Panasonic and Kawasaki Heavy Industries are also providing leading edge technologies.

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Once that was done, he set to the real work: with hand drills, handsaws (their teeth rubbed, to run more smoothly, with a candle end), his bevelled-edge chisel and his wide, heavy, trusty Number 7 plane, which he used for everything.

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LEDs are competitive in heavy use settings where their longer lifespans and a minor energy edge pay off.

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The 400PT is a heavy monster that won't slide around the floor and it has cutting-edge electronics that measure heart rate, calorie burn and power output by the watt.

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The maker of BlackBerry smartphones has been under heavy fire from shareholders and insiders alike for not being able to keep its competitive edge, with the stock down more than 53% this year.

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The last time I was here, we were embedded in the Green Zone security bubble of the African Union peacekeeping operation at the edge of the Somali capital, with its Ugandan and Burundian troops, its heavy mortars and armoured convoys.

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Hamilton set a lap of one minute 25.801 seconds to edge out team-mate Jenson Button by 0.275 secs before a spell of heavy rain hit the Albert Park track.

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