They include a scorpion the size of a small suitcase, and a jackal-like creature with an exposed rib cage.

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Meanwhile, here in the US, a team from MIT has developed a portable 3D printer that's so small it fits inside a suitcase.

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Their eavesdropping apparatus (which is small enough to fit in a suitcase) was designed to take advantage of a weakness in a particular sort of photon detector in Bob's receiving equipment.

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There's a second alternative: A growing number of New Yorkers are going for duct-free AC systems that involve a small, wall-mounted indoor fan powered by a separate outdoor unit the size of suitcase.

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My missing suitcase housed my overnight essentials, without which I am lost: Egyptian cotton pajamas and a small electric fan for white noise.

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