Philips, for instance, is planning to launch a small solar-powered LED reading light for Africa, where an estimated 500m people live without electricity.
But when you crawl into the chair and reach up to turn on the lamp, you make two discoveries: The bulb in the lamp is more suited as a night light than a reading light.
Compared to the budget, the blue book is light reading at just 195 pages.
Most existing DNA sequencers (including the 454 machine) do their reading by attaching light-producing molecules to DNA, taking pictures and analyzing the resulting image.
Still, Light Reading reports that "a source whose familiar with those discussions" says Google is pushing the service hard to all cable TV operators.
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The screen brightness is easily adjusted for reading in any light.
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In the dog days of a presidential campaign, author Ana Marie Cox finds the canvas for a jaunty political farce that, as winter reading, feels light as spring.
Though the need for glasses will be impossible to resist in most people, reading in good light and using clear type will help reduce the strain on the eyes.
As reported by Light Reading, Cisco, Humax, Pace, Technicolor and others are working on hardware for a new multiroom setup based on a central gateway (or maybe a Cablevision-style network DVR) that streams video to IP-connected extenders called the XI3.
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Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design.
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The Prime has enhanced sound quality and an integrated LED light for reading and grading papers.
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Other functions of the Urban Weather Station include a detailed seven-day forecast and a light indicator for reading CO2 levels.
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Torchieres or floor lamps with an upward glow or more traditional shade brighten corners and reading nooks and add extra light to a dark room.
Called Paperwhite, the new model has a black and white screen and comes with a light source which enables reading in a dark environment.
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You might even be reading this post on your smartphone at a red light.
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"Today's reading is certainly a positive development, especially in light of better-than-expected Black Friday retail sales results, " said BNP Paribas.
And the figures still show 50-odd per cent of pupils at the age of 11 are not by your own light properly equipped for secondary school in reading, writing and particularly in arithmetic.
Instead, the user relies on reflected light, as he would if he were reading a sheet of printed paper.
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It's light, eminently pocketable, and presents the best electronic reading experience.
Observation: One can only imagine Mr. Edwards was paraphrasing the Captain of the Titanic or reading from a 60% off copy of the Charge of the Light Brigade.
The editorial hand here is very light, which is why I have the pleasure of reading intelligent conservatives like Avik Roy and Lawrence Hunter while also reading intelligent liberals like Rick Ungar and Erik Kain without having to leave the site.
Meanwhile Firas Ahmad, a columnist who co-edits a glossy Muslim monthly from his home in Boston, maintains that a lot of Islamic history as well as the dilemmas of modern times should be reconsidered in the light of the robust separation between religion and state which (on his reading, at least), Muslims have quite frequently, and cheerfully, maintained.
Reading an interesting book helps to spur conversations and allows us to see fellow employees in a different light.
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With an unmatched high-definition 7-inch display, reading and entertainment content looks better than ever, and is easily portable as the NOOK HD is extremely light.
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The presence of light-struck wash drawings of cloud-borne figures and angels by Giambattista Tiepolo proposes a reading of Degas's aerialist as a modern-day, secular version of such imagery, clearly suspended from her clenched jaw, not divinely supported.
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