The supermarkets have already responded with several schemes which includes Tesco stores in Cardiff installing a mini-barrier system on its disabled car parking spaces.

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But for those in the lower-income brackets, walking and using a well-established (albeit overloaded) mini-bus taxi system are the primary ways of getting around.

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These observations were systematized, made spatially accurate and registered on the spot through the development of a mini-computer equipped with a global positioning system that hunters affixed to their snowmobiles.

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It has two swimming pools, two helipads, a dedicated disco hall, 30 cabins, a cinema, a mini-submarine, and even its own missile defence system.

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Japanese firm Fine Foods Inc. has come up with a system for putting a kitchenless, chefless mini-restaurant into virtually any type of shop that happens to have a spare bit of space going to waste.

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The bags have a battery built in, along with a complete charging system: Apple connector, Micro- and Mini-USB connectors and an on-board USB port for charging up to 4 devices at once.

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These "mini-brains" are interconnected, making for a widely distributed nervous system.

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This system enables users to connect one half-length PCIe 2.0 adapter card to the Mac mini via a Thunderbolt cable, while allowing the connection of additional Thunderbolt peripherals to the daisy-chain Thunderbolt port.

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