"This partnership agreement for the use of expandable habitats represents a step forward in cutting-edge technology that can allow humans to thrive in space safely and affordably, and heralds important progress in U.S. commercial space innovation, " NASA deputy chief Lori Garver said in a statement.

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If the leak is accurate, Bay Trail for tablets isn't expected until early 2014, by which point 22-nanometer Atoms will be a step behind the cutting edge.

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Sonia saw her edge slipping away - and decided it was time to step off the pedestal.

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The deployment is a big step in the mainstreaming of what was until recently a hype-ridden, bleeding edge technology.

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So yes, the bedroom, with that plump queen bed, is a tight space, but the bathroom has a step-down slate soaking tub that fills from a spout in the ceiling and has an infinity edge so you need not worry about flooding the room.

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But among the tasks the machine can perform in a single step are edge detection, inversion, the identification of lines and shapes of different orientations, and the filling-in of concave shapes all things that are useful in image-processing, and not all of which can be managed by digital technology.

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