Additionally, the new "Beauty Effect" feature gives users several post-shooting "re-touch" options including skin toning and smoothing, teeth whitening, eye widening and shine removal.

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The design by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in America and the University of Cambridge in Britain, made in collaboration with companies including Boeing and Rolls-Royce, eliminates this disruption by smoothing the air flow.

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