Unless you fancy using three different machines to run Word, Excel and PowerPoint, give credit to the fathers of Eniac, the first reprogrammable computer: John Mauchly, Presper Eckert and John von Neumann.

FORBES: Yet another look

The image used in this work covers about 315 square degrees of the sky (a bit less than 1% of the entire sky) and observations were carried out using three different infrared filters.

ENGADGET: 9-gigapixel image of the Milky Way reminds us just how small we truly are

Instead of viewing a biological change in one portion of a cell, researchers using the Analyzer can track three different parts using highly precise lasers and digital cameras.

FORBES: Laser light shows

Three different studies using imaging techniques to measure how much plaque built up in patients' arteries will be presented at the meeting.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Using its robotic arm, the rover took three different scoopfuls of Martian soil.

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Our chart, based on research by three university economists, took a different metric, using state health department's figures for doctors who work directly with patients.

ECONOMIST: Tort reform

Radar offers three different views which can be selected according to the user's preference using the HUDs wireless remote.

ENGADGET: Recon updates its HUD tech, adds new view modes to MOD Live

The sound was huge for just three guys, and host Stevie Zoom told me later that each member was using every limb to play a different instrument.

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