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Authors :
Bartimo, Jim
Source :
The Wall Street Journal Western Edition. May 20, 1991, pR22
Publication Year :
1991

Abstract

Software programs are often conceived in the spirit of innovation, but emerge as useless expenditures for consumers. Lightyear Inc's $500 Lightyear program was supposed to help workers make difficult decisions. Users input various factors of their decision and the computer produces bar graphs analyzing the user's feelings toward the decision. Launfal Software's Win-A-Lot! product was designed to help users win the California lottery with a mathematical formula. The Puma RS Computer Shoe contained a microchip that users' home computers could read after they finished jogging. Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary's Mind Mirror lets users travel through an 'interactive odyssey' and 'rock out at the Punk Rock Bar.' Softsync Inc's $30 The Computer Mechanic was designed to help auto neophytes determine the source of their auto problems. Additional software titles are discussed.

Details

ISSN :
01932241
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Publication Type :
News
Accession number :
edsgcl.10759341