In America, "cycling is something you do in man-made fibers on carbon-fiber wonderbikes, " said Colville-Anderson.
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Unlike the concept car, the two-seat production version, based on a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic monocoque, will feature a manual roof system with removable panels that can be stored in the front luggage compartment.
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Wharf is betting on its fiber-optic network for more than simply cable.
What is particularly worrisome is the prospect that the United States will, within the next two days, accede to allied demands to make still more dangerous decontrol decisions perhaps even reversing the position just taken on the fiber-optic communications proposals.
He ran at the London 2012 Olympics on specially fitted carbon-fiber blades, which may enhance his performance.
The funding is integral to a smart grid initiative and broadband service based on an open-connectivity fiber optic backbone network.
You can still find Davis on his bike, usually on the fancy carbon-fiber city commuter he got from his son.
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Prior to running his nation's final leg of Friday's relay final, Pistorius -- who runs on special carbon fiber prosthetic limbs and was once prevented from competing against able-bodied athletes -- had made history as the first double amputee athlete to compete in the Olympics.
He battled for the right to race with the fastest men in the world on a pair of carbon-fiber prostheses.
It was the arresting vision of its three massive white sails, puffed like proud chests on their 190-foot carbon fiber masts.
It does make for a device that's easy to hold in one hand securely, with no worries about it slipping and falling, but it lacks the premium look and feel of the tapered carbon-fiber back on the 9900, and even the faux leather on the 9700.
's bold video-on-demand experiment with an eye toward investing in the fiber-optic technology that made it work.
And while Aaronson will sell space to long-distance carriers, he is betting a new class of customer will emerge--companies bent on creating and selling new uses for all that fiber--and that Aerie will be the low-cost provider.
Until 2004 the Al-Rafiqs depended primarily on breeding-stock sales and processing and selling yarn and fiber for revenue.
The British Olympic rowing team has called on small Pennsylvania-based company Noble Fiber Technologies to create uniforms that will stand up to the intense Greek heat.
The seats are staggered, so the passenger sits both beside and behind the driver the car is narrow, with the cycle-fendered wheels out on carbon fiber struts.
It is building an all-Internet network, encompassing 40, 000 miles of newly laid fiber-optic lines--on the cheap.
Unlike previous one-way demonstrations, the LCDD uses an infrared beam -- in the same way that many land-based fiber networks do -- that can be received on Earth by one of three telescopes located in Mexico, California or Spain.
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Formerly in the rayon business, the company has in recent decades established a global lock on the manufacture of aerospace-grade carbon fiber.
While the economic and political distortions are deplorable, is pales in importance to another distortion that has a long-term corrosive effect on the very fiber of our economic system.
Mr. Pistorius is one of South Africa's most famous athletes, known as "Blade Runner" for the J-shaped carbon-fiber prosthetic legs he used on the track.
Mr. Pistorius is one of South Africa's most celebrated athletes, known as the "blade runner" for the J-shaped carbon-fiber prosthetic legs he used on the track.
This seems to be further evidence that Google does not just view Kansas City as a sandbox to experiment on the rollout of its 1 gigabit, fiber-to-the-home product, but a potential new area of business.
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Both transmissions were on a link with G.652 fibers and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) without electrical regeneration.
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Verizon's "FiOS" fiber-optic landline service is also dependent on power and backup batteries.
The fiber-optic technology is fantastically complex and dependent on the latest materials and computing technology.
The S Line interior takes on a Matrix movie-like approach embodied by generous proportions of carbon fiber.
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In lay terms, it could allow increased bandwidth for fiber optics, and since it's built on-chip, integration with existing doodads shouldn't be too much of a hassle.
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