In one room chemists are fabricating a range of organic molecules they hope will function as mechanical components.

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The mechanical components are readily available from disk drive makers, such as Maxtor.

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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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The SIM card ejector tool in some North American first-generation iPads was made of Liquidmetal, and since then, Keller said, it's been used in a number of other internal parts and small mechanical components.

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At the most basic level, this relates to how carmakers are eliminating the direct mechanical connections between components and the engine.

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Those who appreciate the high-powered engines and vivid design of the most expensive automobiles, also admire the miniature components of mechanical watch movements and the more subtle finishes of well-crafted haute horlogerie.

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James Parks, a mechanical engineer, designed equipment to make intricately packaged items like electronic components.

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Its three suspension towers now include 12 components--including silicon fluid dampening--and seven mechanical filters to limit unwanted vibration.

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The trick is to replace graphite with tin for the anode, which is one of the two main components in a battery cell, said Grant Norton, who headed the research and is a professor of mechanical and materials engineering at the university.

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