An adjustable length vehicle trunk locking assembly prevents violent excursions of a tied-down trunk hood during travel. Each of the article racks is configured to be shiftable between an extended position and a retracted position. Each chip is formed on an insulating plastic substrate. , connecting a chip to a flip-chip substrate and connecting the flip-chip substrate to a printed circuit board of a device, an apparatus and method are provided to heat one side of the device while cooling the second side. Probes and cell manipulators for transferring biological cells are also described.