Dychtwald's message: Baby boomers, the 78 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964, present a vast market for a potential explosion of products and services, from new dating websites to longevity insurance to new kinds of food.

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In fact, the agreement set off an explosion in the exports of many products Mexico had scarcely traded before.

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The success of such products has contributed to the hardware explosion in their own right, offering up the capability of rapid prototyping in a home environment.

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