41.   The machines uses a trackpoint-style pointing device.

42.   The new machines use faster chips, and software that can take advantage of the higher processing speeds.

43.   The machine uses a sensor to turn the details of your fingerprint into digital code.

44.   The machine uses a touchpad as the pointing device, but the keyboard is above average.

45.   The machine uses new digital technology to capture X-ray images instead of the century-old technique using standard analog technology.

46.   The principle was identical to the tape recorder, still a few years off, except that the machines used thin metal wire to carry magnetic impulses.

47.   The new machine uses about half the water of a normal top loader.

48.   The programs can convert files into formats that Windows machines can use and save them on PC-formatted floppy disks.

49.   The shape allows the Brother machine to use a horizontal keyboard with the QWERTY key arrangement found on computer keyboards.

50.   These hulking machines use odometer-like devices to log in each vote.