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...soon encounter the technology's limitation. After a steal, Boston's Paul Pierce viciously slam-dunks over the Jazz defense. Only, I'm busy staring at the box. Suddenly 18,000 fans are on their feet, roaring their approval while I'm trying to find the reset button. I am at the game, with enhanced interactive technology, and I feel like I'm missing the whole thing. ChoiceSeat's motto is: "Get closer." So why do I feel the opposite is happening? When the game ends and the Celtics pull off an upset, a female Jazz fan sitting beside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: We Have Contact | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...tried out the airboard in my Tokyo apartment, and I have to admit: it's way cool. First of all, airboarding is easy. I didn't crack the instruction manual once to get the thing set up - and this is from someone who has trouble finding the "record" button on the vcr. Relaxing on my balcony, I could call up the airboard's on-screen remote control and start playing a video. By pressing another button, I could Net surf or check my e-mail account, while a split screen let me simultaneously watch my movie. The airboard's base...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sony's Cool Thing | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...first things you'll notice is there is no lock on the door: That's because it can be opened by mobile phone -- remotely -- by voice, or even from a button inside the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: 'Homing' In on a Wireless Future | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...recently in San Ramon, the 69-year-old native of St. Petersburg, Russia, began having difficulty swallowing. It worsened to the point where she couldn't eat at all; she was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus. Traditional surgery involves an incision from the throat down to the belly button. "It's a very violent operation," says cardiothoracic surgeon Murali Dharan, making a digging motion with his hands. With the da Vinci, Dharan was able to remove Tichtchenko's cancerous esophagus and move her stomach up much higher - to allow her to feed herself minus her swallowing mechanism - through small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Doctor's Little Helper | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

...Dick Button `52 had already won an Olympic gold medal when he came to Harvard in 1948. He went on to win a second...

Author: By David R. De remer and Daniel E. Fernandez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Harvard Football Fumbles; Other Sports Step Up | 6/4/2001 | See Source »

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