It sports an Intel Atom processor, a 12.1-inch display and a conventional plastic shell.
The runner-up is the waste-reducing plastic shell enclosing the second-generation iPod nano .
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Data was stored on rewritable magneto-optical disks 2.5in (64mm) in diameter housed for protection in a square plastic shell.
The gauntlet's hard plastic shell is even roomy enough to add GPS equipment, biometrics, chemical sensors, or other embedded additions, as needed.
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The second of the 50 cars to pass by that day swerved over the center line, its right tires pulverizing the plastic shell.
Apple, the Note 8.0's unremarkable, all-plastic shell serves a purpose.
What makes the Commando different is its thick black plastic shell, a 3.6-inch touchscreen covered with Corning's extra-tough Gorilla Glass and a micro-USB port sealed with a rubber gasket.
ThermoShield, one of over a dozen student-run companies vying for attention at Northeastern University's Husky Startup Challenge, went the latter route by slipping a Peltier element inside a slim plastic shell.
The design is simple: it's just a plastic shell with a shutter button, a dial for controlling shutter speed and a hand grip -- the sort you'd normally find on a compact camera.
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Each of them have the telltale look of every Panasonic Toughbook and Toughpad -- a solidly constructed silver plastic shell with black rubber corners and a girth roughly twice that of its less robust gadget brethren.
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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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Riddell established the company in 1927, but it was not until 1939 that its first soft plastic-shell football helmet was released to the public.
On the right edge, the power button continues to use the concentric metallic finish found on other RAZR devices, with the volume rocker matching the plastic of the handset's shell.
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She avoided their eyes as she lifted the bottles from her metal tray and placed them between the coconut-shell ashtrays on the hibiscus-patterned plastic tablecloth.
You can make your own sea monster by taking the shell off a remote controlled boat with a decent sized motor and replacing it with a plastic crocodile head.
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