Caine and colleagues are currently pioneering new tracking devices for swimmers, which employ body-mounted gyroscopes and accelerometers in tandem with cameras and sensors around the pool to monitor body position, acceleration, speed and power.

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The body design includes a rigid-mounted battery frame, which helps provide greater body rigidity compared to a conventional compact car.

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It has butterfly doors, a carbon-fiber body and a roof-mounted air intake that spins as the car moves.

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Gone is the phenomenal 12 megapixel autofocus Zeiss shooter with xenon flash -- instead, you'll find an 8 megapixel camera (likely EDoF, like its E7 and C7 cousins) with dual-LED flash mounted flush with the body.

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When mounted on a PENTAX Q-mount digital camera body, it covers focal lengths from 83mm medium telephoto to 249mm telephoto (equivalent 35mm format) ideal for portraits, sports events and landscape photography.

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Honda mounted the jet's engines on top of the wings and close to the body of the plane, a foolish design, most airplane experts would say.

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