Instead of spending 20 years in the lab developing applications for, say, olestra (the fat substitute that bombed), P&G grabbed a tooth-whitening product a film coated with hydrogen peroxide invented in 1997, put it through clinical trials, and started selling Crest White Strips on the Web in September 2000.
"It really wasn't Elian who filed an asylum application; it was Lazaro Gonzalez who filed the application for him," said Bernard Perlmutter, director of the University of Miami Children and Youth Law Clinic.
Mr. Arment, who sells his application for $4.99, said he hoped Apple's new feature would draw attention to the usefulness of such a service.
"We have no information from the Kings on this matter, and there has been no application for relocation," said Michael Bass, the N.B.A.'s vice president of marketing communications.
"Aircraft inspection is a great application for drones," said Dr Arthur Richards, head of aerial robotics at the Bristol Robotics Laboratory.
Magistrate Judge Kevin Nathaniel Fox denied Mr. Kim's application for bail, saying that he posed a danger to the community.
In April, a federal judge ordered the Food and Drug Administration to act on Novartis's application for Omnitrope, saying he would not sanction delays and "governmental mediocrity".
"I think it's a really fascinating application for VR," says Gunnarsson. "Being able to transport people to places they would never imagine visiting is a really powerful way of using the technology.
The lawyers check absentee ballots for timely postmarks and signatures that match the applications for them, said John A. DeGrace, the Republican elections commissioner.
"There is a need to run high-resolution models for local applications, " he said, "for instance, to account for valley winds in the West that are important in wildfires".
