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Israeli inventor's tiny chemical scanner could change the supermarket experience
• TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- An Israeli inventor has created a scanner that he says could change the way we shop and take care of ourselves -- by reading the chemical makeup of foods, drugs and other items we use.
• The tiny gadget is still limited to a few key applications. But creator Dror Sharon envisions a machine that will compile a massive collection of data that will allow users to analyze the physical matter that exists around them.
• "We wanted to find applications where people have the most visceral connection to the world," said Sharon, CEO and co-founder of Consumer Physics.
• His gadget, called the SCiO, is an infrared spectrometer the size of a thumb drive. It is being marketed for three applications -- food, pharmaceuticals and horticulture, or the health of plants. Simply by pointing and clicking a miniature digital wand, users can see how many calories are in a piece of cheese or determine when a tomato will reach peak ripeness.
• Its name evokes the Latin verb "to know."
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Tim Howard's improbable saves in World Cup turn him into social media sensation overnight
• SAO PAULO (AP) -- Tim Howard left a lasting impression on Americans from coast to coast -- and fans around the world, really -- for his incredible, improbable saves in the loss to Belgium in extra time that sent the U.S. home from the World Cup to a country captivated.
• Howard is a big reason -- 6-foot-3, to be exact -- for the fascination. He has become a Twitter sensation in less than a day, while raising one important question before he leaves Brazil: Will the 35-year-old goalkeeper be back for the next World Cup four years from now in Russia?
• "When you're in the public eye, it's part of what you have to deal with," Howard said Wednesday of the hype from his record-setting World Cup. "I've been dealing with it for a long time. It's nice that America knows about soccer now. That's what's important."
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