Altering the way the dissolved silk crystallises changes its final properties - and how long the device will last.
Even cooler, but scarier, is HSS' amped-up cousin, the Long Range Acoustic Device.
And if a call is made on a smartphone mid-track, the music will continue to play as long as the device supports multitasking.
Smaller carriers have long objected to device exclusivity, a practice that limits sought-after phones to particular carriers for a set amount of time.
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One of the best tricks that the mobile industry has managed to achieve in the last few years is to lower consumer expectations on how long their portable device should last.
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The Device has long battery life and instant-on, making it truly portable.
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.
With DIAL-compatible TVs the prompt shows up as long as the target device is on (whether or not the app is open), while on the PS3 the Netflix app will need to be open for it to pop up.
With DIAL-compatible Google TVs the prompt shows up as long as the target device is on (whether or not the app is open), while on the PS3 the Netflix app will need to be open for it to pop up.
These sorts of pressures, long faced by medical-device companies, are now also confronted by firms in industries such as pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
Apple may wonder why the firm waited so long to launch its first device (Gradiente Eletronica claims a multi-year restructuring forced the company to delay the product), which was released last year.
Furthermore, a VOIP user can keep his old fixed-line phone number, which will work not only at home but anywhere in the world where he chooses to use the device (as long as a broadband connection is available).
The device looks like a long sheath with two soft rings at each end.
It is, of course, a long way from that to a device you can buy in the shops.
His iguana-catching device consisted of a long bamboo pole rigged with a rope that formed a noose at the tip.
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"That circuitry is designed so you can keep your device plugged in as long as you would like, " Tchao told AllThingsD.
The device is seven inches long and weighs less than 12 ounces.
The Ministry of Defence said the 2m-long (6.5ft) device was raised from the seabed by a four-man Royal Navy team using a specially designed mine-lifting air-bag.
The company hopes to make the device available by the end of 2011 at a price point lower than conventional night vision cameras, and says they will work with different lenses to improve long-range photography for the device.
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The device is about twice as long, three times as thick and 1.25 times as wide as your iPhone.
Absent once again, was the mysterious consumer device that Apple has been long rumored to be working on as a follow-up to the successful iPod music player.
Interrupting the reboot process only long enough to change the initial boot device in BIOS from CD-ROM to disk, I impatiently watched Linux boot, waiting for the login prompt to appear.
This handheld device works with both Macs and PCs, and can serve as a portable USB 1.1 hard drive for either system--though by using the USB connection interface, you can expect a long wait when loading data to the device from your computer.
Apple finally found a use for a piece of its giant pile of cash: paying the record industry to go along with its plan to finally make your music collection accessible on any device you own (as long as its built by Apple, presumably).
At a recent conference, FDA Commissioner Mark McClellan admitted that device approvals were still taking too long, while approvals for drugs were speeding up.
For a reviewer like me, however, it's actually about twice as long as I typically spend with any given device as my daily driver.
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Those on multi-line accounts can still share their upgrades as long as it's within the same device category, but they won't have the option to transfer a hotspot or tablet upgrade.
More modern versions of the tool add in a laser beam projector, which allows builders to level out the device and "draw" a long line of light across a wall, indicating an exactly level surface.
It gives you access to about 15 million tracks of music, on demand, where and when and on what device you want them, as long as you have an Internet or cell phone connection, and you can download tracks too.
Amazon has long said the Kindle is its best-selling device, though it has declined to disclose sales.
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