"Some of the homes in this area may want to fit a stiffer foundation slab that will decouple the structure from the ground and allow for slip around the structure without moving the structure itself.
But just as voice-over-internet technology, such as Skype, decoupled phone calls from phone wires, it seems likely that YouTube (bought by Google this week for $1.65 billion) and other internet-video services will decouple television service from broadband pipes.
"They get enthused for a short period of time and any little resistance will decouple it," he said.
This system, along with software that allows people to pay for purchases directly on their smartphones will decouple purchase and payment even more.
"We will decouple our growth from our environmental impact, achieving absolute reductions across the product lifecycle," Mr. Polman said.
First, they will decouple business from academies, which may mark the beginning of an end to the most damaging and divisive education policy Britain has seen in six decades of universal state education.
But once the dust has cleared, José M. Barrionuevo, director of emerging markets strategy and economics at BNP Paribas, said, there is a chance that countries like Mexico and Brazil will decouple from the crisis.
Drones will decouple criminals from their crimes, and there's precious little that the authorities can do about that.
What makes drones dangerous is that, unlike most technologies, they can and will decouple criminals from their crimes.
