The boy was wearing what looked like the headphones worn by his father's coaches on the sideline, but they were actually low-cost, low-tech earmuffs meant to protect his hearing from the stadium's roar.
One can easily verify that transport costs have been very low for a long time (actually, low transport costs triggered globalization [28]).
Gene tests can actually be administered at low cost — a person can in fact have all 20,000 of her genes sequenced for about $1,000, to say nothing of much cheaper tests for a variety of specific pathologies.
Actually, nowadays there are low cost hardware and software suitable for a wide range of applications that may vary from entertainment domain (e.g., videogames, virtual characters in movies) to the biomechanical and biomedical domain (e.g., gait analysis or orthopedic rehabilitation) and to a huge number of industrial sectors.
Furthermore, empirical research indicates that not only are accommodations low cost but are actually beneficial and effective (Schartz et al. 2006; Schreuer et al. 2009; Solovieva et al. 2009).
Given the ability to reach new media niches at a low cost, brands can actually employ this strategy in lean times.
Also, the apparent low cost of $25 to $60 for a policy actually isn't a good value relative to the risk.
Maybe the price isn't actually low.
The technique is actually a wet chemical corrosion, the process of which is relatively simple, low cost, and controllable.
In fact, this low cost alteration in the design not only caused preference ratings to rebound, but actually exceed the ratings for the existing condition.
