Friday, March 8, 2002

Popular Science Augmented Reality by Steve Ditlea Walk down the street, look at the world. This is reality. Now repeat, but wearing an odd-looking, bulky pair of glasses that place into your line of vision selective, relevant bits of data about the world; the data hovers in sight like virtual Post-it Notes, annotating your view. This is augmented reality. Glasses on, you glance to the right, at a vaguely familiar restaurant, and click a small button in your hand. Up pops text reminding you that Tom's Restaurant was the model for the diner on "Seinfeld"; not only that, but -- according to the glasses, at least -- the Morningside salad is worth ordering. Further Information Augmented Reality Page with Video clips of my working system 1:30:37 PM    comment Washington Post.com House Ponders Issues of Governance After Catastrophe Bills Address Succession, Continuity of Congress By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer The administration's decision to rotate senior civilian managers through secret East Coast locations has ignited a debate within Congress over whether lawmakers are adequately prepared for a massive attack on Washington. While House leaders intensified emergency evacuation plans after last fall's terrorist strikes and anthrax mailings, some lawmakers say these precautions do not address the broader issue of how the government -- including the legislative branch -- would function after widespread destruction in the nation's capital. A few members have introduced legislation, hoping to enact changes before another strike occurs. 10:55:22 AM    comment Time flies in this 'Machine' remake Reliable story of good vs. evil dramatized as genetic duel of extremes. By David Elliott SPECIAL TO MSNBC.COM March 7 —  "The Time Machine" has gained by its trip forward from 1960, when the H.G. Wells fantasy was filmed by George Pal. Director Simon Wells, previously an animation man and at least imaginatively related to the famous writer, is not quite the recognized visionary that Pal and old H.G. were. But his modern effects and design make quite a leap ahead. Further Information CNN.com — 'Time Machine' a rickety contraption 10:33:02 AM    comment ABCNEWS.com U.S. Final Assault of Operation Anaconda Drawing to an End March 8 — More than 1,000 friendly Afghan fighters backed by 10 tanks are joining the growing number of U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan for what the United States is hoping will be the final assault in the Battle of Gardez. Further Information Yahoo! News — Pentagon: 200 al-Qaida Holdouts Remain Yahoo! News — Allies Hunt for Remaining al-Qaida Fox News — Slain SEAL Wrote Wife He Was Prepared to Die for His Country Fox News — Slain Soldier's Family Bids Farewell to a Hero New YorkTimes — Afghan Coalition Forces Gaining Higher Ground, but Rebels Resist CNN.com — Despite bad weather, Anaconda, right on plan BBC News Online — Afghan mountain battle rages on 9:31:04 AM    comment CNN.com Afghan women celebrate new freedoms on International Women's Day March 8, 2002 KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In a dramatic departure from years of repression under the Taliban regime, Afghan women shed the all-enveloping burqa and publicly recited verses of the Koran on Friday as Afghanistan marked International Women's Day for the first time in 11 years. Further Information BBC Online News — Afghans celebrate women's day BBC Online News — Women's Day highlights Afghan plight ABC News — Veiled Options, The Veil Is Not Oppression, It's Chic, Say Muslim Women 8:58:38 AM    comment FOXNews.com Europeans Slow to Freeze Terror Money Friday, March 08, 2002 As the United States moves beyond blocking funds of Usama bin Laden's network to include other terrorist groups, America's most important bloc of allies is being less aggressive. The European Union has frozen assets of just two of 28 groups on a U.S. list of non-Al Qaeda organizations. Out of the dozens of individuals on Washington's list of suspected terrorists, the EU targeted eight. 7:50:04 AM    comment New Scientist Dying stars hide behind a sunscreen shield 12:25 08 March 02 by Eugenie Samuel NewScientist.com news service The centuries-old mystery of why dying red giant stars dim and gradually disappear, only to reappear months later, has been solved, say US scientists. Computer modeling shows titanium oxide, the white pigment found in sunscreens, periodically forms in the atmosphere of the stars. 6:15:32 AM    comment

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