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In these books, the images transform the painted page, with ever more inventive borders and miniatures crowding out the almost redundant words and showing the reader a vision of the Bible.

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But the new threat is the ability to transform that creature into images of our own choosing, without regard to whether the new creature is going to be an improvement, or whether these so-called improvements are going to sap all of the energies of the soul that make for human aspirations, art, science and care for the less fortunate.

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At the same time, they must be sensitive enough to transform even weak TV signals into clear images and function in sheltered places, like garages, and at moderate speeds, such as on trains or in fast-moving cars.

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Light particles blast the photosensitive material on a silicon wafer to create the features on a chip, just as in photography, photons transform silver molecules on photographic film into visible images.

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The early 3-D leader, Japan's Sharp Electronics, has sold 3 million mobile phones that transform 2-D photographs into 3-D images using screen filters and software.

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