Sentences with phrase «as a thermostat»

A fully active carbon cycle acts as a thermostat, regulating a planet's climate.

Just as a thermostat adjusts room temperature, effective feedback helps maintain a supportive environment for learning.

Regulation of Temperature In mammals, the brain regulates body temperature in very much the same manner as a thermostat regulates a building's temperature.

It's interesting what happens when you start out as a thermostat company, then start making smoke alarms and Wi - Fi cameras.

Now users will no longer have to worry when lifestyles or seasons change, as the thermostat changes with them quickly as well.

As well as simply being able to control your lights using Siri, soon you'll be able to switch between your HomeKit scenes using a Philips Hue tap switch, effectively allowing you to control other smart home devices such as Thermostats with Hue equipment.

Our friends at Android Central recently took a deeper look at Google's Nest, so we thought we'd do the same thing with the ecobee4, which as thermostats go, might be even smarter.

Adapting to people's behavior was the driving force behind Nest's incremental change, applying algorithms and intelligent sensors to items as basic as thermostats and smoke alarms.

As a thermostat measures temperature, the same humidistat keeps track of the level of humidity in the room.

Psychologists think of personality traits as thermostats within the brain, each regulating a range of behaviours and attitudes.

Heatwaves already kill tens of thousands of people, and even more will die as the thermostat rises.

This butterfly - shaped gland in your neck is a key regulator of energy metabolism, acting as a thermostat of sorts, that responds to input from your brain.

The only repairs I've had to do was minor mechanics such as a thermostat replacement and clutch bracket weld.

«The bottom line is that atmospheric carbon dioxide acts as a thermostat in regulating the temperature of Earth,» said Andres Lacis.

Besides an attractive display and intuitive user interface, we think the Ecobee4's most compelling feature as a thermostat is its inclusion of a remote sensor, which is meant to reside in an area of your home — say, a bedroom or sitting room — that isn't heating or cooling as well you'd like.

With Cortana slowly fading from several areas, there is news that she has been reincarnated as a thermostat.

The $ 279 Icontrol Piper nv is one of the most expensive Web - linked security cameras on the market, but it's also among the few that features an integrated Z - Wave controller — a chip that lets it remotely control Z - Wave - compatible accessories as diverse as thermostats, door sensors, light bulbs and garage - door openers.

As Fortune's Jeff Roberts wrote, it's likely that many lawsuits will arise out of this first major hack on the Internet of things, a catch - all term for devices such as thermostats and washing machines that are connected to the web.

«As the thermostat goes up, COPD symptoms may worsen.»

Remember that the body acts as a thermostat with a certain Body Set Weight (BSW).

Temperature Regulation: The mother's body actual acts as a thermostat and heats or cools to meet the baby's needs, helping to prevent overheating (common in cribs).

For example, Google acquired the Android operating system developer in 2005, which provided entry to the growing world of mobile computing, and also recently acquired Nest Labs, which develops automated in - home devices such as thermostats and smoke alarms that can be controlled using smart devices.

Instead, lead author Paul Murima (EPFL) describes it as a thermostat that controls a home's heating system in response to temperature fluctuations: «If the temperature becomes too high, a thermostat cools the house down; if it gets too low it heats it up.

The best analogy for the metabolism is as a thermostat or see - saw.

A MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF A COOLANT SYSTEM COMPONENT, SUCH AS A THERMOSTAT, WATER PUMP, OR FAN BELT, CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED COOLANT TEMPERATURE AND SYSTEM PRESSURE.

In the tropics, convection that removes surface heat to high altitudes acts as a thermostat, limiting surface warming.

A first generation of innovative consumer products and services — such as thermostats that can be controlled from a smart phone, or websites that show how much energy a house is using — are already helping Americans save money on their electricity bills.

IOT things include such disparate devices as thermostats, light switches, home appliances, door locks, and baby monitors.

The Milo should be able to control most smart - home devices, such as thermostats, lights, and locks.

When Apple announced HomeKit, its iOS framework for controlling smart devices around the home, such as thermostats, door locks and lights, we expected to see every accessory maker under the sun rush to get accessories out the door.

Everyday items such as thermostats and padlocks can be connected with each other and controlled via voice or an app through this new technology.

HomeKit already supports smart home devices such as thermostats, lighting and smoke detectors, but Nest hasn't been on the list.

Geofencing helps save energy, as the thermostat will automatically switch from Home to Away mode when you leave your house, and vice versa.

All will listen to your voice and perform a wide number of tasks, such as streaming music from Spotify, Pandora and others; controlling smart - home devices such as thermostats and lights; looking up the weather; and even ordering you food.