Entities like ARPA-E and Ultra Light Start-Ups serve to increase the velocity of that change, by exposing good ideas to financial backing and experienced management.
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The secretariat's e-mail correspondence sheds light on several other matters.
In an innovative twist on the traditional e-commerce formula, Light in the Box leverages those Chinese factories to churn out lower-cost private label products made precisely to customer specifications.
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The Samsung e-book displays reflect light naturally and deliver an appearance similar to that of printed paper, allowing people to read more naturally than they would with other backlit electronic paper devices.
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You have to admire how that is pulled off so deftly and quickly - screenwriter Avril E Russell has a very good light touch - and it's impossible not to smile at it.
The Darya-e Nur, meaning sea of light, at 185 carats (37 g), the largest and finest diamond of the crown jewels of Iran came from the mines.
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Sure, we all heard about how "small and light" this newfangled E-400 was supposed to be, but seeing it in its (relatively speaking) wee-sized glory sure put things in perspective.
Inside, the device is home to all the usual radios and sensors, including Bluetooth 3.0, a gyroscope, e-compass, aGPS, an ambient light sensor and a G-sensor, with either 16GB or 32GB of internal storage.
Most BlackBerry phones have a flashing light that blinks when an e-mail comes in, and a built-in option to filter alerts so that you only receive them from contacts you prioritise.
The display self-adjusts to become an ultra-high contrast e-book reader in bright sunlight, and a bright full-color backlit display in normal light.
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And finally, we received a flood of e-mail about my story last week on compact fluorescent light bulbs.
Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design.
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The problem brought to light by the privacy organizations affects people with e-mail readers formatted in HTML, which includes popular programs such as MS Outlook, MS Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, Eudora and Hotmail, according to the report, written by Richard Smith, a security consultant.
Some e-cigarettes are made to look like a real cigarette with a tiny light on the tip that glows like the real thing.
As a pioneer in e-reader technology, Bookeen has worked on bringing a solution in low light conditions which is easy for the reader's eyes.
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That may sound impossible, but it apparently works by concentrating the extra light-gathering area of a full-frame lens down to the smaller E-mount sensor area, turning an f4.0 lens into an f2.8 lens, for instance.
He sent an e-mail to his assistant in March 2009 suggesting that she design a concert calendar for Jackson using light tan colors for show dates, while drawing attention to his rest days.
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