For example, buyers of iPads are willing to pay an exorbitant price for the package of plastic and metal that make up an iPad because that package of plastic and metal can do quite amazing things compares to other packaging of plastic and metal.
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But the bottom line is that the future is more than just metal, plastic, and silicon.
It was a teaspoon of water in a test tube, not a mass of silicon, metal and plastic.
Unlike metal or plastic artificial lures, which are rarely swallowed by fish, critics say yo-yoing's bait too often leads to lead-filled stomachs.
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The MHRA said all-metal hips had a failure rate of about 12% after seven years, three times that of metal and plastic or ceramic hips.
Small, highly automated metal or plastic parts in small lot sizes.
Some 49, 000 patients in the UK have these implants and they've been shown to have a much higher failure rate than metal and plastic or ceramic implants.
These are bigger than arrowheads, of course, and are made of metal and plastic, which are easier to detect, but their basic purpose is essentially the same.
And to the average consumer who has never been to a factory, the thought of one may imply dim lighting, dirt, grease and the smell of metal and plastic.
In the modern world, we make most of our pots out of metal and plastic, but we still use plain-old pottery for everyday items, from coffee mugs to dinner plates.
Nexi showed that humans are better judges of trustworthiness after they see the telltale body language of dishonesty -- crossed arms, leaning back and other cues -- even when those expressions come from a collection of metal and plastic.
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The food, served in metal trays and plastic baskets on picnic tables, is simple and fresh, sourced from the Eastern seaboard.
It is heavier because the phone is metal, not plastic, which gives it not only heft but a feeling of solid craftsmanship and durability.
She suggests using metal, not plastic or rubber, toys and trinkets.
In 1960 a metal-coated plastic balloon 100ft across sent up by America's space agency was used by Bell to bounce telephone calls to distant destinations in the United States.
The secret to the screens is in what's behind them: a thin strip of metal-coated plastic that's only 50 microns thick -- about half the width of a human hair -- and wraps around a spool.
He said the new warehouse would handle about 6m plastic and metal containers for Nissan, each year.
These guys make webbing, cords, buckles, plastic and metal hardware for sporting goods, outdoor goods, travel gear.
The final product is deceivingly simple: a collapsible, 10-inch-long, hand-powered inhaler made of plastic and metal that weighs 4 ounces.
Helping McCracken is a shift in consumer sentiment away from plastic and metal food containers toward the more inert glass, says Panjabi.
Northern Gas Networks said it was replacing ageing metal gas mains with plastic equivalents to "reduce gas leakage and enhance network reliability".
She also eliminates all plastic and metal components while designing her garments.
EOS, a German supplier of laser-sintering 3D printers, says they are already being used to make plastic and metal production parts by carmakers, aerospace firms and consumer-products companies.
Back to the bricks and mortar (well, plastic and metal) hardware, there's pretty much everything here you need to mix your way up from beginner to gigging DJ.
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Well, we just got to see some prototypes of the device, including the basic CORE 2 band, its metal bracelet and swappable plastic face plate accessories, and learned a bit more about the device.
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Search and rescue teams continued their desperate efforts at Plaza Towers Elementary, where the storm ripped off the school's roof, knocked down walls and turned the playground into a mass of twisted plastic and metal as students and teachers huddled in hallways and bathrooms.
As a kid I remember lamenting when toy trucks began being made of plastic instead of metal.
More importantly, they keep acquiring stuff that cannot be consumed and never rots or rusts: plastic toys, metal garden furniture, porcelain knick-knacks.
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