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It's the perfect, portable speaker system for anyone who wants to bring along their favorite music.
The rain simulator has 4 in-line spray nozzles, which are feed by a pressurized portable pipe system.
The portable sound system delivers 50 watts of power, with 2 full-range drivers specially tuned for outdoor usage.
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Having a portable GPS system or a navigation app loaded into a smartphone is always a good idea, especially for the directionally challenged.
The second, the stylish GX-M10 Portable Audio System has built-in CD and iPhone, iPod and iPad docking stations, as well as microphone and guitar inputs with input level control.
The new portable gaming system launched in Europe on March 25 and in North America on March 27 and has been seeing the same type of record sales in those territories as its seen in Japan, where it launched a month earlier.
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Father and son team Nick and Larry Braun want to build a portable zip line system for cameras.
At his annual holiday party, he plugged in a portable public address system and performed a song for his guests.
The team created a portable water purification system that could be used in disaster relief or areas without infrastructure for clean water resources.
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They started a product that was a small water filtration -- portable water filtration system, and the Marines have just bought that for our troops in Afghanistan.
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We saw a bevy of new gadgets and gizmos hitting the scene this week such as intelliPaper, which recently found a way to transform tiny scraps of paper into fully functional USB drives and programmable documents and CitiSense, a portable pollution monitoring system that allows you to check nearby air quality on your smartphone.
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Proposals for a system of portable pensions are due by June.
The next step in moving this technology to the field is to develop a portable tripod-based system that houses both the laser source and the IR camera.
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The portable dual-screen system lets users see 3D images without the use of special glasses, while providing them with a wide variety of gaming and entertainment options.
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Late-Monday, Arbitron, said it was delaying the expansion of its new electronic radio ratings system, the Portable People Meter.
It protects its highly portable assets with a GPS system, which tracks the location of each car and transmits it back to head office using the mobile-phone network.
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This is a portable version of the Hertz NeverLost navigation system found in some of their rental cars.
We set out to offer a complete audio experience, from the main audio system, to desktop audio, to portable.
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That could pose a threat to the temporary monopoly Nintendo was poised to get on portable 3-D gaming when its handheld game system launches in March.
This handheld device works with both Macs and PCs, and can serve as a portable USB 1.1 hard drive for either system--though by using the USB connection interface, you can expect a long wait when loading data to the device from your computer.
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