Word: binoculars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CANDY Want to swap that tired old computer monitor for a pair of virtual goggles? Now you can afford to. This binocular headset from Colorado MicroDisplay and Daeyang E&C was one of the stars of the show. It offers SVGA-quality graphics and feels about as heavy as a pair of regular glasses. The price tag is pretty light too, a relatively meager $800. You won't be able to see your boss walk in, but he won't be able to see you playing games, either. LOOK, MA! NO WIRES Still trying to hook your laptop to your...
...parents. Around the age of two months, for example, the motor-control centers of the brain develop to the point that infants can suddenly reach out and grab a nearby object. Around the age of four months, the cortex begins to refine the connections needed for depth perception and binocular vision. And around the age of 12 months, the speech centers of the brain are poised to produce what is perhaps the most magical moment of childhood: the first word that marks the flowering of language...
...sides. At Camp David, the issues were resolved, the lines were hard, the timetables were clear. There was no papering over--and no need for anything resembling the massive ground forces promised by Clinton to implement a Bosnian agreement. Sinai needed nothing more than a token force of binocular-toting observers. It is this kind of treaty--and this kind only--that we should be aiming for at Dayton...
...pieces of the puzzle started falling into place after Marie-Agnes Courty, a geologist with the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris, painstakingly examined and sorted the soil samples from the roofs of the abandoned buildings under a binocular microscope. She identified a thin veil of volcanic ash, one quarter of an inch thick, underneath 8 to 20 inches of silt. The layers showed no evidence of having been disturbed by earthworms and also showed patterns characteristic of soil that has settled after a dust storm. It looked like a volcano had erupted, perhaps in nearby Turkey...
...hundred yards from the stage, in an area known as the Village, a man named Ellisdee Rick is selling an "LSD Flight Simulator," a kaleidoscope- like device that straps on over the eyes: "It's the ultimate binocular looking into the neuroverse. It will probably replace the frisbee, and has already replaced Rubik's Cube." In the speaker's tent, a more serious exploration of the mind is under way as teenage audience members step onto a central stage and debate. "Utah is a hypocritical state." "You got the choice before you get pregnant." "If it's wrong...