• This makes it hard, for instance, to compare real-time video images (from a camera in the nose-cone of a missile, for example) with a set of several thousand targets (pictures of enemy aircraft, say), because all the targets have to be tested within a thirtieth of a second, the duration of a single frame of video.

    ECONOMIST: Optical recognition

  • The improved bass and low-mid response we noted in our review falls in line with iFixit's confirmation that the new driver in each Pod is made with a paper speaker cone -- in contrast to the plastic used on the older model.

    ENGADGET: Apple's EarPods get the iFixit teardown treatment, found to basically be earbuds

  • According to Chernobrov, Huang Di came in a cone-shaped UFO.

    CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Asia Buzz: Travel in Time

  • "It does, " agreed Waxman, thereby opening the door to a line of argument in which he found himself suggesting--apparently in all seriousness--that U.S. citizens might have to purchase a government-issued, Maxwell Smart-like "cone of silence" before making a speech in a public park.

    CNN: Free Speech On The Net At The Supreme Court

  • Meanwhile, Krakatoa is rising again in the Sunda Strait--a new cone poked its head above the waves in 1928 and is now 1, 500 feet high.

    FORBES: Don't Go Near The Volcano

  • The technology is complicated (of course)--a tapered cone wrapped in a chain that unwinds onto the mainspring barrel, ensuring that the power delivered by the mainspring remains constant.

    FORBES: It's About Time

  • In the past six years, four of the top 12 performers in the three-cone drill were drafted by the Texans or signed by the team as an undrafted free agent.

    WSJ: NFL Combine: Run Fast and You Might Be a Raider

  • It allows scientists to study the fissures in the cone of the volcano -- if the fissures are getting hotter, it means an eruption is imminent.

    CNN: Keeping track of Etna's pulse

  • Jesalva said he was in the group that spent the night on the picturesque mountain, known for its almost-perfect cone, when the volcano rumbled back to life early in the morning and rocks "as big as a living room" came raining down on them.

    NPR: Philippine Volcano Spews Rocks, Killing 5 Climbers

  • Similar to cone-ing, the videos are often filmed in public places to include bewildered onlookers.

    FORBES: Links: 27 Nov: We've Had Planking. Now Milking Is Where The Cool Kids Are At

  • He created the "Solo Cup, " a paper cone he made in his garage and peddled to bottled-water producers.

    FORBES: Party's Over

  • For the first approach, he shapes a wettened cone of clay on a fast-spinning wheel, gradually turning a small dimple in the top into a bowl shape, which he smooths with a deerskin cloth and releases from its base with one quick draw of a taut wire.

    BBC: The art of Japan

  • "These archives are fundamental to the processes of re-democratization in the region, particularly in a context in which the Southern Cone countries have established mechanisms such as Truth Commissions or Commissions for Peace, in order to guarantee the right to memory, truth and justice, especially for the victims of dictatorships and their families, " says Jorge Grandi, Director of the UNESCO Montevideo Office.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • The three-cone drill is used to measure short-area quickness, which is a key attribute in Houston's zone-blocking offense.

    WSJ: NFL Combine: Run Fast and You Might Be a Raider

  • Cone said Munley and her partner responded "very quickly" to the scene -- reportedly in about three minutes.

    CNN: 'Tough woman' cop hailed Fort Hood hero

  • This and its own snooping suggest military links to the nuclear programme, secretive procurement efforts, high-explosive testing useful in triggers for nuclear bombs, and design work on a missile cone able to carry a nuclear warhead.

    ECONOMIST: Is there still time for a miracle?

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