Now, Toyota has come up with a variation on the driverless car idea that actually might turn out to be more practical.
Maybe someday, but fusion and improved solar energy seem to be more practical than antimatter as directions to move to for cheaper energy.
Although it doesn't quite have the wow factor of Cornell's invisibility project, the thermal research may prove to be more practical because it also can be used to manage heat and improve cooling in components such as computer chips.
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If the eventual goal is to be inclusive, the more practical solution is to measure the assistance and to provide certainty, benchmarking progress along the way.
Its technology will now be put to a more practical use helping students to consider challenging cases and offering potential diagnoses.
Proponents believe that making their case to Congress would be faster and more practical than wending their way through the courts.
Leonhardt said it would be more practical to use solar power to help charge a car's battery and use the more efficient panels mounted on a roof or over a parking area to supply the rest of the electricity needed to drive the engine.
Although carbon dioxide is the more important greenhouse gas, methane measurements will be a more practical early application to test the market for this sort of data.
To put it in more practical terms, a monetarily and fiscally integrated eurozone should be able to borrow as cheaply and easily as the other major developed economies, namely the UK, US and Japan.
Schools like Full Sail are quite common for new developers and extreme hobbyists to take courses in game creation, many gamers have begun to find more novel and somewhat more practical applications for their hobby, some of which may be helping to save lives.
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As a country, we have to be more rigorous in separating energy the hype from the practical solutions that can improve our use of valuable energy resources.
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It might be a while before stylists and cold-weather dandies renounce traditional layering, but more practical-minded types seem to be gravitating toward the single but versatile piece of outerwear.
Limitations, be they practical or arbitrary, force artists to dig more deeply instead of settling for easy answers.
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When somebody like him comes along, who is - appears to be, for all practical purposes, qualified, that a lot more Americans will be give him a very fair chance to be heard and even supported.
The closer Nov. 6 gets, the more pressure there will be on the GOP challenger to offer a principled, practical, detailed governing vision.
Milgram's project fits one element of the Arnold model: fund promising research for relatively small amounts millions, if that can be deemed small with the implicit commitment to spend substantially more if the results point to practical solutions.
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In the practical test, the number of mandatory manoeuvres will be cut from two to one to allow more time for the independent driving section.
On a more practical note, as a consultant, I find that it can actually be dangerous to be mistaken for a journalist when your income depends on doing rather than observing.
While young, brand-conscious Chinese may be willing to part with several months' salary to buy the latest iPhone, African users are looking for more practical (and cheaper) connections.
But he also stated that more significant was a practical consideration, a feeling that the police infrastructure might not be able to cope with the deluge of calls which could result.
Building on the craze for corporate jets--more than 550 are expected to be sold worldwide this year--manufacturers are busily exploring how to create a practical and affordable small-scale model that can let executives fly privately in excess of the sound barrier.
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