When Cal Tech researchers added silver to the microalloy mix, they were able to expand the thickness of the glass rods to six millimeters.

当加州理工学院的研究人员把银加入微量合金混合物中后，它们就能够将玻璃棒的厚度提升到六厘米了。

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Glass represents how an even more potent challenge has arrived: sophisticated, capital-intensive businesses that boast high-tech expertise.

玻璃代表着一次更强有力的挑战到来：这桩复杂又耗钱的生意可是宣称具有高科技含量的。

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Here's a decent rule of thumb: High-tech products like electronics usually aren't so bad, while products like leather and glass tend to be associated with a lot more pollution.

在此提供一个不错的经验之谈：高科技产品诸如电子之类的都还不错，而皮革和玻璃制品则会制造大量的污染。

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The high-tech glass pavilion, built in just over a fortnight on open ground in front of the convention centre where the meeting is to be held, is powered by photovoltaic panels which cover the whole of its sloping south-facing wall.

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It's also coated in Gorilla Glass 2, with ClearBlack tech and a high-brightness mode to improve outdoor visibility and the same super-sensitive touchscreen that means you'll be able to steer the phone with your gloves on.

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Photographs are so easy to take and so ubiquitous that we're neglecting the craft of capturing images. (Before long, Google Glass, the high-tech glasses with a built-in camera, will let us take a photo of whatever we happen to be looking at.) While technology has imbued the minutia of our experience with meaning, it's also turning us into lazy photographers.

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