Many of the semi-finalists' redesigns are as simple as adding multitouch gestures or bending the traditionally square playing field into a more circular court, but a few ambitious developers mixed it up with 3D playing fields, anthropomorphic paddles or augmented reality multiplayer.

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The Games will also be screened along with live entertainment at Trafalgar Square and at Potters Field by City Hall, bringing further travel congestion.

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During the FDA review that included reports from 30 participants using the device, the agency found that most patients performed basic tasks, like touching a square in a white field, better with the Argus II than without it and that 19 of the participants experienced no adverse effects to the surgery.

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Here's how its "turf TV" works: A computer sends an image to the field, where it is distributed among 1, 750 interconnected square trays, 7.5 feet on a side, that host their own light-processing circuitry.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Here's how its "turf TV" works: A computer sends an image to the field, where it is distributed among 1, 750 interconnected square trays, 7.5 feet on a side, that host their own light processing circuitry.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Being so far north, much of region - some 146, 000 square km - is covered by glaciers and ice caps (a type of ice field where glaciers flow off in many directions).

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Architect Bob Swatt, of Bay Area firm Swatt Miers, says he is busier than usual with 10 homes that range from 6, 000 to 9, 000 square feet, six of which are under construction in Silicon Valley for clients in the tech field.

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They had been looking for the point at which the magnetic field and the plasma switch from a slow, gentle waltz to something like an American square dance.

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Eventually, thanks to a degree she has in biology and previous work in the field, she landed work as a biologist, allowing her to hold on to her 572-square-foot log cabin on three acres, where she takes in stray dogs and raises horses that double as sculpting models.

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After almost being refused permission to play in the Blue Square Premier this season by the FA, crisis club City's problems have since escalated on and off the field.

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