And so life goes on in Laos - two steps forward, one leap back.

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However, if everyone makes this logical leap, the best guess should be 22 (two-thirds of 33).

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He is one of 11 ethnic minority Conservative MPs - which is a leap from 2005 when there were only two.

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But the real leap will come in two years' time with the introduction of third-generation mobile phones, allowing much faster Internet connections.

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In order to emphasize the generational leap that we can expect with Kal-El, the company switched off two of the four cores momentarily, which plunged performance down to less than 10fps.

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Contrast those dimensions with the Ion and you have two handsets, separated by a generational leap, that measure and weigh nearly the same all around -- though the TL is a hair lighter at 139 grams (4.8 ounces).

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Whatever the tech behind it, the impact is that the Leap is two orders of magnitude more accurate than the Kinect, which creates whole new classes of fine-motor manipulation.

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Had Cherry had his way, the leap in time would have been two years more, but he worried about telling a cast of middle-aged women they were going to have to age seven years.

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Using porous, super water-repellant nickel foam to fabricate the three supporting and two jumping legs, the group made a robot that could leap more than 5.5 inches, despite weighing as much as 1, 100 water striders.

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