If it performs as advertised, the Nomad should remove some guesswork from the complicated process of perfecting a shot of espresso.

FORBES: On Kickstarter: The Nomad Is An Affordable, Portable Lever-Driven Espresso Machine

This process needs a swift shot in the arm if we are to make sure that some of the dazzling gains of modern medicine are not squandered by our own complacency, and that deadly throat infections remain largely a memory of the past.

CNN: How hubris put our health at risk

"The traditional mug shot is a process (or space) where a person is automatically marked as a criminal (although not yet convicted), it is combative, accusing, dehumanizing, " says Wicks.

BBC: They are Us and We are Them

Tell yourself that improving your communication with your aging parent is a process, not a one-shot deal .

FORBES: How To Have A More Positive Relationship With Your Aging Parent

You may be willing to accept the broad farce and melodrama for the sake of the scenery, shot in an imposing new Panavision Super 70 process.

NEWYORKER: Far and Away

While this will not result in a more potent shot, Pien thinks it will accelerate the preparation process from five months to two months.

FORBES: Broken Eggs

Last fall, the Department of Education attempted to change the admissions process so the highest-scoring children would have the best shot at one of the limited seats.

WSJ: Lawsuit Claims New York City's Gifted-and-Talented Selection Process Is Flawed

She was one of the original members of Hear'Say, who shot to fame last year after going through a gruelling selection process on the TV series Popstars.

BBC: Hear'Say deny auditions 'fix'

After marvelling at the grace of, say, a white pelican gliding after a school of fish, he would take aim with his hunting rifle, using fine shot so that the bird was not blown to pieces in the process.

ECONOMIST: John James Audubon

Reversing the controversial process of colorizing black-and-white movies, "Pleasantville" was shot entirely in Technicolor.

CNN: Interview: Gary Ross breathes his life into 'Pleasantville'

The process of making influenza vaccines is fundamentally unchanged since Jonas Salk injected the first flu shot in 1943.

FORBES: Government Backs Futuristic Flu Shots

So the Supremes have the opportunity to uphold Bilski and still get a shot in at the Federal Circuit if they include language that invalidates patents like the Prometheus process.

FORBES: Bilski May Take Down Business Method Patents With Him

When the footage was first shot, each frame was run consecutively through red, green or blue gels, and the process needed to be reversed during projection to reveal the color.

ENGADGET: World's oldest color film footage discovered in museum archive (video)

Many of the children adopted from Uganda are given a better shot at life overseas - certainly in material terms -- but the speed and ease of the process has many observers worried.

CNN: Red flags wave over Uganda's adoption boom