With a staff of three, Abayima is working on open-source software, called Open Sim Kit, to do just that.

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Epic Games will offer the free edition of its Unreal Engine 3, including a suite of game-making tools, together in package called the Unreal Development Kit, starting tomorrow to game and application developers for the iPhone (3GS and 4), iPad and iPod touch (3rd and 4th generation).

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Mr Kneeland said Nokia was releasing what he called a "3D printing development kit" to help people produce the cases.

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Called Roominate, there would be a kit that not only included materials to build a doll house but electronics to wire it as well.

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To help ease his return to the university, the Columbia faculty gave Stephanopoulos a survival kit, including a volume called "Great Books" by film critic David Denby.

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Bach also touted a nifty new application called Kodu, a do-it-yourself videogame kit which teaches basic programming principles to kids and lets them build their own levels using a visual interface and simple commands.

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"There's definitely a movement away from wearing a team kit, " said DL Byron, publisher of a website called Bike Hugger.

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In March the businessmen, who have called their project Wool Recycle Eco System, obtained patents for a containerised kit that can be set up in boats to deal with small spills, and for a bigger ship-based system to tackle large ones.

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