After a sufficient number of attempts the pattern of weights stabilises and a particular sort of input (say an image of the digit 2, translated into electrons by a digital camera) reliably produces a particular sort of output.

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All told, production-distorting aid (the sort keyed to crop and agricultural input prices) fell from about two-thirds of the total to less than one-third.

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With the delay between touch input and screen response slashed by orders of magnitude, a device that sports the sort of super-low-latency Dietz envisions has the potential to feel far more (for lack of a better term) natural than its brethren.

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Varsano uses the custom-built display to filter, sort and display the aircraft that are on the market based on interactive input from the potential customer.

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Ms. ABDULLAH: I think one of the issues is that we are sort of used to the idea that citizen engagement is an input process model, and they are not really an active participant in making and deciding what those policies should be.

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The back of the S4 is pretty much what you'd expect: a couple of spare sets of RCA stereo inputs, a mic input, TRS and RCA outputs, a MIDI passthrough, and a footswitch jack if you're into that sort of thing.

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