It has dozens of sub-products within it, from Google Transit (public transportation, e.g. subway, information and routing), Live Traffic, StreetView (and the incredible operation that makes that happen), Local search, image recognition technology for reading street and business signs, the list goes on and on.

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Point both NODE and an iPhone at an object being scanned and you can take a photo that displays the numerical reading on the image.

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"(B)ased on a small sample of women, this is the image of Christian Grey they have in their heads when reading the novels, " the lecturer said via the university's website.

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Reading a succession of lifestyle poems is a reminder that in this century the poetical image and the poetical epigram have had to compete with the photograph and the advertising slogan.

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Most existing DNA sequencers (including the 454 machine) do their reading by attaching light-producing molecules to DNA, taking pictures and analyzing the resulting image.

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The teaching of reading should encompass a balance of teaching strategies including a systematic approach to phonics and other word reading strategies, and a significant emphasis on children experiencing a wide range of texts, including moving image and digital - all available to read from the very beginning.

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