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Provides information on using the JavaScript framework MooTools to write reusable code for Web sites using Ajax and other technologies.

In 2007, the U.S. Department of Defense and National Research Council staff discussed the feasibility of using an advanced robot, the Protection Ensemble Test Mannequin (PETMAN), to test individual pr

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