The clerk, Vincent Capuccio, 29, of Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., would generate cards through his token-booth computer, then shut down the computer and restart it in the mistaken belief that he was obliterating the records, Mr. Brown said.
The invention relies on software that would run on ballot-booth computers either linked in a network or set up as stand-alone units.
Precincts across the Island are rolling out phone-booth-size computer workstations where police officers can scan finger and palm prints.
Most game experiments reported in the literature place anonymous subjects in isolated booths in computer laboratories, do not allow communication, and incentivize performance with monetary payments.
In a newspaper interview, Harris predicted that Americans would probably vote on TV monitors in voting booths, and computers would announce the winners minutes after the polls closed.
One of the biggest restaurants in town, Harry O's, has been transformed into a sprawling cybercafe where several dot-coms have set up booths and computers.
In Bagdi, the computer booth is operated by Deepak Patel, 20, a gaunt, lanky son of a farmer.
Visitors are always fascinated by "that element of spectacle," said Jay Sakai, the program's technical director, who watches the show from a glass-walled computer booth where he cues in fresh data.
Testing took place in a soundproof booth, with the computer that controlled stimulus presentation and recorded responses in an adjacent room.
She pointed out that Westfield had booths equipped with computer screens this year.
A business center in the basement houses three computer booths and a printer, and while an employee currently works there, the hotel is considering leaving it unstaffed because few guests use it.
