"I don't know if I could say that we could actually build an array that could mimic exactly how we taste, 100 percent, " Musto said.

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What if we were to build a solar array large enough to power the entire facility using these solar and land consumption numbers?

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Responding to press reports of a push towards greater standardization, Rubin said he remains committed to letting handset makers build a wide array of devices, on a wide variety of form factors.

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Yet the same barriers that make it a challenge for one entrepreneur to build software for a wide array of phones can provide an express lane for others.

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University College London's part in the project has been to design and build an optical corrector for the camera - an array of five massive lenses that sit at the primary focus of the camera.

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The MIT electrochemist thinks it is possible to build giant batteries using 50-100 fewer individual cells this way than would be possible with a conventional battery array, reducing cost and complexity.

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