President Obama is destroying the foundations of our economy one beam at a time.

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The hassle of having to explode a nuclear bomb every time a beam was needed meant the idea never went anywhere, though it did spur research into high-powered chemical lasers and the sophisticated optics needed to aim and control them.

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Packed with speakers, an array of wireless sensors and the ability to send video signals to your TV sans cables, the concept docking station is meant to stylishly hold your KDDI handset (lots of 'em will be compatible in due time) and beam a blown-up version of your phone's UI onto your television or LCD monitor.

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Another marketer, Fortune Brands, recently launched its first major national ad campaign in quite some time for its Jim Beam line of bourbon products.

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In 1995 Massie moved the signal to a satellite easily picked up by operators like Comcast and Time Warner, which could then beam it to their local systems.

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Every time a fly gets inside and breaks the beam, it gets counted.

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We hear complaints that it's possible for someone on the West Coast to get a friend on the East Coast to beam them "Desperate Housewives" three hours ahead of time.

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These gymnastics folks -- I don't understand how they do what they do. (Laughter.) So I told these young ladies as I was congratulating them, how do you not bust your head -- (laughter) -- every time you're on that little balance beam?

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For the first time you can now grab live collision events from the underground detectors in Geneva, and beam them direct to your own device.

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