The rugged smart device was created for traditional auto-identification and data capture customers who want something sleeker and lighter than a typical AIDC industrial device, but need something tougher than a consumer-grade phone.

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At its laboratory on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, chief executive Don Stull showed off the long, metallic microwave device that resembles an industrial production line.

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Or the device could have been tampered with in the industrial supply chain or even damaged in action.

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The researchers cite conflict resolution and discussion as the main uses for their device, but woe to the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology commencement speaker this year.

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The device was discovered by Heidestrasse, a lightly populated street with an industrial feel in the former "no man's land" between East Berlin and West Berlin.

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The latest device was found on Heidestrasse, a lightly populated street with an industrial feel in the former "no man's land" between East Berlin and West Berlin.

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