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2. Covert listening device - Wikipedia

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   A covert listening device, more commonly known as a bug or a wire, is usually a combination of a miniature radio transmitter with a microphone. The use of bugs, called bugging, or wiretapping is a common technique in surveillance , espionage and police investigations.

3. Window screen - Wikipedia

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   A window screen (also known as insect screen, bug screen, fly screen, flywire, wire mesh, or window net) is designed to cover the opening of a window. It is usually a mesh made of metal, fibreglass , plastic wire, or other pieces of plastic and stretched in a frame of wood or metal.

4. Windshield phenomenon - Wikipedia

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   Bugs smeared on a windshield Impacts on a front bumper. The windshield phenomenon (or windscreen phenomenon) is the observation that fewer dead insects accumulate on the windshields and front bumpers of people's cars since the early 2000s. It has been attributed to a global decrease of insect populations caused by human activity, e.g. use of ...

5. Magnetorheological damper - Wikipedia

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   A magnetorheological damper or magnetorheological shock absorber is a damper filled with magnetorheological fluid, which is controlled by a magnetic field, usually using an electromagnet. [1] [2] [3] This allows the damping characteristics of the shock absorber to be continuously controlled by varying the power of the electromagnet.

6. Hexbug - Wikipedia

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   The Ant is a 6-cm (2.3-inches) long micro robotic insect that has front and rear touch sensors that allow it to maneuver around objects in its path, while its wheel legs enable the robotic ant to move around ten times faster than any previous HEXBUG robot. [4] It was released in April 2009 [5] hexbug_ant.jpg

7. Arilus cristatus - Wikipedia

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   Arilus cristatus, also known as the North American wheel bug or simply wheel bug, [1] is a species of large assassin bug in the family Reduviidae and the only species of wheel bug found in the United States.

8. Smith Flyer - Wikipedia

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   The wheelbase was 62 inches (1575 mm), the wheels were 20 inches (508 mm) in diameter, and the width was 30 inches (762 mm). Since the 5th wheel was directly driven by the engine, the engine was started with the driving wheel lifted slightly in the air, and then when the engine was running smoothly, the driver lowered the engine (by means of a ...

9. List of Super Bowl commercials - Wikipedia

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   To demonstrate the effectiveness of the Non-Smear color television from RCA, a screen is split in half. The test is performed by an adult woman. On the left side shows an unclear, grainy screen. Thanks to the transistors and automatic fine tuning installed in the RCA televisions, the distorted effects are not present on the right side of the ...