Vibrant Research is working on snap-in-place fabrication that may scale to mass manufacturing volumes cheaply enough to deliver VC returns.
FORBES: Time To Invest In Hardware And Manufacturing Startups
The iPhone is linked to the car through the center console either via the USB cable, supplied with the phone, or through an available snap-in adapter.
ENGADGET: BMW and Mini cars add iOS integration for Audible, Glympse, Rhapsody and TuneIn
Toyota and its Lexus and Scion brands are all benefiting from a snap-back in sales and market share in the U.S., as Toyota has managed to get through its recall fiasco in 2010 as well as the natural disaster in 2011 with flying colors.
FORBES: Back-On-Top Toyota Tests Gains With New Version of Tundra
The immediate cause of the disaster was a breakdown in the snap-together final assembly process in Toulouse that has served the company well for over 30 years.
Despite not taking a regular-season snap in the NFL since 2010, the 35-year-old veteran is healthy and looking forward to trying to beat out Mark Sanchez and whoever else might be in the mix at quarterback for the Jets this season.
Well into old age he could be spotted, in bright red parka and with frozen beard, lying full-length on the Antarctic sandstone to snap some tiny life-containing fissure in the rocks.
In February 2012, Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition won a majority in snap parliamentary elections called by the Emir, Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah, over the corruption crisis.
But when does our core decency come in when we make such life-altering decisions in a snap?
Do that half a dozen times or so and the paper-clip will snap in two.
Companies that participate in the Snap-Shot Service will be notified when a name they've been tracking is up for bid.
To snap a typical paper-clip in tension by clamping one end and tugging on the other would require a force of 50lbs or so.
This world version of the PlugBug charger includes five international snap-on plugs for use in the UK, Europe, Australia, China, and North America.
ENGADGET: PlugBug World brings global travel to the MacBook / USB charger
Today, at some 11, 700, the Dow is 85% of the pre- snap-crash high, just like in 1977.
By any historical comparison, the economy was sure not only to bottom out soon, but to surge forward in a dramatic snap-back.
Square helps businesses set up a point-of-sale in a snap.
FORBES: I Scoop Hadoop Schnoops! (or How Google and the CIA are shaping Big Data)
One of the keys was playing more zone than usual, and several players said they also were able to make it appear before the snap that they were in man-to-man when they actually were in zone.
If you're interested in swapping covers, snap-on backs will be available -- but beware, the actual back of the device itself isn't removable.
Westin's GadgetTrak gets creative when locating Mac laptops: The company's MacTrak program uses the computer's built-in camera to secretly snap pictures of the thief every 30 minutes.
Nikola Gruevski, leader of the centre-right VMRO-DPMNE, won a snap election in June 2011 and made a deal with his party's Albanian coalition partner to form a government.
As you'll see in the video clips after the break, the home screen here shares some similarities with Windows Phone 8's counterpart -- in the way items snap to grid and resize, even though the former is enhanced by plenty of bouncy animation, more colors and funny sounds (designed by Japanese musician Cornelius).
ENGADGET: HTC-made au Infobar A02 launches in Japan, wraps unique Android UI in trippy body
The electorate is entitled to gauge candidates in the hurly-burly of a full-blown campaign, not in the equivalent of a snap election.
And with the phone's built-in camera, consumers can snap and share pics of where they are and what they're doing anytime.
ENGADGET: Cricket and RadioShack confirm No-Contract Wireless, ship two Huawei phones to celebrate
As he did with General Growth, Miller focuses on digging up companies that have been beaten down by scary headlines but also have the sort of strong underlying earnings power to snap back--"coiled springs, " in Miller's terminology.
But, for once, Faldo was prepared to take 'losing' on the chin because being part of Nicklaus' final Open campaign - and getting that historic snap on the Swilcan Bridge (the famous stone arch in the middle of the 18th fairway) - was enough in itself.
In fairness, Australia had the odd half-chance, Jason Culina heading a Brett Emerton cross over and Richard Garcia sending a snap-shot past the post - while a second-half appeal for handball against Per Mertesacker in the box might have warranted closer inspection.
Acer projects sales will increase by more than 50.0% as first-time computer users in developing markets snap up the small, cheap laptops.
Consider this scenario: A department with a pain point around visualizing and using large data sets could easily snap in a cloud provider through an easy-to-engage vendor who meets this specific need after a short departmental-led decision process.
It was the only time New York's struggling power-play unit connected in the game, but it came at the perfect time and helped snap the Capitals' season-high winning streak at three games.
In 1993, Japanese Prime Minister Kiichi Miyazawa lost a crucial no-confidence vote and dissolved parliament to trigger snap elections in July.
应用推荐