One set of tools is essential for life: knives and other hand tools, fire and other tools for clothing and warmth, agricultural tools and transportation tools such as packs, wheels, wagons, harnesses and saddles.

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The use of commuter sentiment analysis tools has the potential to help cities and local transportation authorities define their priorities, planning and investments in the area of transportation by indicating accurately areas or routes that are particular points of frustration for commuters.

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To find out what it is about their bikes that drives Americans to see them as fitness tools or recreational distractions, as opposed to modes of transportation, the teams blanketed Boston with questionnaires.

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The enabling technologies for terror-sensing tools will rapidly migrate to applications in medicine, industry, transportation, telecom and even entertainment, driving a tech boom.

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