August, the brainchild of Yves Behar and Jason Johnson, combines elements of both approaches and does so with Behar's typical flair for stunning design.

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"Michael's helmet was not as exciting a design, but it was typical, " Mr. Munser says.

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It is physically light as well as visually light, resulting in a minimalist design that weighs less than a typical pair of sunglasses.

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Thanks to advances in chip design and computational throughput, a typical SoC today contains multiple cores to deliver extremely high levels of packet processing, security functions, signal processing, programmability and more.

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These stats are possibly more useful than the caller ID features, and while the design does jar a little with the typical Android aesthetic, it's hard to complain when the app's free.

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Typical of the auto industry, Ford's early hybrids contained batteries that involved third parties in everything from design to testing.

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