On Monday, China re-emphasized its technological prowess in railway modernizing, with an official at the China Academy of Railway Sciences saying it had developed the world's most advanced simulator for railway speed tests.
Even something as boring as the Federal Register can be modernized with a little electronic wizardry.
En route, the tennis court from the novel has been modernized with a hard surface, and Ko Toe, 39, a professional coach, teaches classes in the mornings and evenings.
Made from vintage silk ribbon, the brightly striped belts ($90 at www.hadleypollet.com) come in pink, aqua, yellow or brown, and are modernized with a streamlined Lucite buckle.
Upstairs, the rooms have been nicely modernized, with a good feeling for the structure of the old house -- preserving the wooden ceiling beams.
Each app features animations and sound to go with the corresponding text, in which certain words or phrases are "modernized" with a touch (Romeo and Juliet become "fateful," not "star-crossed," lovers); notes and synopses help explain things further.
The center of Dobrota has a 17th-century church, though the suburb has been modernized with a seaside promenade several miles long, lined with shops, restaurants, cafes and markets, and facing numerous old stone jetties.
The structure of Scottish industry has been gradually diversified and modernized, with a reduction in Scotland's dependence on heavy industries and replacement of them with high-technology enterprises and those making consumer goods.
The Heer (Germany Army) was increased and modernized with a strong focus on the Panzer (tank) force.
In its latest incarnation, the Afro-Peruvian sound has reemerged — updated and modernized with a dash of electronica.
