Perhaps the most interesting part of this design is its dual-mode power system, which consists of the standard solar cell array as well as a nuclear power source, allowing the rover to operate continuously and in areas that go long periods without sunlight.

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Traditionally, engineers who wanted multilingual phones had to laboriously design custom chips. ("Dual-mode" cell phones that can hop between, say, TDMA and GSM, have been around for years.) Once they are finally designed, such chips can be mass-produced cheaply and consume a reasonable amount of battery juice.

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The new V2 sports an enhanced design that includes a comfortable traditional grip as well as a textured camera body and thoughtfully placed mode dials.

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Conventional tablet PC mode provides first-rate multi-touch navigation as customers enjoy the intuitive and comfortable design, as well as the responsive 10.1-inch HD LED-backlit Gorilla Glass 2 full high-definition screen that is beautiful, strong and scratch-resistant.

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In the Pixar extravaganza, "The Incredibles, " the tiny costume designer Edna Mode, a takeoff on Hollywood's legendary Edith Head, laments: "I used to design for gods!"

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Other than that, this has fundamentally the same design as the other Yoga laptops, which is to say its screen can fold all the way around into tablet mode (with in-between options, like Tent and Stand modes).

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