But they are part of an insatiable machine with a life and logic of its own.

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Not so much how much power a screen might use, that sort of thing, but how easily can a machine be recycled at the end of life?

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Her kidneys were gone, and she would have to spend three days a week on a dialysis machine for the rest of her life.

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Her student physiotherapist husband - who was studying his degree at the University of West England, Bristol - was flown home on a life support machine.

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He took control of the firm in 1996 when Mr Cantor was on a life-support machine, but only after a court battle with the founder's wife, Iris.

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So that's what we've been doing with it for the past few weeks to see how well this machine meets the challenge of leading a business i-life.

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Imagine a kid holding their teddy bear in front of the machine, and it comes to life on the screen.

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Now, he thinks he has found the perfect tool: a new DNA sequencing device called the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine, made by Life Technologies of Carlsbad, Calif.

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The DUP's Sammy Douglas referred to a comment made by the chairman of the board of governors, Stephen Costello, that the college was "in a dire situation, on a life support machine".

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