The developers of mobile harbor say the system also will boost anti-terror efforts, by keeping container ships with potentially dangerous cargo away from populated areas.

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"I saw all these ships waiting out there,I am guessing, waiting their turns to load and unload the cargo, so,I said,Why do the ships come into the harbor?" Why not have the harbor go out there and bring the goods in?'" Researchers describe the mobile harbor as a lean, light system for unloading container ships even if the coastal area is too shallow for them to dock.

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Up until recently, virtualization and container technology for mobile has been the purview of private companies such as Good Technology, OpenPeak and Enterproid.

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For Twitter to be able to keep the navigational container of its mobile apps native and fast, but to have instantly updatable HTML 5 modules and JavaScript libraries embedded within, is a great model for a platform that can test and deploy these elements with a minimal disruption to users.

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He points to the successes already achieved in this area by New York architectural firm LOT-EK -- one of the pioneers of container housing -- and Jennifer Siegal, founder of the Los Angeles-based Office of Mobile Design.

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