1 X E TEX in TEX Live e release of TEX Live 2007 marked a milestone for the X E TEX project, as the first major TEX distribution to include X E TEX (version 0.996) as an integral part. Prior to this, X E TEX was a tool that could be added to a TEX setup, but version and configuration differences meant that it was difficult to ensure smooth integration in all cases, and it was only available fo...

SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MIND 37 brilliant student, Jonathan sailed through grade school. He completed his assignments easily and routinely earned As. Jonathan puzzled over why some of his classmates struggled, and his parents told him he had a special gift. In the seventh grade, however, Jonathan suddenly lost interest in school, refusing to do homework or study for tests. As a consequence, his gra...

I’m pleased to introduce new editorial board members Bernd Froehlich and Mark Livingston, who will be the editors of the upcoming Spatial Interfaces department. Bernd Froehlich is a full professor on the media faculty at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. His group performs basic and applied research in multiuser virtual reality; 2D and 3D user interfaces; visualization and rendering algorithms for ve...