Sentences with phrase «by shape memory»

Their 10 - centimeter - long robot, named GoQBot for the Q - shape it forms as it rolls, is powered by shape memory coils that bend at three points to allow it to change its body conformation in less than 100 milliseconds.

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The company is envisioning a device that uses a «shape memory polymer» instead of glass, which may be able to reshape itself and return to the original composition by applying heat to a scratched area.

Although she never reveals her real name (effaced now under the patronymic «Offred»), the Handmaid begins her tale in the old high school gymnasium by recalling youthful «expectation, of something without a shape or name» (p. 3), preserving, like Israel in exile, the time of hope, and returning in memory to the sources of existence as the only way forward.

That way of living — shaped by memory, bounded by tradition, directed to the future, formed to meet obligations both sacred and profane, and ultimately answerable to permanent truths — can not be embodied in the practice of lone individuals, because at its essence it is about relational commitments.

As Dom Gregory Dix, in a now famous section of his book The Shape of the Liturgy, put the matter, Christians through the ages have known of no better and more appropriate way to remember» Jesus than by participating in the offering of the Eucharist as «the continual memory» of his passion and death — which also means, of course, the life which preceded Calvary and the knowledge of the risen Lord which followed the crucifixion.

In the wonderful explorations by Binet, Janet, Breuer, Freud, Mason, Prince, and others, of the subliminal consciousness of patients with hysteria, we have revealed to us whole systems of underground life, in the shape of memories of a painful sort which lead a parasitic existence, buried outside of the primary field of consciousness, and making irruptions thereinto with hallucinations, pains, convulsions, paralyses of feeling and of motion, and the whole procession of symptoms of hysteric disease of body and of mind.

I can not but think that the most important step forward that has occurred in psychology since I have been a student of that science is the discovery, first made in 1886, that, in certain subjects at least, there is not only the consciousness of the ordinary field, with its usual centre and margin, but an addition thereto in the shape of a set of memories, thoughts, and feelings which are extra-marginal and outside of the primary consciousness altogether, but yet must be classed as conscious facts of some sort, able to reveal their presence by unmistakable signs.

The challenge before us is to navigate the hyphen and be prepared to explore our varied histories, discover the outside forces, question the economic compulsions, be astounded by the cultural diversity, empathise with the experience of marginality, marvel at the memories that have shaped all these various selves, and offered, and continue to offer us, an identity or identities across the hyphen, as the various embodied selves that make up the assorted group of people who are called Indian - Christians.

Based initially on personal memories of the historical figure of Jesus, the Jesus Christ worshipped in the Christian tradition has been shaped by the collective imagination and devotion of the Christian community.

Since the church is that institutionalized community whose awareness of God's redemptive and creative activity is shaped by the story of Jesus, it is a community that is constituted by memory — namely, its memory of Jesus.

It seems they were once made in cradle shaped tins in memory of the Christ Child's manger and the spices added to the mincemeat were a commemoration of the gifts given by the Three Wise Men... Recipe for Mince Pies

This environmental friendly fibers can provides the plushness, breath - ability and shape - ability of a Down pillow (Down: often made by geese feather and down particles), and at the same time, provide the support of a memory foam pillow.

The C - shaped pillow resembles the letter C which is mostly made by polyester or memory foam with 5 - 7 feet in length.

By responding to your baby and moulding to their shape the Baby Elegance memory foam mattress gives more support by reducing pressure pointBy responding to your baby and moulding to their shape the Baby Elegance memory foam mattress gives more support by reducing pressure pointby reducing pressure points.

We're all just a bundle of habits shaped by our memories.

«Since the early 1950s the standard random - access memory has been provided by an array of tiny ring - shaped cores made of a ferrite, an easily magnetized material.

He knew the shapes of the southern clouds at dawn on April 30, 1882, and could compare them in his memory with the streaks on a book of Spanish cover that he had seen only once and with the swirls on the foam raised by an oar in the Río Negro on the eve of the battle of the Quebracho.]

The approach taken by Professors Stefan Seelecke and Andreas Schütze from Saarland University focuses on systems that use shape memory materials, also known as «metal muscles» or «artificial muscles».

The team, which included researchers from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) and Xi'an Jiaotong University in China, created the objects by printing layers of shape memory polymers with each layer designed to respond differently when exposed to heat.

A study published February 7 in Cell Reports suggests that pieces of hydras have structural memory that helps them shape their new body plan according to the pattern inherited by the animal's «skeleton.»

Certain plastics known as shape - memory polymers switch to predetermined shapes when triggered by heat or light.

For the first time, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers have successfully 3D printed composite silicone materials that are flexible, stretchable and possess shape memory behavior, a discovery that could be used to create form - fitting cushioning activated by body heat, such...

It smells strange, is oblong shaped, and said to taste like turkey, at least by vegans who've either never eaten real turkey or have very distant and feeble memories of having eaten turkey.

2017 gave us three of the most beautiful in recent memory, Oscar nominees for Best Picture, «Call Me By Your Name» and «The Shape of Water», plus «A Fantastic Woman», the Oscar - nominated entry for Best Foreign Language Film from

2017 gave us three of the most beautiful in recent memory, Oscar nominees for Best Picture, «Call Me By Your Name» and «The Shape of Water», plus «A Fantastic Woman», the Oscar - nominated entry for Best Foreign Language Film from Chile.

