By fifth grade, he was building his own video-game console with an electronic-projects kit from Radio Shack.

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Originally an adaptation of an earlier device called a maser - an electronic oscillator that operated at very high radio frequencies - the laser was first demonstrated by Theodore Maiman in 1960.

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Late-Monday, Arbitron, said it was delaying the expansion of its new electronic radio ratings system, the Portable People Meter.

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Late-Monday, Arbitron (nyse: ARB - news - people ), said it was delaying the expansion of its new electronic radio ratings system, the Portable People Meter.

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It was sped by such factors as the spread of DIY studio-recording technology, the rise of online radio and file sharing, and a growing international appetite for electronic music.

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It is equipped with advanced electronic, electro-optic, infrared and laser system technologies, as well as secure radio systems with data links and munitions capacity for 130 different types of weapons configurations.

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The deal GE (nyse: GE - news - people ) reached with the International Union of Electronic Workers-Communication Workers of America (IUE-CWA) and the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) covers wages and pensions--but what to do about rapidly rising health costs was always the thorniest issue, as it is an issue with workers, unionized and nonunionized, across the economy.

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