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...Patent and Trademark Office registration number is tough to remember -- 4,942,516 -- and the holder of the patent, a Los Angeles inventor named Gilbert Hyatt, is a virtual unknown. But Hyatt, 52, has suddenly carved a memorable niche for himself in the multibillion-dollar semiconductor industry. Last week, after a 20-year battle with the patent office, the tenacious engineer announced that he had finally received a certificate of intellectual ownership for a single-chip microprocessor that he says he invented in 1968. The announcement sent shock waves throughout the computer industry, which could be forced to pay Hyatt...
After a long struggle I finally manage to maneuver myself in the direction of the floating yellow keyhole that is my gateway to the next imaginary environment. I can visit a virtual kitchen (complete with drippy faucet and ticking clock), take a virtual picnic (featuring 3-D sound cues from buzzing gnats) or make an appearance at the Mad Hatter's tea party. But by now I've broken out in a clammy sweat, and I've become acutely aware of the people lined up behind me waiting their turn on the machine. Have they been watching me wrestling spastically...
That's when I had my first realization of the potential power of the technology. I was sitting in a room crowded with strangers, but within the space of my virtual reality, I was totally alone. So deeply immersed was I in the illusionary world projected in front of my eyeballs that I assumed everyone else was experiencing the same panic and frustration I was. In fact, they were oblivious. Perhaps that's the secret attraction in being able to explore your own personal inner space. In the world of virtual reality, your anxiety is all your...
Formally known as the Environmental Protection Act of 1990, Big Green is a virtual laundry list of environmental protection measures. It would phase out cancer-causing pesticides, limit emissions of greenhouse gases, halt the clear-cutting of giant redwoods, force oil companies to contribute to a $500 million fund for cleaning up oil spills, and create the office of an elected "environmental advocate" to enforce state environmental laws and regulations...
...UNIRAC was only a glancing blow. By 1985 even Gigante's own son Andrew was a union vice president on the docks. Thomas Gleason, president of the I.L.A. until 1987, is reputed to have been a virtual Genovese puppet. Today, at 89, he is paid $100,000 a year as president emeritus and serves on the union's executive council. His successor, John Bowers, was named as an unindicted co-conspirator in several recent prosecutions for taking payoffs and even soliciting a murder. In February, a decade after UNIRAC, the U.S. filed a civil racketeering suit that seeks to have...