The trouble is, with climate change and anything related getting extra special attention these days, the best way to assure yourself some extra funding is to tack it on to any funding proposal. A machine that makes margarine out of cow dung (its solar powered - honest!)? Have some cash!
You also gotta remember that OPK is more like a politician than a superstar-CEO, simply because Nokia span the entire mobile phone range from cheap-n-cheerful to Engadgets favourite pr0n.
Actually, sonic and ultrasonic testing is a tried and tested technique for detecting cracks and flaws in high stiffness materials. The location of the tap might affect the signal produced, but this system looks to remove the variance from that to record a unique "signature" which is then used to identify it. Also, this system looks to standardise the placement of sensors to reduce the variance between tests.
Heh. I think Nokia have got over the US market, and are happy selling millions of phones in EMEA countries. Take a quick look at what phone OS is dominant in most parts of the world. Seriously though, carrier subsidy totally distorts things. I'd rather buy the phone outright and have a cheap contract than have the phone cost hidden somewhere in there along with my free minutes, texts and pitiful data allowance.
Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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