Real neurons consist of a cell body, known as the soma, that contains the cell nucleus and from which extend a number of nearby, or proximal, dendrites as well as the axon, a fine cable-like projection that can extend many centimeters to connect to other neurons.
Stylistically, "The Storm" updates Kenneth Snelson's 1960's abstraction: a jumbled multitude of short red dowels hovers within a web of fine cables stretched wall to wall.
The 40 muscles are attached to fine cables in sheaths, much like the brake cables on a bicycle, and these pass through the robotic wrist to operate the joints.The tactile sensors which take the place of nerve endings at the fingertips are even more advanced.
The FCC fined cable networks owned by Disney, Viacom and Comcast because they carried an ad for the movie "Olympus Has Fallen" that included the emergency alert system tones and actually fooled some viewers.
"Wonderland" might have done fine on cable, where a smaller, devoted audience is enough.
Unlike the spleen, however, PCs have gotten along just fine without cable modems until recently.
At this point, most people in the U.S. can get broadband at their home just fine through cable or DSL. 2. WiMax hasn't proven itself elsewhere either.
Others may decide they can do without the extra audiences their antennas reach, cash in on their spectrum and get by just fine with cable, satellite and online distribution.
An arched opening at the back of the stage is strung with dozens of fine silvery cables that extend over the stage and the audience, creating a tunnel effect and the notion of a spider web in which we are caught along with the dancers.
