For example, if your business involves putting together packets of information for clients, maybe you have one station specifically for printing, and another that has all the hole punches, staplers, folders, and other assembly materials, and still a third station for preparing outgoing mail.

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It could also help with the design and assembly of exotic new materials and of molecular-scale machines.

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The secret to packing that much information on such small real estate--about 15 times denser than the densest data storage device currently in existence--is self-assembly, or tricking the disk's materials into organizing into an array of data-storing dots packed far tighter than what could be accomplished with current techniques.

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The highest quality materials, intricate manufacturing processes and meticulous manual assembly at Leica Camera's facility in Germany guarantee functional reliability for years to come.

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It uses three inflatable disc made of segmented lightweight gas ballonet materials which are contained within a ring mesh assembly which is attached to a larger expandable circumference ring.

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Contract manufacturer Solectron Corp. sourced the raw materials, made the circuit boards and did the assembly.

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It brings up many questions, such as if the final place of assembly counts as the country of origin, or if a certain percent of the raw materials are made overseas, for instance.

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