In his basement workshop on a recent evening, Mr. Baum rotated from his drill station to his sanding station, working on a fresh block of wood.

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But a fresh battery can be installed by robots at a switch station in a few minutes.

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Better Place has built a network of battery-switching stations in Israel that lets drivers traverse the entire country, swapping depleted batteries for fresh ones much like they would fill up at a gas station.

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Our only complaint with Airport has been that, while the signal passed through plasterboard and brick--letting us stay online even while enjoying fresh air in a courtyard a floor below and 100 feet from the base station--we had an intermittent connection from the room opening out into that courtyard.

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But to bed down in the fresh air like the woodcutters of yore, head to an unusual campsite near Diepwalle Forest Station in the heart of the woods.

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