Perhaps Romney should take a spin in a Model S to see what all the shouting is about.

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That opens up the possibility of putting virtual objects into the real world, letting you "pick up" a computer-generated 3D architectural model and spin it around in your hand, for instance, or gesture to control a virtual display appearing on an actual wall.

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The fifth model is the Spin compact MPV (multi people mover).

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The model, or "spin", can be cropped and adjusted (brightness, saturation and contrast) like a regular photograph, plus users can create custom annotations to identify or comment on specific parts of the "spin" as well.

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Also, Brian travels out to Boston to ride along with a gang of bike hackers, Myriam takes the Tesla Model S for a spin around the streets of San Francisco and Michael does his best not to fall off the DTV Shredder in the California desert.

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That model was based on the predictive power of spin and narrative.

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Mike Hussey (49) and Brad Haddin (31) were able to stage a partial recovery, while skipper Vettori was the model of economy - his 10 overs of left-arm spin yielding just 22 runs.

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For Citi, a spin-out of Smith Barney would move the firm more dramatically away from its financial-supermarket model than any of the other recent divestments it has undertaken.

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