Heighway Pinball's solution is to introduce inductive switch technology: solid state sensors beneath the playfield, well out of the way of flying steel balls, which are triggered when a ball passes by without any physical contact.
That's where Matias's wireless Laptop Pro keyboard for Mac comes in. (The company makes a wired version for PC, too.) Its switch technology confers the tactile response of a traditional mechanical keyboard, but sounds no louder than the office standard issue.
In the case study for Riverbed, Tate expressed relief that the staff at Paul Hastings has not had to slow down its work since the law firm began making the switch in technology.
If digital communications are disrupted, the site can switch to analogue technology with assistance from the Radio Amateurs' Emergency Network.
Merck is using RNAi technology to switch off genes in lab animals it is using in drug discovery.
Other US banks are reluctant to switch over to microchip technology due to the massive cost of installing new card readers and reissuing millions of new credit cards.
Utilities, however, are concerned about being able to recover the investment needed to switch to this new technology, and about potential backlash when customers see on their bills that they are paying much more to run their air conditioners on so-called "critical" days--like the dog days of August.
Cut development expenses to zero, switch to dated but cheap technology, under-depreciate, change pension fund assumptions, bleed non-executive salaries and defer benefits etc.
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The LG V300 will come with an impressive list of features including 2nd Generation Intel Core processors, 3D FPR display, In Plane Switch (IPS) screen technology that creates a stunning 178-degree viewing angle and a triple camera system for superb multitouch capability.
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On top of that, the 800 comes with the new Adreno 330 graphics processor with 30fps 4K playback capability, while still featuring the improved Adreno 320's FlexRender technology that can dynamically switch between direct rendering and binning rendering for optimized performance and efficiency.
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Our integration with Kinect for Xbox 360 lets customers play and search for videos with the wave of a hand or the sound of their voice, and our Whispersync technology allows customers to seamlessly switch between watching on their Kindle Fire and their Xbox 360 console, without losing their place.
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Until then, it will be stuck selling machines that run its old versions of Unix, with questionable ability to switch the systems over to the new Itanium technology when it arrives.
With Audible's innovative Whispersync for Voice technology, BMW owners can also switch seamlessly between reading a book on their Kindle at home and listening to the companion audiobook in the car via their iPhone app-without losing their place.
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The country has also been slow to switch on to the Internet and other kinds of new technology.
The hurdles for electric cars are in the electrical grid currently overloaded, and not ready for a big switch to electric cars and still-developing battery technology.
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While deterrent technology is catching up with these networks, violators switch to one-click host sites, like SockShare or PutLocker, which allow users to stream the media directly from the internet.
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OpenFlow startups include Big Switch Networks and Nicira Networks, co-founded by Casado, who serves as the chief technology officer there.
Making the switch from human labor to automation only makes sense when the cost (and benefits) of the technology is equal to or more than the cost of a worker.
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And new innovations such as printed circuit technology and the white space radio spectrum (transmitting data over unused TV channel airwaves as we switch from analogue to digital TV) are all helping to create a world where everything can talk to everything else, and everything to us.
Once a company has deployed a piece of proprietary technology say, an expensive package of enterprise software it is very costly to switch to another provider.
In September, the Merc will switch on an electronic after-hours trading system developed in France, and next year the French will adopt Merc technology for settling trades.
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"The new adaptive bitrate technology and speed diagnostics page help optimise the viewing experience, while the resizable window gives users flexibility to switch between different quality streams, hopefully leading to a more satisfying experience overall, " said Mr Rose.
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