They believe that not until components actively interact will any of the promised breakthroughs accrue, in molecular electronics, genetic engineering, bio-sensors and other figments of the nano-optimists' imagination.Even then there are two big obstacles to overcome.
The same holds true for images of Opus the Penguin, Bill the Cat, Gary Larson's demented animals, and other figments of a cartoonist's imagination that became cultural landmarks for so many of us.
All history seems to be there in these lifesize figures, which appear one after the other like figments in some stream-of-consciousness fantasy.
Dead or alive, Ms. Herring is the real person, and the others are figments of Mr. Rioult's imagination.
When executive producer David Koren and other founders began Figment, they wanted to bring the Burning Man ethos — or as Koren wrote, the idea of working "collaboratively together to make great things happen" — to a space that all New Yorkers could enjoy.
In place of blue pigment, vertebrates and others turn to figment.
— Write you own poem of any length to carry, and, if you're a student, consider posting it at Figment for others to see and discuss.
The government denies everything: some victims died of heart attacks, it claims, some from unrelated causes after being set free, while others are simply figments of human-rights groups' imaginings.
In addition to FIGMENT, the competition's other sponsors include the Emerging New York Architects Committee of the American Institute of Architects' New York chapter and the Structural Engineers Association of New York.
We had no goal other than the satisfaction of crossing this figment of a boundary.
