"There is an exciting race going on between these people making these optic switches out of plastic and the people making the optic switches out of crystal, " said Gordon Thomas, a physicist.
It's as if we're making plastic widgets in a factory, not dealing with pain and illness.
Polymer banknotes are printed on a non-porous plastic film, making them more durable than traditional rag-based paper bills.
With Americans already packing an average of five charge cards, Saunders has been appealing to bankers like Davis by making his plastic smarter and thus more valuable in attracting customers.
Adding to the experience are the free plastic buckets and spades for making sandcastles, portable goals for beach soccer, nets for volleyball and even giant touch-screen internet terminals on the boardwalk.
Americans have been making more purchases with plastic than cash and checks since 2003.
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The plastic upper shell has been textured, making it look a little heftier and studier than comparable units.
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But more important than making a profit from goofy plastic glasses or large corporate brands, this is a grace period in which he will expand his personal brand and accrue more and more advertisers that want to be associated with him.
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But Hewlett-Packard, which is also making a big effort in plastic electronics using inkjet techniques, argues that the advantage of printing over stamping is that it makes it possible to produce customised circuitry more quickly and easily, with changes in design being incorporated instantly.
It is the first commercial jet built mostly from carbon-plastic fibres rather than conventional aluminium and steel, making it more lightweight, and therefore, fuel-efficient.
Robbins is facing up to nine years in state prison for stalking his ex-girlfriend and making criminal threats against a La Jolla plastic surgeon, the prosecutor said.
In addition, the OLEDs can be fabricated onto a flexible plastic substrate rather than a rigid glass layer, making it easier to manufacture them into a curved screen.
The watch's screen will be made of plastic and it will run on solar energy, making it less likely to malfunction or run out of power in a tense scenario.
In reconstructive surgery, patient satisfaction is most highly linked to being actively involved in the decision-making process and the relationship they have with their plastic surgeon.
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Another theme was making trash beautiful, illustrated by typography designed from waste to plastic bag installations.
Thousands of merchants are still not set up for mobile payments, making it more difficult for smartphone users to cut up their plastic.
In rich countries, it may have come from exotic sources like Fiji or Lapland, packed in glass or plastic destined to become rubbish, devouring energy on its travels and thus making it one of the least green and least defensible rip-offs on the market.
It uses simple plastic sheets with arrays of holes, and could be put to use in making ships invisible to sonar or in acoustic design of concert halls.
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Only in the world of personal computers could a company like Apple, essentially a has-been reduced to a miniscule market share, introduce a throwback model distinguished only by a differently colored plastic box, and have it treated by the media as if it was a history-making event.
Jason Roberts was making The Polar Bear Family and Me, in which bears were filmed from a clear plastic hide.
Making PLA from petrochemicals, the leading source of the carbon that lies at the heart of plastic's makeup, is too costly and complicated.
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