The dual-layer structure used up to now has been augmented with an additional layer where image data can be recorded to create a new triple-layer structure.

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"The rigid material becomes a structure and the other layer is the force that can start bending and twisting it, " said Mr Tibbits.

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Beginning with the well-known Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) structure, Gartner added in a Business and Information Systems layer that includes brokerages, management and security.

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