Methods include plastic-coated windows, energy-absorbing materials and tying down heavy objects and ceiling panels.
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The nose's sensors consist of microscopic plastic beads coated in fluorescent dye and perched on the ends of optical fibres.
During lunch and dinner, customers peruse plastic-coated menus for classic greasy-spoon selections like hamburgers, French fries and club sandwiches stacked high with meat and iceberg lettuce.
In 1960 a metal-coated plastic balloon 100ft across sent up by America's space agency was used by Bell to bounce telephone calls to distant destinations in the United States.
The secret to the screens is in what's behind them: a thin strip of metal-coated plastic that's only 50 microns thick -- about half the width of a human hair -- and wraps around a spool.
Before trying to get the head out of Egypt, Tokeley-Parry coated it with plastic and disguised it to look like a cheap souvenir.
He had had the windows of his car coated with a dark plastic film which reduced visibility in and out of the car to 17%, the Old Bailey heard.
The frame is no longer assembled from laser-etched wood, instead there's a powder-coated steel frame with PVC plastic sides to help shield the various moving parts and lend an air of professionalism to the affair.
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As far as comfort is concerned, chew on this -- out of the box, the Rat 9's completely coated in soft-touch plastic, and if you don't like that, you can swap for a pair of textured rubber palm and pinky grips instead.
Plastic tubing used in medical equipment could be coated with thin layers of bio-friendly proteins.
Then came wax-coated cups, as well as the plastic "Cozy Cup, " a regular in office kitchenettes, replacing ceramic mugs.
Instead, it's coated in smooth soft-touch black plastic on the back and a textured version of the stuff on its sides.
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Nothing wiggles, nothing feels like it's in danger of breaking off, and all of the materials seem to be there for a reason: the tops of the jog wheels are grooved to feel like vinyl, for instance, and knobs, faders, and buttons are all coated in non-slip rubber or plastic.
Unfortunately, the bottom feels like it's made of plastic, though Samsung tells us it's made of a powder coated aluminum.
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