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OCR: 13 In an adjacent laboratory professor Jerome Silverstein, America's foremost expert in the field of tele-presence, and his younger colleague genetics wizard doctor Rann Johansen made ready for the day's test. Electronically and visually, the pair were monitoring Private Rick Moorer, the number two volunteer in the TVO project, as he underwent his final medical checks prior to stepping up to what the designers had dubbed the 'flight deck.' The unit was, in fact, a pentagonal pedestal half a metre deep and two metres wide. Inside it resided the boxes of tricks that handled all of the incredible number crunching involved in tele-virtual operation. Above the pedestal was a lightweight, gloved neoprene bodysuit, close in design to the type used by sub-aqua divers. Only Tee Vo suits sprouted se ...