But Google using a publicity-prone yet impractical non-commercial gizmo to showcase another, far more core piece of its tech (voice-based interfaces) is standard playbook for such a savvy marketing entity.
The observance of numerous usability guidelines during system development is tedious and error prone, and yet has largely to be performed manually.
Mixed species eucalypt forest (MSEF) is the most common forest type in this region and occurs on relatively dry, fire prone sites, yet factors controlling forest water use and stream flow in response to topography, disturbance and drought are poorly understood.
Chest-wall compliance tended to decrease in prone position, yet did not reach statistical significance.
More frequent fire activity associated with climate warming is expected to increase the extent of young forest stands in fire-prone landscapes, yet growth rates and biomass allocation patterns in young forests that regenerated naturally following stand-replacing fire have not been well studied.
Mali have always been unpredictable, capable of crushing almost anyone yet prone to shocking under-performances.
It is naturally prone to flooding, yet its waterways have not been properly cleared for decades.
Poised, collected, yet prone to sudden streaks of silliness -- a personality to calm even the most enraged traveler.
On "Floodplain," the Kronos Quartet takes up music associated with lands blessed with abundant water yet prone to devastation through flooding.
The board surely knew what it was getting when it appointed this prickly 72-year-old maestro: a top-down, old-school conductor, undeniably accomplished, technically incomparable yet prone to willful, micromanaged performances.
This kind of structure may help explain why networks ranging from metabolisms to ecosystems to the Internet are generally very stable and resilient, yet prone to occasional catastrophic collapse.
