The complex is a patchwork of various connected buildings added over the years, filled with a warren of hallways and quirky features such as the World of Rubber museum, conveyor belt-like "speed ramps" that were Goodyear-made hybrids of escalators and moving walkways, and a room filled with models of Goodyear plants.

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After five seconds in the oil, the fried chips emerge onto a conveyor belt, where high-speed cameras inspect them.

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Its no-contact drive system uses an advanced low-noise motor and geared belt to ensure control over speed while filtering out vibration.

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Made of a material known as polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), this belt produces an electric charge whenever low-speed airflow passes over it and causes it to vibrate -- a result of that vaunted piezoelectric effect.

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In the study published Friday, Dr. Bastian, Pablo Celnik from Johns Hopkins University and colleagues studied healthy individuals and whether brain stimulation and split-belt treadmill training, used simultaneously, can speed up progress in smoothing out walking gaits.

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The minister said that the Glasgow to Edinburgh high-speed route had the potential to boost rail capacity across the central belt, significantly reduce journey times and possibly lead to new stations being built.

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But then, would high speed rail really move growth out, or would it make the whole country into Greater London's commuter belt?

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