The team from Hasso Plattner Institute at Potsdam University in Germany believes the breakthrough - dubbed “iPalm” - could make using a remote control far easier.

来自德国波茨坦大学哈索•普拉特纳研究院的研发团队给这项突破性发明命名为“iPalm”,运用这项发明，远距离操作可以很容易的实现。

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Mr Plattner said SAP had made a mistake with its attempt to increase maintenance fees last year in the middle of the economic crisis.

普拉·特纳表示，SAP试图在去年的经济危机中增加维护费用是一个错误的决定。

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For these reasons, SAP co-founder Hasso Plattner does not appear alongside his former partners, Dietmar Hopp and Klaus Tschira.

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Every year students at Stanford's Hasso Plattner Institute of Design are challenged to find ways of improving gift giving for the giver.

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