These turned out to be thin-film photovoltaic cells, of the sort that could be sewn into a backpack and used to power a laptop.
Hovering close to the ground, each of these thin-shell dwellings is made entirely out of a single concrete slab stretched out to create an energy efficient structure that is environmentally greener than traditional construction methods and cheaper and faster to produce.
If there are fewer than 21 ratifications by the end of October 2006--and with two no votes and the U.K. and Denmark also likely to vote no, that is cutting the margin of error razor thin--the whole matter reverts to the European Council to work out, so the Council may decide to cut its losses now.
IBM's approach is based on a process developed by IBM Research to crank out so-called thin-film solar cells based on copper, indium, gallium and selenide.
This semi-rural peninsula of New York state, which juts out into the Atlantic in two thin forks, has become world-famous for its extraordinary wealth and privilege, and the high society of polo games, lawn parties and sports cars that go with it.
These printers use something like a toothpaste tube of plastic or other material held vertically in an X-Y plotter that squirts out thin layers of tiny dots of material that build up, layer by layer, to produce a 3D replica of the computer-generated design.
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The achievement of the University of Georgia scientist, Jason Locklin, and his team, was figuring out how to attach ultra-thin layers of this combination of chemicals to textiles (and just about any other material).
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But with its new thin client offerings--the first products to come out of its acquisition of hardware firm Neoware last year--HP is hoping to tap into a growing trend sparked by software offerings from companies such as VMware and Microsoft: virtualization.
But with its new thin client offerings--the first products to come out of its acquisition of hardware firm Neoware last year--HP is hoping to tap into a growing trend sparked by software offerings from companies such as VMware (nyse: VMW - news - people ) and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ): virtualization.
If you want to impress your neighbors with your TV, you're going to have to try harder these days--one out of every four homes in the U.S. now boasts a thin, gleaming, high-definition television.
Comprised of a surface pattern of triangles-like those in the main theater, but made in this case out of 1, 067 thin aluminum panels, mounted on the support structure with open joints-the light-blue facade looks razor-sharp but creates the impression of a super-light floating skin dematerialized against the sky: another visual reference in the architecture to the infinite thinness of the moving image.
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Malcolm argues that thin-slicing is a reasonably accurate way of checking someone out.
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With Jeremy Lin out, point guard becomes paper-thin, meaning Douglas will get huge minutes if he can contribute at all.
Dive into the crowd at MacWorld gathered around Apple's latest product, the MacBook Air, and they'll quickly point out what could be the wafer-thin machines biggest flaw: Users can't swap in fresh batteries. (See: " Into Thin (MacBook) Air") That could be a deal-breaker for road warriors looking for a lightweight notebook.
Yair is a seductive philosopher-magician, who spins their relationship out of thin air.
It flies too fast to be hand-launched, so it ejects out of a thin tube with collapsible legs that a soldier can set up in an instant.
If profits thin out as the only real success comes from extra-cheap devices like the Nexus 7, there's fewer opportunities to gamble on technology research that might not pan out.
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So this is - again, this stuff is not just coming out of thin air.
It also features an exceptionally thin smartphone design with a slide out, full QWERTY keyboard and 4-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display.
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Julian was a thin man of sixty-three, balding, a typewriter repairman who worked out of his spare bedroom and kept to himself.
But the good guys--U.S. Customs officers, FBI agents and U.S. attorneys who investigate criminal cases--are watching out for terrorists and are stretched a bit thin.
Thin-lipped Tarrin is the very model of decorum, not a crease out of place and game for verbal jousting about corporate sector debt resolution and similar scintillating topics.
Along with success came pressure to record a quick follow-up, and within the next 18 months, Thin Lizzy churned out Johnny the Fox (1976) and Bad Reputation (1977) while touring constantly.
The carving out of interior space involves extensive use of super-thin injection-molded plastic pieces on the dash and doors, without much of anything behind them, as well as seats thinner than a jailhouse mattress.
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This time around, all of the major Democrats -- former Gov. Jim Hunt and former White House Chief of Staff Erskine Bowles, for example -- have bowed out of the race, leaving a fairly thin Democratic field.
But many more displays like Leicester's feeble showing at Twickenham will leave Loffreda - who has come in for criticism for his decision to leave speedster Tom Varndell out of the side to face the Ospreys - on thin ice.
Hence the need to conjure money out of thin air, or rather the government's off-balance-sheet equivalents the Federal Reserve and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, which may provide loans and guarantees without a word from Congress.
Besides being evened out and pulled in, the Kindle 2 is also astonishingly thin -- just 0.36-inches -- which makes it a pleasure to carry, though we miss some of the bulk of the original for reading duties.
One problem this research faces is that in order to determine whether the nerves are regenerating, they have to actually cut out a piece of spinal and then cut that into ultra-thin slices, which are then placed under a microscope.
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