Think of the economy as an automobile engine.

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If you start the engine, Automobile says, the HondaVac can run without interruption.

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Singer believes that the drones will be as transformative as the advent of gunpowder, the steam engine, the automobile, or the computer.

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Transformative inventions--the printing press, steam engine, telegraph, automobile, airplane, radio and television, computer and Internet and so on--require constant investment.

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By the early 20th century Syracuse became famous for production of Smith Corona typewriters, Syracuse China, Nettleton shoes, bicycles, wax candles and the Franklin, an ahead-of-its-time automobile with an air-cooled engine.

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In simplistic terms, that user-friendly software did the same for logic engines what automatic transmissions, power steering and power brakes did to tame the internal combustion engine and launch the age of the automobile.

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This unique automobile is powered by a BRABUS SV12 R Biturbo 750 engine, a prime example for the proven fact that there is no substitute for displacement except more displacement.

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For example, railways came into existence because of the invention of the steam engine and automobiles were created because of technology breakthroughs in automobile engines.

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If we are talking about an automobile powered by anything other than, or in addition to, an internal-combustion engine, we are talking about electric motors.

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