The multi-tasking image-processing Venus Engine enables beautiful image recording and Sonic Speed AF (Auto Focus) combined with a quick camera start-up time to offer a high-speed response time to ensure users can capture even the most spur-of-the-moment photo opportunities.

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There have been dark hints from people at Boeing that manufacturing work on the Sonic Cruiser, a high-speed airliner, will move out of the state unless traffic between Boeing's factories around Seattle gets unclogged.

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Any plane that flies past the speed of sound creates a sonic boom, which often results in a major noise disturbance over close-by areas.

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It fired a sonic pulse at the ground and used the speed of the returning echo to calculate our height.

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Thanks to a new LSI drive circuit, autofocus speed of the SSM (Super Sonic Wave Motor) is around four times quicker than before.

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And a red-faced Boeing was forced to withdraw its Sonic Cruiser, a plane intended to fly at near the speed of sound, after airlines rejected the idea that passengers would pay a hefty premium for such rapid transit.

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Meanwhile, Boeing's Sonic Cruiser (a futuristic aircraft designed to fly at almost the speed of sound) has not been well received by airlines.

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"You can now play Sonic on a small screen or a big HD TV, screen and this technology allows us to bring a totally reimagined Sonic with beautiful HD backgrounds, great character animation and all the speed console gamers are used to with this character, " he said.

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To cover that retreat, the company trumpeted its Sonic Cruiser, a futuristic 250-seater jet that would fly close to the speed of sound and clip hours off long-haul flights.

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