Sentences with phrase «battery use based»
«Users are also allowed to adjust their battery use based on their smartphone use patterns, which increases battery efficiency overall,» he added.
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Nashville, Tenn. - based MetaMorph uses MacroFab to produce the open - source hardware it is building for Google's Project Ara, a development effort for an affordable smartphone that lets users buy and plug in the modules they want, such as a camera, sensors or extra-large battery.
The co-owner and vice-president of Atlanta - based MA&A Group, an information - systems - development company, Miller uses an industrial psychologist who employs his own battery of surveys.
At Battelle, Koper is studying the use of nanomaterials in membranes for water desalination and treatment; supercapacitors (energy - storage devices that provide higher power densities than batteries); and bio-based (rather than petroleum - based) additives used for hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to retrieve natural gas.
Tuning guitars, bases, ukuleles, mandolins etc. etc. etc. is a pain, but these things clip to the headstock, are chromatic and thus very easy to read and use, are quite accurate, run on long - lasting batteries, and let you play around with tuning on the fly once you know the right pitches.
Using nano - technology to synthesize artificial molecules, Tel Aviv - based StoreDot says it has developed a battery that can store a much higher charge more quickly, in effect acting like a super-dense sponge to soak up power and retain it.
Automaker BMW is working with a London - based start - up to use transaction - recording technology blockchain to prove batteries for its electric vehicles will contain only clean cobalt.
Where Tesla uses batteries in its powertrain technology, Phoenix - based Nikola uses hydrogen fuel cells.
Where Tesla is putting solar panels on houses to fill storage batteries with energy that are then used to recharge cars, Milton is building a truck - based energy ecosystem.
Based in Yinchuan, China, Jinhui is a chemical converter that produces lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide for use in batteries.
The batteries, which currently use an NCA cathode formulation, need lithium, graphite, cobalt, nickel and other base metals that aren't used as much in an internal combustion engine.
The problem is that customers are used to buying a battery strictly on a per MW basis.
It has approximately 11 hours of battery life when used on high speed, and around 14 hours on low, though this varies based on the quality of batteries used.
They use water - based varnishes and the toys do not have batteries.
Also, rather than using rubber crumbs, the base of most artificial turf fields, the Battery Park City field uses a much more natural material: coconut husks.
This will change depending on the batteries you use, but this gives an approximation based on the standard battery for the board at full charge.
The MAX phase, which is one of a family of layered ceramics discovered two decades ago by Michel Barsoum, PhD, Distinguished professor in Drexel's Department of Materials Science & Engineering, has been used as the basis for much of Drexel's materials research intended to find better materials for batteries.
Current lithium - ion batteries use a polymer - based electrolyte made of an alkyl carbonate.
Old car batteries, which are lead - acid based, are commonly used storage units in improvised systems, but don't have a very good lifespan.
When it gets cold, the ester - based conventional electrolytes that lithium - ion batteries often use become sluggish conductors and the electrochemical reactions that occur at the interface of the electrolyte and the electrode struggle to continue — meaning that lithium - ion batteries don't hold up too well in ultra-chilly climates.
The batteries, which can store large amounts of energy and thus even out the ups and downs of power production and power use, are in the process of being commercialized by a Cambridge - based startup company, Ambri.
«There are only a few countries using leaded gasoline, so the majority of the exposures are from lead - based paint, lead battery production and hazardous waste sites,» Trasande said.
Researchers at The City College of New York - based CUNY Energy Institute announce the development of a novel low cost, rechargeable, high energy density battery that makes the widespread use of solar and wind power possible in the future.
Liang said conventional inorganic metal - based batteries and energy storage devices are expensive partly because the materials used to make them, including cobalt and silicon - based compounds, require huge energy expenditures to process.
In 2006, Ceder started the Materials Genome Project at MIT, using improved versions of the algorithm to predict lithium - based materials for electric - car batteries.
Using an antimony - based nanocomposite anode, Manthiram said he could design a safer, more durable battery that tolerates higher voltages.
The model is based on intrinsic electronic characteristics of materials used as battery anodes.
A microgrid like the one at Gills Onions is now being built on the base that will use a 250 - kilowatt battery to store spare power generated by the solar panels.
All aqueous lithium - ion batteries benefit from the inflammability of water - based electrolytes as opposed to the highly flammable organic solvents used in their non-aqueous counterparts.
Choi has also developed an origami - inspired microbe - based paper battery, a microbe - based battery that can use human saliva as a power source, a battery that can be printed on paper and battery designs inspired by Japanese ninja throwing stars.
However, its future potential uses are significantly limited by scarcity and cost, as well as the fact that platinum readily binds with carbon monoxide, which «poisons» the desired reactions, for example in polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) fuel cells, which are the leading contenders for small - scale and mobile power generation not based on batteries or combustion engines.
The molecule that the Harvard team used in its first quinone - based flow battery is almost identical to one found in rhubarb.
Besides sulfur's natural abundance, non-toxicity and low - cost, a sulfur - based cathode is theoretically capable of delivering storage up to 10 times greater than the commonly - used lithium - cobalt oxide cathodes in conventional lithium ion batteries.
He has pioneered the use of nanomaterials in energy storage devices and has created numerous breakthrough materials - based solutions that dramatically improve battery capacity and cycle life, including nanostructured silicon anodes, sulfur cathodes, and stable lithium metal anodes.
