41. Northwest Airlines is abandoning its attempt to equip planes with interactive video because units have been unreliable. 42. One plan would have interactive video in the classroom, linking the students by television screen to teachers in Alpine. 43. On interactive videos, curators describe the background and importance of what is being seen on display. 44. Other students are working on more efficient engines and fuel systems as well as an interactive video that will teach children about space flight. 45. Silicon Graphics Inc. said Monday it had developed a set of computer chips that would make it easier for companies to incorporate interactive video in consumer products. 46. Some utilities are exploring whether to read meters using fiber-optic phone lines that soon will carry interactive video to the home. 47. The attempt to equip airplanes with interactive video has suffered the equivalent of an aborted takeoff. 48. Traffic increased four to five times on HBO.com, in part because of that interactive video. 49. Two of those days are given to the Firearms Training Systems simulator, which uses a laser-equipped gun and an interactive video to imitate dangerous situations. 50. Until many more users have fiber-optic connections nationwide, analysts say businesses will hold off on offering interactive video and other futuristic applications. |
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