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iCandy: November 2009

Spectrum's monthly slideshow proves that a picture is worth a thousand bytes

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LONG LIFE: To publicize its latest, most energy-dense battery formulation, Panasonic staged a 24-hour endurance event in which this three-wheel trike toy motored around a racetrack guided by an infrared beam projected from the back of its own personal pace car. The 17-centimeter-tall cyclist covered 24 kilometers.
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Video Friday: Good Behaviors

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Solar-Powered Microfliers for Swarm-Based Surveying

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A Cheaper Ultrafast Camera Required Looking to Optics

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