The idiosyncrasies of British currency make calculations, carried out mechanically, slow and difficult, and they hold up the other high-speed machines in a modern office.

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He hopes that new high-speed DNA sequencing machines will help fix that issue.

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Up to 12 colors of bright merino wool yarn are pulled from cones dangling from the ceiling into the teal-colored machines' high-speed knitting needles.

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