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In his 50-year career, Ovshinsky received more than 400 patents in the U.S. and more than 800 foreign patents covering a range of technologies, including nickel-metal hydride batteries, rewritable CDs, DVD optical discs, flat-screen liquid crystal displays, hydrogen fuel cells, thin-film solar cells and others.
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The most advanced weather radar on the market, for example, lets pilots page through screens showing ever-changing maps of what's ahead--rain, approaching thunderstorms, turbulence, wind-shear threats--all color-coded on flat liquid crystal displays.
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Expect bright sneakers, studded totes and flat-flap clutches embellished with Swarovski crystal.
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But what makes Double Cross Vodka really special as a gift is its super-cool bottle, unlike any other spirit container, flat and rectangular, made from high-end French crystal, laser engraved with traditional Slovakian poetry on the back and the Double Cross logo on the front, and topped with a polished metal snap-on rectangular cap.
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For a flat fee of 130 Argentinean pesos, tour-goers receive an Italian crystal wine glass along with a map indicating each stop on the circuit.
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The last century has seen only a few major display innovations, among them the move from black-and-white monitors to color and the introduction of flat, liquid crystal displays to replace cathode ray tubes.
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It is uniquely flat and rectangular, unlike virtually any spirit container on the market, made from high-end French crystal, laser engraved with traditional Slovakian poetry on the back and the Double Cross logo on the front, and topped with a polished metal snap-on lid.
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