The test battery consisted of commonly used metrics such as rotarod, open field and more complex proprietary algorithm - based behavioral platforms such as NeuroCube ® and SmartCube ®.
The test battery consisted of commonly used metrics such as fore - and hind - limb grip strength, rotarod, open field and more complex proprietary algorithm - based behavioral platforms such as NeuroCube ® and SmartCube ®.
In a new report, Electric Vehicle Market Forecasts, Navigant research projects that under its base scenario, global sales of light duty electrified vehicles (i.e., vehicles that use electricity for traction, including hybrids, plug - in hybrids, and battery - electrics) will grow from 2.6 million vehicle sales in 2015 to more than 6.0 million... Read more →
The «classic» high - energy capacity Lithium - sulfur battery is predicated on the use of a sulfur - based cathode and a Lithium - metal anode.
A redox flow battery uses excess solar - and wind - based energy to charge solutions of chemicals that can subsequently be stored for use when sunshine and wind are scarce.
DO N'T USE A BATTERY - OPERATED CLEANSING BRUSH EVERY NIGHT / / I love a good Clarisonic exfoliating cleansing brush as much as the next girl, but you should absolutely not be using one on a daily basis.
Rather than using a battery of surveys and a matchmaking algorithm to pair potential dates like many other popular dating sites, Cupid believes that «the best way to find a compatible romantic partner is to spend time getting to know local singles — not by trusting some guys in lab coats to match you with your soul mate based on superficial test results.»
, published on the website < http://planetasustentavel.abril.com.br/noticia/ambiente/quando-recursos-minerais-se-esgotarao-648952.shtml >, based on information from the US Geological Survey, the US government agency responsible for geological research that crossed information on the annual consumption, mineral reserves available on the planet and its predictable extinction: 1) Platinum (use in surgical materials)-- Extinction by 2049; 2) Silver (use in the manufacture of mirrors and cutlery)-- Extinction in 2016; 3) Copper (use in wire and cable and air conditioning ducts)-- Extinction in 2027; 4) Antimony (use in remote controls and other materials to increase strength)-- Extinction 2020; 5) Lithium (use in cell phone batteries, laptops and video games)-- Extinction in 2053; 6) Phosphorus (use in agricultural fertilizers)-- Extinction in 2149; 7) Uranium (use for electric power generation)-- Extinction in 2026; 8) Indian (use in smartphones and tablets touch screen screens)-- Extinction in 2020; 9) Tantalum (use in cameras lenses)-- Extinction in 2027; 10) Nickel (use in metal alloy coating, electronics such as cell phones)-- Extinction in 2064; 11) Tin (use in coating metal alloys, such as those used in the soft drink cans)-- Extinction 2024; 12) Lead (use in car batteries and trucks and welds and bearings)-- Extinction in 2015; 13) Gold (use as jewelry and computer microchips)-- Extinction in 2043; 14) Zinc (use to cover alloys, preventing rust that destroy objects like coins)-- Extinction in 2041.
Year 4 Science Assessments Objectives covered: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways Explore and use classification keys to help group, identify and name a variety of living things in their local and wider environment Recognise that environments can change and that this can sometimes pose dangers to living things Describe the simple functions of the basic parts of the digestive system in humans Identify the different types of teeth in humans and their simple functions Construct and interpret a variety of food chains, identifying producers, predators and prey Compare and group materials together, according to whether they are solids, liquids or gases Observe that some materials change state when they are heated or cooled, and measure or research the temperature at which this happens in degrees Celsius (°C) Identify the part played by evaporation and condensation in the water cycle and associate the rate of evaporation with temperature Identify how sounds are made, associating some of them with something vibrating Recognise that vibrations from sounds travel through a medium to the ear Find patterns between the pitch of a sound and features of the object that produced it Find patterns between the volume of a sound and the strength of the vibrations that produced it Recognise that sounds get fainter as the distance from the sound source increases Identify common appliances that run on electricity Construct a simple series electrical circuit, identifying and naming its basic parts, including cells, wires, bulbs, switches and buzzers Identify whether or not a lamp will light in a simple series circuit, based on whether or not the lamp is part of a complete loop with a battery Recognise that a switch opens and closes a circuit and associate this with whether or not a lamp lights in a simple series circuit Recognise some common conductors and insulators, and associate metals with being good conductors
«The original concept was based on battery modules, we've now taken the step to use a different type of battery.»
So far this season, Audi has seen better performance (if worse luck), despite making major changes to allow this year's R18 e-tron quattro to run a new lithium - ion battery hybrid system, in place of the flywheel - based kinetic energy hybrid system it used previously.
The base S trim still uses a smaller 24 - kwh battery pack and has an estimated range of 84 miles.
In base form, the Model X starts at around $ 74,000 and also uses a 60 - kWh battery.
Besides the confirmation, Musk didn't elaborate on what the new Roadster will look like, whether it will use the same Lotus - based architecture, or what battery pack will power the sportscar.
Based on a Lotus Elise, the Tesla Roadster used the British - built aluminum chassis and skin from the Elise and crammed as many laptop - style batteries wherever Tesla's engineers could.
On a full charge, the battery is claimed to provide the e-tron quattro concept with a range of over 311 miles based on the criteria used in the New European Driving Cycle (NEDC) test procedure.