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...panel traced the troubles with the fan in Allen's suit to the seepage of moisture (probably from breath and perspiration) into a tiny control device. No larger than two pinheads, the sensor regulates the electrical pulses to the fan's motor. Although the investigators still have not found out why water should have penetrated the device's epoxy covering, they have made clear that its porosity should have been uncovered long before the $2.3 million suits ever went into orbit. There was, however, no doubt what went wrong with Lenoir's suit. Despite all efforts...
...insects; 8,580 birds; 6,000 reptiles. On the way, he renders the fauna with his dazzling high-tech style. The text brims with trivia guaranteed to hypnotize the young: crocodiles swallow stones to aid digestion; giraffes give birth standing up; the sperm whale can hold its breath for an hour. No illustration is more comically apropos than the one of St. Nicholas pulled by a sole reindeer. As wolves pursue his sleigh, Santa diverts them by tossing wrapped packages overboard. After all, even predators deserve happy holidays...
...computer and translates his spoken words into signals the computer can understand. Shortly after the Apple arrived in September 1980, a gift from the manufacturer, Gary and Ted realized that their main problem would be giving Rob complete mastery over the computer. They tried everything from a breath-controlled switch to a 10-in. rod that Rob held in his mouth. Then they learned of a voice-activated input device that could be taught 40 different commands. Within days, they had talked Scott Instruments of Denton, Texas, into donating one of its $990 voice-entry terminals...
...proceed with dizzying energy, so much that any subtleties of emphasis or dramatic are lost in the excitement. Suzanne Tanner's stunnngly beautiful rendition of "I Don't Know How to Love Him," for instance, loses much of its deserved emphasis because Tanner plunges into it with hardly a breath's break after finishing her previous number, the equally well-executed "Everything's All Right...
Taking the inquires--which friends were quick to tell him about--as a sign that he was still in the running. Hoffman held his breath until the call finally came. With the phone call came the move to Houston...