In fact, most equipment used in the war includes components designed before many of the troops using them were born.
Toiletry companies formulate new cutting-edge creams and lotions that contain tiny components designed to work more effectively.
When available, choose high-grade rubber components designed to withstand the effects of ethanol.
To the right is the finishing plant for engine blocks and other components, designed by Marco Visconti — three sets of huge glass blocks floating on greenery.
Printer cartridges have long been more than dumb receptacles for ink, and these days they contain a multitude of software and hardware components designed to report their status to the printer, improve print quality, and prevent mistakes from occurring.
MG Rover says it will sign a technology transfer agreement with an unspecified high-volume carmaker that will allow it to make its own cars using chassis, suspension and steering components designed by another company.
Making highly engineered components designed to make those processes as efficient as possible is an increasingly competitive - and lucrative - field, the company said.
A company called Sonos has developed a series of interlocking, Internet-connected audio components designed to deliver music across your whole house.
In late 2008, Emirati Emaar Properties and the Government of Libya (GOL) created a joint venture company to be the main developer of Phase 1, which included developing residential, commercial, industrial, educational, healthcare, leisure and entertainment components designed to attract foreign investment and generate employment.
Weiss calls these systems -- connected networks of components designed using DNA -- "genetic circuits".
These programs often include components designed to increase self-efficacy for fall prevention.
