SunBox Develops Light Therapy Niche for SAD Sufferers
Washington area company SunBox markets SunRay and SunSquare light therapies for Seasonal Affective Disorder. Founder Neal Owens, inspired after personal SAD trials in 1980s, built a business selling compact, high lux boxes to research centers and consumers. Also promotes Bio-Brite visor in distribution deals.
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CBS
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Norman Rosenthal
AP Photo SunBox Co
Gaithersburg, Md
Americans double IRA savings as rollovers surge
Americans boosted tax advantaged IRA assets to about 86 billion dollars last year, more than doubling 1993 and 1992 levels. Much came from employer plan rollovers by laid off or early retirements, while new contributions stayed flat around 15 to 17 billion since 1986.
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Money Magazine
Congress
Jennifer Norquist
IRA Reporter
Brainerd
Minn
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Sony PBS unveil auto setting VCR clocks for timeshift ease
Sony Corp and PBS test a new VCR feature that auto sets clocks using PBS time signals. The system updates on power up and adjusts for daylight saving, aiding about 20 percent of users who do not program their clocks. June launches foreseen with PBS testing in major markets. The project spokesman calls it to improve access to programming.
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Sony Corp
PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
America
Sony
Lisa Baldino
Allergy map guides location choices for pollen sufferers
Edward Mooney, a University of Iowa geography graduate student, developed the Personal Allergy Discomfort Probability Map within his Personal Geographic System to overlay allergens by patient sensitivity. The map, presented at the Association of American Geographers meeting, aims to identify areas with lower pollen discomfort and can combine maps for family members. Mooney envisions a nationwide Allergy GIS Institute for rapid patient-specific maps via physicians' offices.
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Tammy Culbertson
University of Iowa
Iowa City
Edward Mooney
University of Iowa Department of Geography
Mooney
Association of American Geographers
San Francisco
United States
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