In November, WinFlex, a wind-power company based in Kiryat Yam, Israel, received one of the most coveted prizes in the GE Ecomagination Challenge for developing a wind-turbine system that uses a light, flexible cloth sheets made out of composite materials as the rotor system for a wind turbine.

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In addition to the rusty metal chair on which he was placed, with his hands still cuffed, it had a fluorescent light whose flickering beams penetrated the black cloth that covered his eyes.

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The white of his expansive tabletops in paintings like "The Table" and "The White Table Cloth" resembles an emission of light rather than a pigment, so the haphazardly strewn plates and baskets appear to be floating or suspended in space.

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In the light of the ceiling bulb I saw my reflection, standing with a cloth over his shoulder and looking out at me as if ready to hurl himself into whatever the day might bring.

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When the cloth is purple, the purple threads in the sash seem to light up.

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