Scientists have turned up evidence that spines contain "pattern generation" circuits with an innate capability to generate walking motions with modest input from the brain.

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While some participants learned that the next-generation model followed that pattern, the FS-E50, others were told that the new model had a new name: the Spectra.

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Unlike the jump from the original PadFone to the PadFone 2, the latest generation ditches the polycarbonate body with the iconic zen pattern in favor of an aerospace-grade aluminum unibody.

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Most recently, the company has announced the "world's first application of self assembly used to create a vacuum around nanowires for next-generation microprocessors, " which just so happens to mimic the natural pattern-creating process that forms seashells, snowflakes, and enamel on teeth.

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Most airports built in the last generation, at least in the United States, have followed a simple, established pattern, along the lines of the huge ones in Atlanta and Denver.

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But he concedes that a coming generation of savers--kids who grew up texting on cellphones--may finally change that historical pattern.

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