Unfortunately for car makers, hand-held technology turns over faster than cars do.

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Within the next 2 years the in-game hand held fan technology will likely be threefold what it is today in order to keep attracting fans to facilities.

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The aptly named Cyrano Sciences, based near Caltech in Pasadena, plans to put a hand-held device based on Dr Lewis's technology on the market in July 1999.

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Last month, the California Institute of Technology developed a terahertz microchip, raising the possibility the technology could one day be packed into hand-held devices.

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Other new technology ideas we introduced included the first pocket hand held computers, the shiny aluminum Razor Scooter for kids, the first automobile radar detectors, the first electronic toothbrushes, and many others.

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One reason: companies are cramming more technology into the pager's tiny, hand-held box.

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Olympus' iHS (Intelligent, High-Sensitivity and High-Speed) Technology powers a number of features on the STYLUS SZ-16 iHS including Hand-Held Starlight mode which helps users at night, where image blur is more likely to occur, by capturing multiple images and stitching them together into a single, crisp, breathtaking photo without the use of a tripod.

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