Physicians and test makers are split over whether the test should be distributed more widely, with some test makers beginning to sell to the broader market.

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Kahle already has distributed a million Zbubbles in the test version of the new software, and when the product debuts in the next few months, he hopes most of the people who have downloaded Alexa software (4 million and counting)will use the feature.

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Testing 94 systems distributed across nine ships during an amphibious assault was an important part of the validation test -- and the first time an entire MEU has participated in such a test, Malagon said.

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That didn't take long -- just days after its first test fire, the Liberator, a 3D-printed pistol designed by Defense Distributed founder Cody Wilson, has caught the attention of the federal government.

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