Android opens up the door to hundreds of thousands of apps, many of which are designed to make photos pop, on our own screens and millions more around the world, while also delivering simple access to sharing tools like Android Beam, WiFi Direct and DLNA, along with familiar Bluetooth options.

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Walk along a wooded path and the Nao diffuses and dims its beam to give you a more expansive view of the terrain.

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She is working on focusing the transmitted beam into a much smaller area, so that less energy is lost along its way.

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Along the bank, a breeze sweeps pink sand into the water, a cloud of fairy dust twinkling in a beam of sun.

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