United's text analyzer looks for particular words and themes and can pick up on a customer reporting a seat where the in-flight entertainment didn't work, for example, said Martin Hand, senior vice president of customer service.

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The Mini 10 prototype is a handheld chemical analyzer that its creators have likened to Star Trek's " Tricorder, " and while the internal abilities should genuinely impress, we're handing out a round of golf claps for the uber-glitzy motif it's got going on.

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Sitting on the panel was Steven Nissen, a cardiologist at the Cleveland Clinic and a tough analyzer of drugs who later helped vote down both Bristol-Myers Squibb 's (nyse: BMY - news - people ) Vanlev and AstraZeneca 's (nyse: AZN - news - people ) Exanta.

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Not only can S Note be used for play, it also brings serious productivity features such as an equation analyzer, shape recognition and integration with the Wolfram Alpha logistics engine.

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