In mid-December, the company was granted a new U.S. patent protecting key areas related to its laser pulse technology.

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Or, better yet, has technology enabled more creativity on the part of story-tellers, giving rise to such recent classics like "The Ring" or "Pulse" in which technology is simply a paranormal conduit?

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Research and development of the toys and phones is carried out largely in the U.S. and Europe, where marketing and development teams have their fingers on the pulse of consumers and the latest technology trends.

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The idea is to get relevant information fast, instead of what usually happens, which is getting information long after a crisis is over, said Robert Kirkpatrick, director of Global Pulse, who spoke today at a technology and human rights conference in Berkeley, Calif.

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Scientists are gathered this week to discuss a relatively underappreciated threat to our well-being, the impact a huge solar flare (also known as a solar mass ejection (SME) or solar electromagnetic pulse (EMP)) directed at Earth could wreak upon our modern technology.

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The only place where the Fed can locate a pulse of inflationary pressure is in wages and salaries for skills-based workers, particularly in technology.

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