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In development are “smart mirrors” that use sensors, displays and software to monitor changes in appearance, mood or vital signs while patients are brushing their teeth and getting ready for the day.

Nick wants to confront his father about the causes of his problems; Nelson brushes him off.

On the remarkable and moving “Little Gears,” a waltz-time number built atop piano and brushed drums, she meditates on a spider weaving a web.

Such awareness lends a subtle metafictional framework to the novel, a hint of cautionary skepticism about its releases into fantasy and brushes with exoticism.

“I always told my brother, it’s a wonder we don’t all glow in the dark,” Senkewitz said as he brushed his hand across the graffitied hull.