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iCandy: Phoning It In

Smartphones are dialed into medicine, motion pictures, and motoring

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TRW Automotive has introduced new and improved air bags. Instead of the one-size-fits-all approach that has been shown to be unsafe for children and small adults, the new air bags take the passenger’s size, the car’s speed, and the force of the crash into consideration when calculating how rapidly to deploy, what shape they should take, and how stiff they should be when fully inflated.

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