At the Mogo Korean taco stand, manager Mike Theodore was checking equipment and putting up signs advertising bulgogi beef tacos.

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On checking equipment in his laboratory, he was surprised to discover that the rate of radioactive decay changed before the solar flare.

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Workers there are checking every piece of equipment to see which have embedded, data-dependent computer chips.

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Dr Connolly's research was carried out by using data from manufacturers of medical equipment, confirmed by checking with individual hospitals.

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As the Inside Out programme discovers tonight, there is a high-tech means of identifying stricken trees using equipment originally designed for checking war zones for chemical weapons.

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Staff members spent two days before the storm piling sand bags, checking generators, removing or raising electrical equipment and distributing oxygen canisters around the site.

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Or, as legend holds, a specially designed seat for checking the next Pope had the right, shall we say, equipment for the job?

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