Prop 65 has historically been used to pressure companies into removing chemicals of concern from their products, in the absence of regulation that requires them to do so.

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The DuoSense software identifies the position of the Pencil and the pressure level, removing the need for an excitation coil within the DuoSense digitizer and can be used either as an integral part of the solution or as an optional after-market accessory, enabling OEMs to offer system upgrades, making the Digital Pencil ideal for the consumer market.

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And while the inescapable and obvious result is that increased financial pressure is placed on the private health insurance system at the expense of removing some of the financial pressure on the government run Medicare system, what may not be quite so obvious is the additional financial pressure placed on even the youngest and healthiest people in the private health insurance pools.

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