It also can be a rather multi-step affair to even make a call, since there's no home screen speed dial or voice recognition, and the phonebook can't be searched, only scrolled through.

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Police patrols using speed cameras and number plate recognition will be stationed on major roads including the M5, M4, M32 and A303.

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LONDON, England (CNN) -- A system using fingerprint scanning and face recognition systems, designed to speed up passenger transit times and increase security, is beginning a trial at Heathrow airport's Terminal 3.

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The focus of the hardware is to significantly speed up data processing for large, data crunching operations like compression, image recognition, and search functions.

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This form of social learning is becoming more relevant because of the speed of change of information, the increasing demand for situation-specific knowledge, and recognition that this knowledge can come from practically anywhere.

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HCD-14 Genesis uses optical recognition to identify the driver and initiate the starting sequence, while gear selection for the 8-speed automatic transmission is performed via paddle shifters.

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Per Ola Kristensson and Keith Vertanen, at the University of Cambridge's Computer Laboratory, have developed a method of allowing speech-recognition programs to share their thoughts, as it were, with the user, in order to speed up the correction process.

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