The Ultimate Pitching Machine 2 Using technology to improve Pitching employs a coordinated sequence of body movements. The goal at ASMI is to identify and remove any inefficiencies from a pitcher’s...
The Ultimate Pitching Machine B y Tom McNichol / Originally published in WIRED Hardware and hard science are turning big-league ballplayers into precision-guided flamethrowers 1 I t’s the fastest hu...
Working Smarter Together 2 Taking advantage of what’s there How can firms tap into the collective wisdom? One intriguing method of doing this is to set up internal decision markets, which firms can...
Working Smarter Together By James Surowiecki / Originally Published in WIRED . Edited for length. Reprinted by permission of SLL/ Sterling Lord Literistic, Inc. Copyright by James Surowiecki Why the m...
Ten Phobias That Disrupt Our Lives 2 5 Agoraphobia: Fear of open or public spaces People who suffer from this phobia often fear being unable to escape the situation. This is “the most common and the...
Ten Phobias That Disrupt Our Lives By Candace Murphy/ 2004 San Jose mercury News , Knight Ridder Newspaper. Distributed by Tribune Media Service 1 Garden-variety fears are one thing; phobias are anoth...
Demining Cambodia by Hand 2 To do his work, Aki Ra consults former Khmer Rouge soldiers, men he fought with and against at various times. For a fee, they tell him where to look for explosives. He uses...
Demining Cambodia by Hand By Karen J. Coates 1 When Aki Ra was five years old, the Khmer Rouge killed his parents. At age 10, Aki Ra got his first gun, an AK-47, and he learned to plant landmines , fi...
Much Ado about Shakespeare’s Hometown 2 Shakespeare’s home Within Shakespeare’s Birthplace, the period furniture is not original, but it does lend insight into 16th-century life in England. One...
Much Ado about Shakespeare’s Hometown By Anne Chalfant 2004 Contra Costa Times , Knight Ridder Newspapers. Distributed by Tribune Media Services 1 T he man peppered his writing with unspeakable viol...
