Sentences with phrase «first generation systems»
First generation systems were nothing more than mileage counters.
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«On average, the amount of water required to produce one liter of biofuel is the same amount that's required to produce food for a person for one day,» he said, adding that the problem with first generation biofuels was that they were competing with food production systems in terms of water and land.
The approvals are the first of their kind, the FCC said, for «a new generation of large, non-geostationary satellite orbit, fixed - satellite service systems.»
The recent approvals are the first of their kind, the FCC said, for «a new generation of large, non-geostationary satellite orbit, fixed - satellite service systems.»
It looks like the first generation Echo, but has an improved speaker system, and more importantly, a Zigbee antenna built in.
What would become Brascan, and then Brookfield Asset Management, first invested in a tramway system in Sao Paulo in 1899 before it became a major player in power generation and utilities in the South American country.
Stuck in this broken system, Millennials are the first generation who expect their own lives to be worse than the lives of their parents.
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According to the California Independent System Operator (ISO), utility - scale solar generation reached 10,521 MW on Thursday April 26, as the first time it had surpassed 10.5 GW.
Focus on the fundamentals of building a solid demand generation system first.
This year, the red purse contains a # 5 coin, commemorating four generations of royalty, and a 50p coin commemorating the Representation of the People Act 1918, which reformed the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.
Ambient Water, a leading provider of atmospheric water generation systems for extracting water from humidity in the air, today announced that Ballast Point Brewing Co. has completed its first two batches of beer made with water produced from Ambient's atmospheric water generation systems.
San Diego, CA — Ambient Water (otc pink: AWGI), a leading provider of atmospheric water generation systems for extracting water from humidity in the air, today announced that Ballast Point Brewing Co. has completed its first two batches of beer made with water produced from Ambient's atmospheric water generation systems.
It can be generated either by detonating explosives (the first systems developed during the 90s) or discharging electrical currents under water (current second generation).
The first generation to be born in the 21st century will be worse off than their parents unless changes are made to open up the education system, Ed Miliband will say on Tuesday as he outlines plan for new technical degrees.
A whole generation now of political analysts and reformers have pointed out to Labour that the first past the post voting system becomes incredibly unstable in any multi-party context, and your best bet is to change to proportional representation before you get overtaken.
[Martijn Kemerink et al., «Characteristics of a First - Generation X-Ray System»]
Although ORNL's proposed system would allow PHEV - makers to leave out the onboard charger that they currently install in their cars, the first - generation PHEVs are not intended for high - speed charging, says Frank, who is also founder of Efficient Drivetrains, Inc., a U.C. Davis start - up that designs energy - management systems for electric vehicles and hybrids.
As a first - generation college student from a working - class background, educated at a state university, he didn't know his way around the academic system.
First, you must recognize that the current structure of medical schools and universities, with their anachronistic, rigid «up or out» promotion and tenure systems, were designed to accommodate the male physician - scientist of earlier generations whose career ambitions were supported by stay - at - home wives who assumed all household and child - rearing responsibilities.
As explained by lead researcher, Dr Ferdinand von Meyenn, postdoctoral researcher in the Epigenetics research programme at the Babraham Institute and first author on the paper: «Our method establishes a reliable system that can be used to explore the early stages of epigenetic reprogramming in primordial germ cell - like cells and how this is regulated in the generation of reproductive cells.
Most important, it relies on the first published results from the latest generation of so - called Earth System climate models, complex programs that run on supercomputers and seek to simulate the planet's oceans, land, ice, and atmosphere.
But first these panels must bypass the Shockley - Quiessler limit, the bane of current - generation photovoltaic systems.
The budget asks for $ 2 billion to push forward with the next generation of weather satellites, including $ 380 million to begin to develop a Polar Follow - On satellite program, designed to fill the data gap between the current Suomi National Polar - orbiting Partnership satellite with NASA and the planned Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), of which the first satellite is scheduled to launch in early 2017.
