More radical reforms, like breaking up too-big-to-fail financial firms and returning to Glass-Steagall-type restrictions, which are needed to stave off asset bubbles and tame systemic risk, may be politically difficult to implement.

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On Jan. 21 the president proposed the "Volcker Rule, " named after former Fed chairman Paul Volcker, one of the biggest proponents of Glass-Steagall-type restrictions (although his current proposal--endorsed by the president--does not call for a separation of commercial and investment banking activities).

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The goal is to make people forget they're typing on glass and help them type faster--a major complaint on the first Storm.

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Initially open with glass walls, the master-bedroom suite can be closed off from the rest of the home with a type of glass that turns from clear to opaque at the flip of a switch.

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The attraction's centrepiece is the oval-shaped Great Glass House, believed to be the largest of its type in the world.

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The software interface for Glass is a type of web app called the Mirror API, and not a full-blown operating system like Android.

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Underneath the dome-shaped glass is a 1-inch OLED display that actually supports full motion video (although you may need some type of magnification to reap any enjoyment whatsoever).

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