kwagyi village, where 42 people perished. Kwagyi has received no aid. Not a single government official has come, he says; they only visit the towns, not remote communities far from any road...
Memory researcher Dr. Scott Small would like to reassure you that you're not losing your wits. Visit him in his lab at Columbia University's Medical Center, tell him how the last time you went to a party, you couldn't put names to faces, how telephone numbers slip your mind, and he'll walk to his blackboard, pick up a piece of chalk and draw two lines. One, he will tell you, represents age. The other is memory. "As age goes up, memory goes down," he says. "Memory decline occurs in everyone...