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COMPANY TOWN ANNEX

Times Staff and Wire Reports

Miramax Enters Pact With Computer Firm: Miramax Films announced an alliance with The Other 90% Technologies Inc., a small San Francisco-area company trying to develop ways to control computers with body sensors rather than keyboards. The two companies aim to create products that can change the plot of a movie according to what the viewer is thinking. The Other 90% plans to sell a $150 accessory for personal computers this summer that can run certain functions when a person thinks about them. The device uses a sensor to pick up changes in the body and then interprets them into computer commands. Miramax said it wishes to explore the possibility of giving viewers more control over a movie.

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