Axis is ready and free to use as of today, although Android users won't get their turn until closer to the end of the year.

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Tuscaloosa and Joplin, while hardly tornado-free, are a ways off the usual major axis of destruction.

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Golden-i is a full PC, runs Microsoft OS. offers unique Hands-Free user interface: advanced speech recognition in 26 languages with 6 axis gesture recognition.

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