Are we doomed simply to have hockey-puck like clever floor cleaners?

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Moreover, the rising tide of inventions that make one country wealthy benefits others that bring those clever ideas to market or simply make use of those products, processes and services.

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Anyone who wants to look clever at a cocktail party can simply make a disparaging remark about American schools and everyone will giggle and nod appreciatively.

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Using a Bluetooth daughter card in the lock mechanism, a couple Bluetooth antennas and a clever app this lock opens by simply touching a finger to the outside of the housing when you approach the door.

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It also packs so many clever features that many some users have simply given up on the increasingly complex service.

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You simply cannot have industrial age lifestyles for 69% of the population, using too-clever arbitrage schemes involving Internet marketing of health-supplements.

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No fancy or clever name is needed for this Portland, Maine, beer fest that's simply called The Festival.

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It may not quite do that - but the live demo of the new translation service looked very clever, as did the standout eye-tracking feature which enables you to pause a video by simply looking away, then restart it by focusing on the screen again.

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