Beehive, as he is coloquially referred to by the similes (Avice and her fellow Language-d humans) or Surl Tesh-echer as his name is translated into Anglo-Ubiq, is becoming a somewhat frightening figure.

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In fact, the Chinese-language report translated into English refers to it as "Apple's netbook (or a "tablet" as many call it)" only adding to the confusion.

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"Any mechanical motion, such as the movement of arms or the fingers of a robot, could be translated to control signals, " said Zhong Lin Wang, a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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Passed as a text message to another phone in another city or country, that text message is translated into vibration and heat in the same location of another Hug Shirt worn by the hug recipient.

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"It was very interesting to see what they did use, what translated going back to Roman times - what has been kept up as far as 'healthy' or 'ways to heal', " said Andrew Diefenbach, a collaborator on the research.

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The mystery is that rapid export growth has not translated into higher domestic-sector investment, especially as real interest rates in the region have been low or even negative for much of the past three years.

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