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In other words, when the pedal hits the metal, the engine generates only about 75% of conventional diesel engines.
FORBES: The Other "Hybrid Engine"
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The origins of the pencil date to the ancient Romans, who used to write with a device known as a stylus--a metal stick, usually lead, which was used to scratch words onto papyrus.
FORBES: No. 4 The Pencil
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For the first quarter-century of the microprocessor's life, most integrated-circuit packages were fairly predictable hunks of ceramics, bought largely from one of four Japanese firms: Kyocera (its name is a combination of the words Kyoto and ceramics), NGK Spark Plug, Shinko Electronic Industries and Sumitomo Metal Electronics Devices.
FORBES: It's all in the packaging