Of course, having cutting-edge technologies also meant that many times users were the "beta tester" for something that would be rolled out at a lower price later on.

当然，使用最前沿的技术，也意味着在很多情况下，用户成为新技术的测试者，这些新技术原本也许可以以更低的价格稍晚推出的。

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However, out there on the cutting edge, innovative urban planners, policy-makers, social entrepreneurs and impact investors are advancing the development of natural or green infrastructure (GI).

FORBES: Smart Communities will Build Green Infrastructure

For a company whose image has grown staid in recent years--its mainstay is still printers and computers and the company largely missed out on the first big Internet wave--HP is trying to get back on the cutting edge track.

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Banning out-of-school assignments would put France on the cutting edge of pedagogical fashion, though it wouldn't be entirely unprecedented.

WSJ: Review & Outlook: France to Ban Homework. Really.