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Among the instruments that Schechner shows off is a giant wheel suspended by a pair of girders, once used to create static electricity. Alone, this device might not offer much light-hearted entertainment, but it was connected by wire to a model schoolhouse that could be packed with gun powder and detonated. Schechner says this strange apparatus was likely used in 18th-century classrooms to rouse sleepy students drifting off in the back of the class...

Author: By Peter L. Hopkins, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Hysterical, Historical...Historical, Hysterical | 4/25/2002 | See Source »

...home defense is enthusiastically practiced. The glow of good feeling fading, I wind down the hill to NAN No. 2, at an intersection in the leafy neighborhood of East Washington Village. I pull up to the southeast corner and unleash my laptop's sniffer. Nothing. Feeling increasingly foolish, I wheel my car to the three other corners, which yield nothing, nothing and nothing. I look at my odometer. I have driven 52 miles. I head for home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Not Try Wi-Fi? | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...about New Zealand's vineyards before you go, click on this comprehensive site. In addition to exhaustive histories of the regional producers, it offers a list of the internationally acclaimed wineries and detailed maps that make navigating among them a breeze?but make sure you're not behind the wheel after sampling one too many of those award-winning Chardonnays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Web Crawling | 4/22/2002 | See Source »

...PEDAL EXTENSIONS Smaller drivers should have pedal extensions installed to keep them a safe 10 in. away from the steering wheel and the dangerous...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: Elder Drivers: Staying On the Road | 4/15/2002 | See Source »

...each airline and the dates these accidents occurred. Some a little farther off the deep end spend their time uncovering conspiracies between government agencies and airlines to trade money for safety. But many with my affliction count accidents, track statistics and try to beat the odds in the roulette wheel of flying...

Author: By Robert J. Fenster, | Title: Harvard's Silent Manias | 4/4/2002 | See Source »

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