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`The highway patrolman 'was enjoy(cid:173)
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`asked O'Malley to document a typical
`roadworking session for us, with an eye
`toward some practical tips for the new(cid:173)
`ly initiated. "Taking your office on the
`road," he advises, "also involves some
`psychology. You have to treat the obsta(cid:173)
`cles like personal challenges to your de(cid:173)
`termination-sort of like driving in
`New York," says the Florida resident.
`
`Fuel cell entrepreneur Joseph Mace(cid:173)
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`da of H Power Corp., in Belleville,
`N.J., treats as a personal challenge
`the decades-old obstacles that have
`plagued the hydrogen-power faithful.
`Maceda is just one of the many opti(cid:173)
`mists contributing editor Norman H.
`Mayersohn uncovered in his report,
`"The Outlook for Hydrogen." The po(cid:173)
`tential of hydrogen power as an alter(cid:173)
`native to fossil fuels is vastly alluring.
`As a source, it is theoretically limitless.
`It burns clean, leaving water vapor
`-its pripiary emission-and no harm-
`
`ing a routine cruise along a farm
`road outside Tracy, Calif., when he
`spied an egg-shaped two-wheeler in the
`early morning light. He didn't know
`quite what to make of the strange ob(cid:173)
`ject. It moved fast enough to be a mo(cid:173)
`torcycle, but resembled none he had ev(cid:173)
`er seen before. And why was it
`preceded by a truck with a hydraulic
`tailgate bearing a motley group of
`shouting, arm-waving men?
`The officer's bewilderment turned to
`amusement when he learned he had
`stumbled on the POPULAR SCIENCE pho(cid:173)
`tography crew and the
`builders and racers of
`the Cheetah,
`the
`world's fastest human(cid:173)
`powered vehicle. Be(cid:173)
`neath the aerodynamic
`fairing of this bizarre
`bike was a sweaty rid(cid:173)
`er, Chris Huber, who pi(cid:173)
`loted the Cheetah to a
`world-record speed last
`year. We're happy to re(cid:173)
`port that no speeding
`ticket was issued.
`As you read this
`month's cover story,
`new contenders for the
`Cheetah's first-place
`status are gathering in Chris Huber, record-holding rider of the Cheetah,. the world's fastest
`Alamosa, Colo. Among bike, encounters the California highway patrol.
`the betting favorites at
`the Colorado Speed Challenge, Septem(cid:173)
`ber 13 through 17, are Gold Rush II, a
`new version of the 65-plus-mph vehicle
`whose record was shattered by the
`Cheetah, and the Cutting Edge. The
`Cheetah crew won't be there. Their
`record run of 68. 73 mph is a personal
`best they feel will stand up to this year's
`competitors. We11 have an update on
`this competition in a future issue.
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`ful carbon oxides. But separating hy(cid:173)
`drogen from water is energy-intensive;
`transporting and storing it is complex
`and expensive.
`Mayersohn suggests that environ(cid:173)
`mental concerns together with disclo(cid:173)
`sures about the real costs of fossil fuels
`may be the keys to overcoming the eco(cid:173)
`nomic and technological constraints
`that make hydrogen doubtful today as
`a fuel source. "Every gallon of gas we
`burn does about a dollar's worth of en(cid:173)
`vironmental damage," notes Mayer(cid:173)
`sohn. ''That fact is not lost on business(cid:173)
`es ar ound the world. Everywhere I
`looked, major corporations have seri(cid:173)
`ous hydrogen projects starting up."
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`It's probably not a -record, but our in-
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`trepid contributing editor Christo(cid:173)
`pher O'Malley has lugged along a
`portable or laptop computer and vari(cid:173)
`ous accessories for mobile computing
`and communications on more than 100
`business trips. In his travels, he has
`broken, lost (and then recovered)
`sundry computers, forgotten essential
`power cords, and otherwise endured
`and eajoyed all the tribulations and tri(cid:173)
`umphs that are the hallmarks of to(cid:173)
`day's world of mobile computing. We
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`Don McCosh (Detroit),
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`EtECCT.Re>NICS
`
`EDITED BY MICHAEL ANTONOFF
`
`T ELEV I S ION
`
`CAPllONING CoulD BE A
`BooN To MANY VIEWERS
`
`By law, closed-captioning decoder
`
`chips must be built into all new
`TVs with screens measuring 13
`inches and larger. But not only the
`hearing-impaired are benefiting. Oth(cid:173)
`ers-such as those studying English or
`children learning to read-are discov(cid:173)
`ering the value of having a program
`transcript running across the bottom of
`the screen.
