Larry's enlightenment is like a "miracle cure" and he is able to express his mind-expanding discovery as a scientific thesis, which is a tremendous boost to his career.

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In Larry's office, his computer keyboard is now pushed to the side, replaced by a deep-touch FEEL-U-FEEL-ME pad. He is using it as a tactile interface to an Internet web browser, enhanced for scientific data analysis.

Larry is also communicating to the computer via voice recognition -- spoken commands. He is directing radio telescopes and analyzing microwave polarization data.

The computer is saying, in its fast-talking, metallic voice, "4-degree Kelvin radio polarization data -- half-sky map,10 arc-second resolution."

Larry runs his hand over the tactile image projected into the pad. On the computer screen is an image looking like the storm belts north and south of the equator of earth, viewed from space. In the pad, the image is in low-relief. Larry commands the computer, "Edge-enhance."

The image on the screen sharpens, showing chaotic vortices, but with a rhythmical pattern.

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