Polarizer is an indispensable device in a wide range of optical systems, including flat panel displays, microdisplays, and optical networking.
According to Line, Idezawa's accomplishments during his 12 months as COO include Line's new "LIFE platform strategy," which wants to turn the app into "an integral part of everyday life in an era where smartphones have evolved into an indispensable device for people all over the world".
I'm a voracious Apple Watch user, and, after over a year of allowing it to rub up against the real world with all of its indignities, I think that a healthy dose of simplification and physicality could help it move from something for gadget lovers and fiddlers to a truly indispensable device that acts as an interface between the physical and digital worlds.
Then the release of the iPhone that turned the phone from a talking and emailing device to an indispensable multipurpose instrument that is part communications tool, part home entertainment center, and part life experience catcher.
For Nokia, the cellphone's growing role as the indispensable device in a wireless, Web-connected world ought to be a boon.
There was also, in the kitchen, "a queer-looking fish table, marble topped and knife girdled, a device indispensable to the requirements of the Nippon appetite".
Hot on the heels of our back to school week comes one of the most seemingly indispensable storage devices to date: The TrekStor USB stick with built-in bottle opener.
When I read the recent news that Google has unveiled a voice-activated "Conversation Mode" for its Translate app (for Android), I immediately thought of Star Trek's "universal translator" — that uniquely improbable and indispensable device that allows creatures from different planets and galaxies to communicate.
