Loeb's group has developed a device that mimics human skin, but puts the actual sensors away from places where skin is likely to be damaged or worn out.
As I noted earlier, these developments have spurred investors to bid up shares of key equipment suppliers to the industry, including Xyratex and Intevac, in anticipation of orders to both replace equipment damaged in the floods and to beef up production in places outside Thailand.
Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart claimed parts of the cemetery have been so badly damaged that it looked "like a ploughed field" in places.