He twists one into a plastic block, and moments later a graph on the laptop screen shows the screw's tension holding steady, even when jostled.

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Twine itself is a block of plastic containing an accelerometer (which senses motion or vibration), a temperature sensor and a processor much like Botanicalls.

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Mr. Savoni and others devised a way to push the water through the filter, a block of carbon encased in plastic, more swiftly.

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On Monday, they were home with their grateful mother, and Shaw and Rocky were being honored at the fire station -- Shaw with a fireman's hat and Rocky with a giant rawhide bone he grabbed from Fire Chief Ken Block before Block could take off its plastic wrapper.

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At the Frequencies media summit in Seattle over the last two days, HTC walked us through the fine details on how its smartphones are developed, going from the boring rectangular ABS block to the more refined plastic mockups that are presented to carriers and focus groups -- the findings of which then shape the final product.

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Plastic foam cups that keep drinks hot would also be on the chopping block if Bloomberg's citywide ban becomes law.

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