Many have lost the wages not only of their children but of their women, who are constrained by custom and religion from working at stitching centres.

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Working in my garage, I custom built a mosquito test chamber, created artificial perspiration with varied concentrations of ingredients, and after innumerable hours of testing and analyzing data, was able to discover the role of ammonia in the attraction of mosquitoes to humans.

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The resourceful DIYer plans to keep working on his high-temperature system until he can build custom creations from Delrin and Polycarbonate.

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It's already working on an Android app for release in 2011 as well as custom firmware, co-developed with Y-cam, that will simplify setup and provide exclusive baby monitoring features to WiFi Baby owners.

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The downside is that it's more expensive, uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time and has to be custom fit, Reingold said, so it's suited for people working in high-risk laboratories.

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