These days, he is preoccupied with such issues as pollution and genetic manipulation: the vanishing dodo in his Dodon't is a comment on DNA disaster.

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So I don't think email will go the way of the dodo.

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Randall, who is working on a book devoted to other "nasty" animals, said he'd be a "dodo bird" if he didn't think Mathieu would win the Heisman.

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Of course, the implant's really just a proof-of-concept at this stage, but hopefully it won't be long before battery powered implants go the way of the dodo TouchPad.

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