The building has soaring glass walls, digital clocks, a Burger King, and a Tommy Hilfiger store.
But those who maintain the shuttle, manage it, chart its trajectory and its future know that it embodies transition as well, with regular upgrades like the modern "glass cockpit" digital display that replaced antiquated dials.
Because Gleason grading is done manually by a pathologist visually examining glass (or digital) slides subtle morphologic and architectural differences of histological attributes, in addition to other factors, may result in grading errors and hence cause high inter-observer variability.
HP and VA used in their assessment a ballpoint probe, light of the unit, a magnifying glass, and digital photographs.
Though the glasses remain, digital 3-D requires only one projector and is infinitely easier to present than the old version.
Digital pathology changes glass slides into digital images.
It's as though there's a digital glass wall.
And breakups, awkward and drawn-out in person, are even more so online as details are parsed by the curious, their faces pressed against the digital glass.
Ubiquitous cyber-gurus, framed by colourful PowerPoint presentations reminiscent of stained glass, prophesied a digital land in which growth would be limitless, commerce frictionless and democracy direct.
A real plunge into Google Docs would concern itself with superstition and paranoia, our medieval hearts palpitating against the frosted glass of the digital future.
