A stabilization device for bones or vertebrae includes a substantially cylindrical elastic element. A method for fabricating an array of photodetectors includes receiving a pattern of an array of photodetectors formed from InAsSb, the pattern including at least one trench defined between adjacent photodetectors, and dry etching the at least one trench with a plasma including BrCl3 and Ar. The board may include a transceiver and a transponder. A layer comprising SixCyFz is deposited over the feature, where \u201cx\u201d is from 0 to 0. In the operating architecture, the memory enables the same or fewer inputoutput paths. In message communication directed from within a complex object to an external object, a message or messages are temporarily stored on a destination-by-destination basis.