Johnson Controls is also increasing its production capacity of advanced battery types like Absorbent Glass Mat that power start-stop vehicles and Li-ion that power hybrid and electric vehicles.
Rather than faux leather and relatively spartan trimmings (which, I admit, is admirable in many cases), S60 comes with a leather sport steering wheel and gearshift, a power glass moonroof, active dual xenon headlights, dual-zone climate control, illuminated controls, Bluetooth and audio streaming.
Will mass adoption of a web-based device like Glass help erode their power?
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Socializing is not something recreational, and it is not an optional glass of Chardonnay in the power lunch of life.
Both guys are keenly aware of the areas where the prototype needs improvement, and insist that the LTE-packing YotaPhone will soon get a new case to house the double Gorilla Glass screens, an improved power button (which also doubles up as the SIM slot), and very likely a superior E Ink panel that will increase the resolution to 220 dpi and also improve the contrast.
ENGADGET: YotaPhone Android prototype with dual LCD and E Ink displays hands-on (video)
As for the liquid lens, Nippon Electric Glass' version uses low-power electric field to control its liquid crystal molecular orientation, thus changing the focal point.
ENGADGET: Nippon Electric Glass demos liquid crystal lens and 'invisible glass' at CEATEC (video)
These are women who spent most of the '80s wearing shoulder padded power suits and talking about glass ceilings.
Gurgaon, a business district near Delhi, has plenty of glass towers but falls short on sewerage and power supplies and is only slowly acquiring public transport.
However, I would have liked a bit more power to make overtaking less of a planned operation and the glass to open at the rear like a conventional hatch.
While gadget hounds delighted in the new iPad, materials-science geeks lamented the continuing dominance of power-hungry liquid-crystal displays that use heavy pieces of glass.
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Along the way she does all the required reading for her MBA, but through the beveled glass of the padlocked corner office she sees men in blue dress shirts with power ties playing carpet golf and high fiving each other.
But one of the biggest breakthroughs in clean energy was actually in solar power, as designers at Rawlemon created a spherical, sun-tracking glass globe that's able to concentrate sunlight (and moonlight) up to 10, 000 times.
The versatile VAIO Duo 11 PC transforms almost instantly between a power-packed Ultrabook and a multi-media tablet with scratch-resistant glass.
ENGADGET: Sony's VAIO Duo 11 Windows 8 slider goes on sale this month, starts at $1,100
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