V3Solar solved some fairly complicated solar problems with old materials and design.

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The number of people making and using Noken is diminishing, however, in the face of competition from factory-made bags and problems obtaining raw materials.

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The hinge technology will have to be an engineering marvel, and making the folding crease of the screen invisible will pose problems in materials, optics, and touch technologies.

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"Our goal is to develop a robot that behaves like MacGyver, the television character from the 1980s who solved complex problems and escaped dangerous situations by using everyday objects and materials he found at hand, " said project leader Prof Mike Stilman.

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He was a forceful ambassador for British Science and represented the subject of chemistry and its importance in providing a means for the fabrication of new materials and solving environmental problems, especially providing clean water across the globe.

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The railroads tote building materials and the ongoing problems in the housing market must be impacting their bottom line.

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One of the most persistent claims by CF believers is that cold fusion has, in fact, been duplicated thousands of times and that the perceived problems with reliably reproducing the results is due to subtle and poorly understood aspects of the materials used.

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That's because even though designers have new materials and technologies, they still have to solve the same problems that astronauts face whenever they leave the safety of a spacecraft.

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"It is appropriate to infer that the e-mails and software materials would demonstrate Ellison's knowledge of, among other things, problems with Suite 11i, the effects of the economy on Oracle's business and problems with defendants' forecasting model, " Illston said in the order.

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