With the addition of extra electrodes, liquid lens elements can take on tasks other than just focusing.
Unqualified staff took on tasks previously done by nurses, social workers and occupational therapists.
Community health workers could increasingly be encouraged to take on tasks despite lacking experience and expertise.
NATO's reasoning was that the European Union force might take on tasks that NATO is not eager to handle.
As an organisation grows and develops, you may find that you are asked to take on tasks which you are unfamiliar with.
I have a lot of respect for these people as engineers but they are being asked to take on tasks that go far beyond engineering.
The well known "all other reasonable duties", which is written into our contracts, means we often take on tasks beyond our remit.
Mr. Kan will take on tasks once carried out by the bureaucracy, including drawing up national budgets and filling top bureaucratic posts.
In the future, Mr. Mundie said, parallel software will take on tasks that make the computer increasingly act as an intelligent personal assistant.
Then it switches analogies to compare goalkeepers with rock band drummers, the people who take on tasks that ensure low profiles and little public acclaim.
