He invented and patented a series of combination locks with lead balls to block x-rays, in conjunction with special nylon wheels to prevent them from observed.

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MacRumors popped open the latest version, known as " AppleTV3, 2", and found good evidence of a further die shrink: the central block of silicon is just 6 mm x 6 mm, which is even smaller than the 8 mm x 8 mm chip in the newest iPad 2.

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It also closed the private Spanish Hospital, a complex that covers an entire city block, after waters rushed into the basement, cutting power and destroying X-ray machines and other diagnostic equipment.

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One mystery yet to be solved is why people with Syndrome X have smaller particles of low density lipids, the type of cholesterol most likely to block arteries.

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We've got conversations with Google's Tamar Yehoshua, OUYA's Julie Uhrman, Jason Parrish and Corinna Proctor from Lenovo, Chris Anderson, DJ Spooky, Mark Frauenfelder, Veronica Belmont, Ryan Block, plus folks from NASA, 3D Robotics, Oculus, Google Lunar X Prize, TechShop, Lunar and IndieGogo.

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