Two students at Rice University have transformed a simple salad spinner into a centrifuge that can save lives by diagnosing diseases, and a Japanese company called Super Faith has invented a machine that can transform used adult diapers into an energy source.

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The RAM bay is super easy to get to with the machine on its face.

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The machine hasn't been "ruggedized" like the super-sturdy models hawked by Panasonic.

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But these super PAC turnout operations were largely new and untested compared with the Obama machine and veteran union allies.

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Several departments emblematic of old-style central planning, such as coal and machine-building, have been subsumed under a new "super-ministry, " the State Economic and Trade Commission.

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Previous consumer-created ads for Doritos, including one that showed a vengeful dog securing an electronic bark collar on a guy, and another that featured an office worker slamming a crystal ball into a vending machine, have notched top slots on USA Today's annual Super Bowl Ad Meter.

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