`Creating the closed captions is a
`time-consuming art. Prerecorded
`shows, such as a one-hour daytime dra(cid:173)
`ma, might require 15 hours of work
`from a professional captioner. The
`evening news or other live broadcasts
`are even more difficult. "As a newscast(cid:173)
`er's words are spoken, someone in a
`studio, in real time, types phonetically
`
`at 250 words per
`minute on a steno(cid:173)
`graphic keyboard at(cid:173)
`tached to a comput(cid:173)
`er," explains Donald
`Thieme, executive
`director at the Na(cid:173)
`tional Captioning In(cid:173)
`stitute (NCI) in Falls
`Church, Va. The key(cid:173)
`board creates phonetic impulses that
`are downloaded into the computer,
`where translations are made and fed
`over a phone line. That data is embed(cid:173)
`ded into the television signal, and with(cid:173)
`in three seconds after the words are
`spoken, they appear as part of a contin(cid:173)
`uous scroll at the bottom of the screen.
`The captioned programming is of(cid:173)
`fered by all major networks and cable
`stations. The "caption ready" capabili(cid:173)
`ty, however, raises the cost of a TV
`about $20. Optional features include
`the ability to change the colors of the
`characters, italics, and a combination
`of upper- and lowercase letters. One
`manufacturer is offering a special
`videocassette recorder that routes text
`directly to a printer or personal com(cid:173)
`puter. The Caption Writer VCR ($995)
`from Instant Replay in Miami could,
`for example, enable you to tailor your
`word processor's search function as an
`electronic clipping service for news
`programs.-Marcelle M. Sovi.ero
`
`A fiLn wmmary Is
`viewed on a StarSlght
`screen (left); TV
`Guide On Saeen
`enables parents to
`set an occess code.
`
`INTERACTIVE TV
`
`IEAslNG CHANNEL
`Gwr ANGsr
`
`With the era of 500-channel
`
`television approaching, the
`notion of lingering even five
`seconds per program to see what's on
`adds up to nearly 42 minutes of chan(cid:173)
`nel-flipping drudgery. That's one rea(cid:173)
`son several subscription-based, on(cid:173)
`screen guides are being rolled out.
`An electronic program guide serves
`as a filter to show you listings that ap(cid:173)
`peal to par ticular tastes, s uch as
`• • • - -• - iiii!I sports, situation comedies, or chil(cid:173)
`ill~
`ll!~ to change the channel by simply high-
`~~ lighting a title by remote control and
`~~ pressing a go-to button.
`TV Guide On Screen of Englewood,
`~~
`~~ Colo., which is testing its system in
`... i!'
`~~ the Denver area, includes a parental
`~::i lock that can be used to block any
`~!§ movie rated R or higher. It will also
`ll!8 enable you to confirm pay-per-view or(cid:173)
`~~o
`.. "' ders only after a password is entered
`!<.. so that children, for example, won't be
`~ ;
`able to run up extra charges or order a
`if program without parental approval.
`~
`Unlike TV Guide On Screen, Star-
`Sight Telecast (formerly InSight Tele(cid:173)
`cast) of Fremont, Calif., enables you
`to program your VCR by pointing at
`the on-screen listings. StarSight list(cid:173)
`ings are already being inserted in the
`vertical blanking interval-the area
`sandwiched between picture frames(cid:173)
`of PBS signals. A future version of
`StarSight will copy listings to the be(cid:173)
`ginning of each tape and index them
`so you can find a program quickly.
`The StarSight decoder will be built
`into some of Zenith's TV sets with
`screens measuring 27 inches and
`larger beginning this fall. Subscrip(cid:173)
`tions to either service are expected to
`cost between $3 and $5 a month.
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`------<a ii:" dren's shows. It may also enable you
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`Text Is Input and broadcast in synchronization with the audio portion of a prerecorded show or within
`seconds of a Uve broadcast. A caption-ready TV set is needed to display the text.
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