Two control lines, generally 60 to 90 feet long, lead from the sides of the kite down to a padded bar about twice the length of a water-ski towrope handle.

FORBES: Hook In and Hold On

He has won at every stage, maintaining that his inability to walk the entire length of a golf course should not bar him from professional competition.

ECONOMIST: Fore!

On one hand, the length was essentially the same as each of our steps, enabling us to use the bar itself to easily vacuum the stairway.

ENGADGET: Dyson DC23 Turbinehead impressions Hands-on

The bottom-left 4 x 4 pads represent drum sounds (touch the slider to scroll up and down through even more sounds), while the bottom-right quarter of the grid serves as a clip-length control (press and hold the first pad, tap the fourth for a four-bar loop, etc.).

ENGADGET: Ableton Push review: a dedicated controller for the Live faithful

The Bar Council, representing all barristers in England and Wales, believes that poor court management is to blame for the length and cost of long fraud trials, not juries' failure to grasp complex evidence.

ECONOMIST: Jury trials