Once activated, the tixels inflate and become squishy that offer tactile keyboard-like feedback.

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The technology operated automatically once activated.

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Once they activated three malls, they would also earn commissions as affiliates driving traffic to sites touted on BigSmart's Web site, including those of Dell, Office Max, Martha Stewart and Maine's own L.L. Bean.

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He found that once TGF-beta activated a cell, it triggered the CTGF gene to make its protein (see chart).

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The SPHERES had to perform all of those tasks autonomously, just as spacecraft would, once an ISS astronaut activated their code.

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StreetPass, a feature that lets Nintendo 3DS exchange data automatically with other Nintendo 3DS systems within range, even in sleep mode once this feature is activated by the user.

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Once installed, an astronaut activated the experiment, causing the spirit to mix with the oak particles.

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And it means that in female cells a certain proportion of activated genes exist in higher concentrations than was once thought.

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