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								Each 30 -/50 -/200-Watt self-powered (8+ hrs) case's painstakingly designed for optimal audio out of leather & wood vintage suitcases sourced from thrift stores and estate sales, set up with jacks, batteries, and a facade with artfully arranged speakers, making them the Carl Paladino of portable music. Thrillist: BoomCase: Extra Luggage Boom Thrillist 2010 
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								So maybe “autobot” just means “self-powered robot.” anon Says: 
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								A self-powered hydroelectric water purification device. 
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								Each 30 -/50 -/200-Watt self-powered (8+ hrs) case's painstakingly designed for optimal audio out of leather & wood vintage suitcases sourced from thrift stores and estate sales, set up with jacks, batteries, and a facade with artfully arranged speakers, making them the Carl Paladino of portable music. Thrillist: BoomCase: Extra Luggage Boom Thrillist 2010 
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								“Our ultimate goal is to make self-powered nano devices for medical applications,” says Wang. Medical Devices Powered by the Patient’s Own Heart | Impact Lab 2010 
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								A self-powered hydroelectric water purification device. 
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								Decrying the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, he bellowed: "If these glowing skyscrapers behind me cannot be self-powered by wind turbines, let them come down." Mark Cassello: Occupy Chicago Protests Gaining Momentum Mark Cassello 2011 
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								Decrying the disaster at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi power plant, he bellowed: "If these glowing skyscrapers behind me cannot be self-powered by wind turbines, let them come down." Mark Cassello: Occupy Chicago Protests Gaining Momentum Mark Cassello 2011 
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								A self-powered hydroelectric water purification device. President Obama To Appear On 'Mythbusters' The Huffington Post News Team 2010 
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								Best of all are Theo Jansen's amazing self-powered insect-like structures that seem to be alive as they walk across a beach. Tonight's TV highlights Martin Skegg 2010 
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