Fifteen years from now, people will write how your light bulb contains more processing power than your first cell phone.

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However Christian Marois, of the NRC Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics in Canada and his colleagues, developed a computer processing technique that was able to separate the light from HR 8799 from the light the planets are emitting they are still so young that they are glowing from heat left over from their formation about 60m years ago.

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And they will become increasingly prevalent (and also smaller) as information technology switches from pure electronics to so-called optoelectronics, in which light is employed alongside electrons for the carriage and processing of data.

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The commission points out it has recommended the period be extended before in 2003, but "in light of comments we have received from electoral administrators about increasing pressures during the time available for printing and processing postal ballot packs" they are recommending it again.

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