We also showcased several feats of futuristic architecture -- a skyscraper zoo with a built-in ferris wheel and a shape-shifting solar bridge that purifies the air.
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The consortium tested the practicalities of using a printer on the Moon by setting up a D-shape 3D printer, which are used to print very large house-sized structures, in a vacuum chamber with simulated lunar material.
This procedure involves cutting the front portion of the first metatarsal in a V-shape, moving the bone and holding the sections together with a fixation device, such as screws.
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The A3 e-tron sports two Sanyo liquid-and-air-cooled battery packs, one under the trunk area and the other in a T-shape under the passenger compartment.
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He sits inside a hexagonal shape - the same shape, says Weidner, as the launch pad area of Apollo 11.
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The results, plotted as a graph, are a standard bell-shape: a few poor results at one end, a few excellent ones at the other and a bulge of average scores in the middle.
Its three principal areas (spa, fitness and pool) form a U-shape surrounding an interior courtyard atrium.
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Kanevsky answered it, and, despite having no experience or credentials, persuaded Slatkin to let him create a melon-shape porcelain tureen on spec.
At present, Superbot units respond to direct instructions, such as to form legs and climb a hill or reconfigure into a snake-like shape to go through a pipe.
The polymers return to a pre-defined shape when heated to a certain temperature, and, when damage is detected, an infrared laser sends light through the network to the damaged area, triggers the shape-memory, and commands the area to repair the crack or tear -- regaining up to 96 percent of its original strength.
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Surface--a highly responsive touch-screen computer the size and shape of a coffee table--is the latest attempt in the wireless industry to transform the way consumers shop for mobile devices.
The whole fried fish arrives at your table in a pot of seasoned broth, its body curled into a dramatic C-shape, its face clenched in a grimace.
The bottle is a direct copy from the archives, with an inverted cone-shape base and a taller-than-average brush handle.
The meal is often finished with a traditional sweet - such as a sticky rice cake in the shape of a purple blossom, with paper-thin slices of pear shaped like leaves.
According to Mitsubishi the ADM vessels will also feature a high-efficiency hull and a newly designed bow shape that will reduce wave-making resistances.
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And sitting in the chairs for a shape-up this week, writer and culture critic Jimi Izrael.
Of course, these A-list children shape more than the public opinion of their parents.
As a microplate rotates, it accumulates material at its edges, forming a spiral-like shape.
Rather than the flat bottoms that characterize most traditional boathouses, the Pearl would have a bobber-like shape.
Samara is a small crescent-shape reef protected bay, making it ideal for safe swimming or learning how to surf.
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Sitting in the chairs for a shape-up this week are writer and culture critic Jimi Izrael with us from Chicago.
For this fall and winter, Mr. Kimmel has stitched a true shape-shifter in the form of an extendable "hunter" coat.
Sitting in the chairs for a shape-up this week, our writer and culture critic, Jimi Izrael, with us in Washington, D.
Researchers in the US are also working on a shape-shifting device that uses magnets to mimic molecules that fold themselves into complex shapes.
Members of young Hollywood knew how to work the slim fit even if it were in a double-breasted shape as that seen on Chris Pine.
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He will probably get my vote, however, as I could not vote for Mitt Romney, who just comes across as a shape-shifter in his quest for votes.
Sitting in the chairs for a shape-up this week, our opinion writer and blogger Jimi Izrael, Professor Lester Spence, TV host and author Keith Boykin, and Ruben Navarrette, a syndicated columnist.
By now, everyone knows Romney has a credibility problem with all conservatives who wonder if he really believes what they believe, or if he is a political shape-shifter who might again become moderate if they help make him President.
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