This is especially useful in low-light situations like party shots, indoors or dusk where built-in flashes have historically struggled to reach far-away subjects and capture all important details of a scene.
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In a process similar to printing a photograph, engineers beam high-powered light through a mask-like image of the chip, creating a duplicate on a silicon wafer.
Terahertz light - which lies between infrared light like that used by remote controls and the microwaves in the appliance of the same name - has become popular in scanning technology at airports and museums' back rooms because it can extract information without risk of damage.
According to scientists from a smattering of institutions, the atomic-scale chickenwire material has the ability to absorb light effectively -- much like a sponge -- over a broad range of wavelengths.
One hugely affective cue is auditory: Thanks to resonator tubes pumping intake and exhaust sounds into the cabin, the BRZ snarls and burrs and howls like a garage-built retro rod, even when it's accelerating away from a light like an ice-cream truck (0-60 mph in about 6 seconds).
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In the half-light, the proscenium glowed like a bright department-store window, which shadowy people behind it were dressing.
Wait a second, I see a flashing light -- I see one, and it looks like -- yep, yep, the light is Santa.
Along with access to emerging markets, China is going for companies in environments with light-touch regulation, like Britain's banking industry.
In low-light situations, like in the aquarium video below, the footage appeared crisper than that shot with a Flip Mino HD, but still a bit washed out.
One recent study of more than 450 Sun-like stars within about 325 light-years of Earth indicated most had high iron content in their photospheres, or on their surfaces - again, evidence the stars had gorged themselves on planetary material.
Zinfandel - Zinfandel is a red wine with light to full body and berry-like or spicy flavors.
We're keen on the fbt, a phone designed for braille text messaging, and the Tap, which is shaped like a light switch and functions like one too -- when you tap it, the phone turns off so you can live once again in peace.
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Michael Kors this month showed a coat worn with shorts, while Vera Wang showed dark-colored sleeveless fur coats and wool shrugs with light chiffon dresses in colorful spring-like prints.
Both devices combine top-notch specs with beautiful industrial design -- pure rectangular forms with a mirror-like finish packaged in thin, light and water-resistant shells.
While baseball mascots tend to be Muppet-like and light hearted, their basketball counterparts are athletic and daring.
Their cassava mofongo was particularly light, tasting like flash-fried crispy mashed potato.
But when rounding the bases, he runs more like a light-hitting utility player who can't quite believe what he just did.
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Design-wise, the most spectacular aspect of Terminal 2 is its lattice roof, which is studded with special, light-sensitive lenses that look like peacock feathers overhead.
The Vanquish looks like a light-heavyweight boxer sewn into his own waistcoat.
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Later this year Dr Tzou hopes to have one that will deliver femtosecond pulses along flexible fibre cables, which can be held like a light-pen.
If, as you argued, Mr Bush ignored his promise to govern compassionately four years ago, why should he be trusted now to recast the Republican Party in a new, more Economist-like, light?
Astronomers using the Kepler telescope found the first known double-star planet just last September Kepler-16, a gassy oddball orb the size of Saturn that circles a pair of stars 200 light-years from Earth, like the planet Tatooine in the "Star Wars" films.
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The Pro weighs 2 pounds, which is light for a laptop but anvil-like for a tablet.
The light-emitting diode, or LED, of devices like the iPhone are designed to reflect light outwards toward the user.
In good hands they imbue business operations with a sense of control and transparency, shedding light on weakness like a company-wide MRI.
But it is at night that the mosque glows - its 82 domes light up like dozens of bright light bulbs in the dark sky.
The hybrid disc works by making the Blu-ray layer act like a two way mirror, reflecting enough light for Blu-ray playback, but letting enough light through for HD DVD operation.
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Thousands of ultra-light jets being manufactured by companies like Eclipse Aviation will soon take to the skies, further congesting airports.
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