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...live in a world of papers, letters and text; being able to translate our ideas through some other medium is a powerful and releasing tool that can complement and enhance our academic studies. Studying the poignant black and white photographs of Sebastian Salgado or the innovative architecture of Frank Gehry translates the wonders and terrors of the modern world better than any textbook or problem set ever could. We see how expression can be far more powerful in the visual medium. We need more opportunities to express ourselves in this...
...which he squirted orders and suggestions to campaign workers and lobbyists using only a few words. "It's like haiku," says a political operative who has been on the receiving end. During meetings--even ones with the President--Rove would constantly spin the BlackBerry's dial and punch out text on its tiny keyboard. "Sometimes we're in a meeting talking to each other and BlackBerrying each other at the same time," says a colleague. At times Rove's voltage got too hot even for all his outlets. He became known for breaking into song in midsentence. During games...
When high school student Ryan Patterson, 18, saw a deaf woman trying to order food at a Burger King, he had a eureka moment: Why not create a device that translates sign language into text? Armed with that idea and a leather golf glove, Patterson created a device that senses its wearer's hand movements and transmits them wirelessly to a tiny handheld monitor, where they appear as words. The device won Patterson a top prize at the Siemens Westinghouse Science and Technology Competition. INVENTOR Ryan Patterson AVAILABILITY Prototype TO LEARN MORE www.siemens-foundation.org...
...Tokyo train station, unable to make heads or tails of the kanji lettering in the posted routes and timetables. Next time he'll be ready. His InfoScope snaps a picture of a street sign and ships it over a wireless network to a remote computer that extracts the text and beams back a translation--all in less than 15 seconds. Haritaoglu is working on a similar service for GPS-equipped cell phones that would offer travel tips. INVENTOR IBM Almaden Research Center AVAILABILITY Prototype TO LEARN MORE www.almaden.ibm.com
...must be said that even a hawk can find something to like in the text of the resolution. Inspectors will be able to go anywhere and talk to anyone they want—in the safety of a foreign country if necessary. Iraq can’t so much as tell a lie without breaking the letter of the resolution. In sum, it prescribes precisely the kind of inspections regime Saddam cannot allow to occur...