As the first step in a next generation knowledge system for cancer, the GDC enables and accelerates efforts to identify both high - and low - frequency cancer driver mutations, assists in revealing the genetic determinants of response to therapy, and informs the composition of clinical trial cohorts.
Who knows, maybe it won't be the next generation of space telescopes that discovers the first instance of extraterrestrial life — maybe it'll be a NASA rover, right here in our own Solar System.
Breakthrough Starshot is a proof - of - concept initiative to send a fleet of ultra-fast light - driven nanocraft to explore the Alpha Centauri system, which could pave the way for a first launch within the next generation.
The boomers are the first generation to witness the initial exploration of our solar system and the last to be taught that standard phrase, «the nine planets.»
Carl Sagan famously said we were the luckiest generation, to be present during the first reconnaissance of the solar system.
Built by Airbus, MetOp - C is the last of the first generation of EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) series of three polar - orbiting satellites, and is planned to be launched on September 18, 2018, from European Space Center in Kourou, French Guyana, aboard a Soyuz rocket.
And, «The role of a first generation NTP in the development of advanced nuclear propulsion systems could be analogous to the role of the DC - 3 in the development of advanced aviation.
Perhaps most significantly, this is first of the new generation of lasers that all future telescopes are planning on and are looking to Hawaii's findings to build their systems.
Repopulation of the immune system is carried out via cell transplants that are by now a safe and proven application of stem cell medicine, little different from the many varieties of first generation stem cell therapy.
Each detected PNB - specific signal of such duration will be counted as a confirmation of PC cell destruction; (2) theranostic dual - pulse treatment: the first pulse will be close to the PNB generation threshold to generate small non-invasive PNBs; upon detecting such signals the system will increase the energy to the ablative level and will generate the second pulse in the same direction to expose the same area or volume and to detect ablative PNBs.
In 2004, he led the development team at 454 Life Sciences that launched the GS 20, the first of the NGS (Next Generation Sequencing) systems, which revolutionized the world of DNA sequencing.
That being said, I'm the first to admit our food system has changed dramatically in the last few generations.
Arnolds generation did it first, before «their» split systems, as well.
Through analysing the forging of the amalgam of first - and second - generation modernist conventions, generic structure and the star system, this book develops a convincing paradigm for evaluating the spectatorship of Michael Haneke's films and broadens the scope of what is called (in the book's title) «the ethic of the image».
Visitors to the forthcoming Education Show 2016 will see the next generation of VIVIDtouch screens, the world's first - ever non-Android series of interactive panels that run on the new Windows 10 operating system.
The next generation VTF series are also the first to include the revolutionary InGlass ™ touch technology within education, a system that dramatically improves performance over other touch technologies.
It is a school wide readiness system ~ with a structured approach to rigorous curriculum that provides direct supports for first - generation - college goers and professional development for educators.
Of course, whether these comparative first - wave results can be applied to the current generation of accountability systems is clearly open to conjecture.
With open admissions policies, affordable tuition, flexible schedules, and remedial classes, education experts say community colleges fill a gap in the educational pipeline for many people who would otherwise be locked out of the higher education system, especially minority, low - income, and first - generation college students.
You can't get an entire generation mobilised without first giving them the instruments to understand the system they are supposed to be influencing.»
Ferede, a former fourth - grade teacher for first and second - generation immigrant and refugee children in a high - needs area in Toronto often saw a disparity between her students» community and the education system.
As a first generation student, I know that there is a struggle in getting opportunities and help within the college systems.
Jamie is interested in examining college access and success from both the local community / K -12 system and higher education perspectives; particularly focused on first - generation students, low - income students, and students of color.
As the first in their families to make it to college, first - generation college students» experiences in k - 12 and college are good indicators of how healthy our public school system is.
Alignment of Standards, Assessments, and Accountability: An essential first step in the development of a next generation accountability system is to make sure that curricular, assessment, and evaluation systems all align with and / or serve larger operational definitions of what it means to be a healthy, productive citizen.
In 2003, the Maine Community College System implemented Early College for ME (ECforME), a dual - enrollment program targeting low - income, first - generation and rural students.