Smart Union quickly evolved from making cheap, injection-moulded figurines to toys with mechanical and then electronic parts.

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What was once chemical and mechanical is now electronic and computer-rendered: a series of JPEGs being riffled through a drive.

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Cold-ironing allows ships at dock to plug into shore-side electricity sources to power electronic and mechanical systems needed for loading and unloading activities.

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The planned Defence Technical Training College will comprise three main training schools, electronic and mechanical engineering, aeronautical engineering, and communications and information systems.

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It was nearly 20 years before a radio based on FHSS was eventually constructed, using electronic components rather than mechanical components and paper rolls.

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Because modern engines, drivetrains, and brakes already receive their instructions via electronic signals, there is surprisingly little need for additional mechanical parts.

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Crump studied mechanical engineering at Washington State University before starting his own company, an oddball maker of automated packaging machinery and large electronic scales.

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