Word: virtualization
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...first indicator of a possible turn-around in the campaign is if a candidate surpasses all expectations in Iowa, garnering more support than the polls currently indicate. This happened in 1976, when Jimmy Carter, a virtual unknown nationally, catapulted himself into the lead and, eventually, into the Democratic nomination. Since 1972, all presidential nominees have finished at least third in the caucuses...
Dede's research focuses on "new devices, tools, media and infrastructures...hand-held computers, computer simulations, virtual reality, the Web...to understand their strengths and limits for learning," Dede wrote in an e-mail message...
...emerging technologies that purport to bind people together have also created a new information class imposed on the others. Not everyone has a computer, so there is that class of outsiders. Even among the insiders, people seek virtual localities where they find their own kind--chess players chat with chess players, militia members with militia members. Since communication is the soul of democracy, the Internet should have become the great equalizer, but most people are in touch with their own, home alone...
...print her own teen publication (or, if she prefers privacy, her own "cosmic journal" with password protection). It features everything you'd expect from the genre: do-it-yourself astrology, numerology, relationship quizzes, a "dream oracle" that always finds something positive to say about your nightmares, and a virtual makeover room that lets you change your image to your heart's content. You need never buy Cosmo again...
...leaving your PC. The Real Feel PoolShark from Interact ($29.99) works with all USB-enabled computers, including the iMac. How it works is simple: you hold a pool cue (plastic one included) over a roll bar on the mouselike controller. How fast and far you move it directs the virtual cue on your screen. Also included is the PC-only game Ultimate 8 Ball, which lets you try your luck against computer players or challenge other hustlers on the Internet. No fancy finger grip is required, and you won't break your back leaning over the table...