In some ways, Scott takes nostalgia further than Gary, his entire perspective shaped by a fondness for things of which he has no strong personal memory.

This year has been one of the most exciting line - ups in recent memory, as the culture - shifting Get Out takes on the heavily nominated The Shape of Water; Call Me By Your Name and Lady Bird both tell small, personal stories; Dunkirk, Darkest Hour and Phantom Thread bring that historical flair Oscar loves so much; and The Post and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri both tell timely, vital stories (even if one takes place decades ago).

I was shown the way that point of view shapes understanding of the object of inquiry when I recently examined freehand maps of the world drawn from memory by a group of preservice teachers.1 As might be expected, the vast majority depicted North America in the center of the map and with a relatively high degree of accuracy and detail.

The result is one of the more basic concepts shown by any major automaker in recent memory, though design cues include blinged - out LED headlights in the rough shape of a figure eight and an upright grille.

Arrowood is a powerful and resonant novel that examines the ways in which our lives are shaped by memory.

In Before I Burn, Gaute Heivoll asks whether the memories of our own past and, by extension, the past of our families, are «objective» or are they constructs; artificial stories shaped by what we think «should» have happened?

shaped by the waves of time, and by the history that has rushed against it since...» How does the novel interrogate the nature of memory?

Shaped, yet not bound, by their landscapes and memories, both sisters struggle to dream — and live — beyond the rules prescribed for them.

Full Version Games Include: Tap Farm, an interactive farm with fun animations and sounds Shapes and Colors, identify the correct color and shape including circles, triangles, squares, and more Alphabet Bounce, learn the alphabet with helpful voice narration Balloon Burst, a fun game to encourage hand eye coordination Animal Find, learn how to follow directions and identify objects Animal Puzzles, put together fun farm scenes Counting Jumble, learn how to count numbers 1 - 10 Animal Memory, match the animals to the card Fruit Slingshot, pure fun and entertainment for your kiddo Shadow Matching, improve critical thinking by identifying a shadow and outline Toy Box Numbers, help with numbers and counting while putting toys away Alphabet and Number Bingo, helpful voices call out numbers and letters to identify

His description: «Memory4Kidz is a simple memory game that allows children to focus on the basics of colors, numbers and shapes by choosing the appropriate game type.

Each work is an instance of a ripped frescoes, a technique developed by the artist in the 1980s which brings together two key moments in his paintings: a construction, based on a site, as a process for the formation of a support; and a reluctant walk (of a fake restauration) in the memory and the material history of the painting, of deconstruction, subtraction, a kind of intimate and forged archaeology, where a re-emergence of an unexpected fragment in the shape of clay, mosaics or shred (of colour or material) can become the focal point of the whole painting.

Here, Australia's first colonial home for an Aboriginal person also housed the memories of a close but distantly recollected relative, whose life - trajectory was fundamentally shaped by British arrival all those years ago, and not for the better.

Gregory Thielker's work is shaped by the arbitrary nature of territory and memory.

Barbara Cleveland's projects are shaped by queer and feminist methodologies, as well as drawing on the histories of visual arts — with a particular emphasis on performance and its relationship to documentation and memory.

Inspired by the memory of his grandmother Coco's rocking chair, they vary in shape, scale and configuration.

The dialogue shaped by these works illustrates the amplitude of the creative process, with Givler's response to touch and tone, Kim's relishing in contact and memory, and Råberg's celebration of sight and sound.

Haunted by memories of Africa or the trauma of the Middle Passage, Saar's journeys remind us that history is not simply the recording of past events - it is a living, breathing entity, filling the space of our present and shaping contemporary identities.

It is easy to be seduced by the blocks of color playing around the booth as textile collages and oversized candlestick - shaped towers, but Karamustafa infuses heavy memory and complex metaphors of migration and displacement into this whimsical scenario.

Artist's Biography Adrian Ghenie (b. 1977, Baia Mare) belongs to a generation that has demonstrated its ability to lucidly reflect upon the difficult and often traumatic underpinningsof local histories.The use of a nuanced examination of how the contemporary is shaped by memory and desire, convulsion and spectacle, plays a central part in his work.

With a particular focus on their parallel biographies, Beuys Kantor examines the major 20th - century events and the complex relations among Germans, Poles, and Jews that altered the world view of that time and shaped the individual histories of these two renowned artists — and that reveal today issues of myth, memory, conflict, and war addressed directly and indirectly by each of them in their work.

Behind the nominal blossom, an array of small, interlocking organic shapes resides somewhere between a garden's stone wall, abstract memories of flagstones frequently employed in paintings by Jasper Johns and Sam Francis» biomorphic pools of runny abstract color.»

A roundtable discussion considering how memory shapes precedents for intersectional feminism in the present with Mary Kelly, Emily Apter, Sonia Louise Davis, Renee Green, Trista Mallory and Aliza Shvarts, moderated by Courtney Willis Blair in conjunction with the exhibition Mary Kelly: The Practical Past.

A tiny pair of plastic heels exquisitely framed by shadows; a doll seemingly lost in reverie at the kitchen table; and another sitting rigid in a dining chair — all of these images expose the ways in which the media shape our collective memory.

Inspired by the memory of his grandmother Coco sitting in her rocking chair, they vary in shape, scale and configuration.

Mark Booth's drawings and paintings feature random fragments of ideas or memories surrounded by intuitively rendered abstract forms and shapes.