Go about enjoying the short time we all have left on earth away from the screen.

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During flights, people could gather there to look down at either a TV image of the ground they're flying over, or a Google Earth image streamed onto the screen.

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In their project, users stand on the board, which is placed before a large-screen projection of Google Earth.

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Meanwhile, outside of that claustrophobic feedback loop of our face and our screen, the physical systems of the earth are degraded by human activity.

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In bringing Sebold's meditative novel to the big screen, Jackson depicts a world between heaven and earth.

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Whether it is on the shiny new iPad, computer or phone, the chances are that you are reading this article through a screen laced with one of the rarest metals on Earth: indium.

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