Devices Help Paralyzed Woman Speak Through Neck Cues
Nancy Robinson, near total paralysis from ALS, uses two husband designed devices to communicate. A lamp on a headband lights a transparent board with alphabet and numbers. by moving her neck to select characters she forms words. A second setup replaces the keyboard with an alphabet board guiding a solar cell driven printer to type.
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Revival of Caledonian Games in Athena Scotland
In Athena Gre a town of 895 hosts a Gaelic revival with high school students crafting replica 16th century Scottish swords from surplus guardrails. The effort aims to reanimate Caledonian Games featuring piping, dancing and a large celidh. Ancestors of McEwans bicMillans Thompsons McDonalds and Grants founded the festival in 1699. it faded around 1919 and a renewed interest led by attorney Donald Duncan sparked the revival.
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Saudi Arabia seeks 1900 plus Sidewinder missiles from US
Washington reports Saudi Arabia plans to buy more than 1900 Sidewinder interceptor missiles from the United States along with 16 Hawk ground to air missile batteries. The sale faces congressional review and draws opposition from some pro Israel lawmakers and Arms Control officials citing excess for Saudi defense. Delivery could start by late 1978 as Saudi pilots with F five fighters will use the missiles.
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Persian Gulf
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