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...waterproof and shockproof device has already been used by hazmat teams in New York and Washington and in military operations, and Ahura has plans to develop an even smaller, cell-phone-size implement. How does the technology work? Explosive liquids tend to have strong chemical signatures, which the device can read, even through bottles or other containers. The technique employed, called Raman spectroscopy, uses a laser for optical analysis. After shining a light on a substance, liquid or solid, the device analyzes the optical characteristics of the scattered light that reflects back. "You can read the substance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Way to Detect
Liquid Explosives | 8/10/2006 | See Source »

...warned that the consequence of so much technology is isolation. But perhaps it's isolation from consequences that we seek, because we lack the fortitude to face consequences in real life. In a recent poll from Britain, 54% of women under 25 regularly pretend to be talking on their cell phone in order to keep unfamiliar people from striking up a conversation with them. Now I wonder if my kids are watching television only to avoid having to talk with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bad News Comes in Small Bytes | 8/8/2006 | See Source »

...never reached the fame of his contemporaries, but his 1967 album Forever Changes, which blended folk melancholy with rock verve, is one of the genre's most important albums. In May 2006, as part of his leukemia treatment, he became the first adult in Tennessee to receive a stem-cell transplant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Aug. 14, 2006 | 8/6/2006 | See Source »

Sshh! I Need To Sleep! Sunday, July 30, 12:11 a.m. Officers were dispatched to a report of a loud noise coming from the veranda at 29 Garden Street. Officers arrived and reported that the noise was caused by an individual on their cell phone...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Police Log: July 28—August 3 | 8/4/2006 | See Source »

...three of us were separated and interrogated. They wanted information about Israel. We were tortured for two months. From my cell I could sometimes get a glimpse of the other two. I knew they were still alive. The door to my cell was iron, but there was a small place where I could see into the corridor. I stood there for hours in order to get a view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What I Learned as a Captured Israeli Soldier | 8/4/2006 | See Source »

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