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  2. Mercedes-Benz - Wikipedia

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    The car is a very rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz SLR that has been kept in the German automaker's collection and bought by a private owner. Mercedes in an announcement said that the sale will be used to establish the Mercedes-Benz Fund.

  3. Cadillac Ranch - Wikipedia

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    [17] Pixar 's 2006 animated film Cars depicts a Cadillac Range as a mountain formation; the film's credits directly acknowledge the Ant Farm collective and the Cadillac Ranch. In a case of art-imitating-art-imitating-art, that image from the film Cars has been constructed as a centerpiece of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure.

  4. Mattel - Wikipedia

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    The company purchased Fisher-Price, Inc. on August 20, 1993, and Tyco Toys, Inc. (owners of the Matchbox and Dinky Toys brands) in 1997. In 1998, Mattel acquired Pleasant Company (creators of the American Girl brand) [24] and Swindon, England -based toymaker Bluebird Toys (along with its most prized property, Polly Pocket).

  5. MSD Ignition - Wikipedia

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    The idea was first proposed by a group of engineers working on the White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico. The engineers worked for the research and development company Autotronic Controls Corporation (ACC) that was striving to develop leaner burning fuel systems to increase engine fuel efficiency.

  6. DODGE - Wikipedia

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    DODGE (Department of Defense Gravity Experiment) was a satellite whose primary purpose was to conduct experiments in gravity-gradient stabilization at near- geosynchronous altitudes. Its secondary objectives included measuring the Earth's magnetic field, and taking pictures of the entire Earth's disk in both black-and-white and color. It was launched atop a Titan IIIC rocket on July 1, 1967 ...

  7. History of science and technology in Japan - Wikipedia

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    In general use, the NEC-style photo-telegraph was used to send information such as pictures and handwriting. [52] Non-loaded Cable The vital technology in Japan's effort to build a strategic communications link between the home islands and Manchukuo.

  8. Media control symbols - Wikipedia

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    Playback controls on a CD player. Control symbols on a Sony Betamax Portable. In digital electronics, analogue electronics and entertainment, the user interface may include media controls, transport controls or player controls, to enact and change or adjust the process of video playback, audio playback, and alike.

  9. IBM PS/2 - Wikipedia

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    The PS/2 IBM Model M keyboard used the same 101-key layout of the previous IBM PC/AT Extended keyboard. [9] European variants had 102 keys with the addition of an extra key to the right of the left Shift key.