Sentences with phrase «control over a wave»

He grew up bodysurfing in South Africa, and he enjoyed using random flat objects, like fast - food trays, as hand planes to help him gain more control over a wave as he glided across it.

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The wave of demonstrations, that kicked off in second city Mashhad on December 28 and quickly spread, is the biggest in the tightly controlled country since unrest over a disputed election in 2009.

They oppose a new wave of military coups preferring «a permanent state of military control over civilian government, while still preserving formal democracy.

Of course, Wolves shortly once again took control of the match and kept coming in waves as Leeds players chased the ball all over the pitch with little success.

Even so, your toddler can't control herself and tosses a tidal wave of bath water all over your floor while teaching your infant to follow suit.

The Amazing Story of Quantum Mechanics By James Kakalios (Gotham) Professor and professed nerd Kakalios explains the quantum world through science fiction characters like Buck Rogers and Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen, who «gained independent control over his quantum mechanical wave function» to teleport and change his size.

Prompted by a remote control, the thing can indeed roll over, howl, scratch, and play dead; it also lifts a paw or walks forward in response to waved hands or sharp sounds.Robopet is no doggy Einstein, but I have owned real dogs that seemed considerably dimmer.

Scientists have engineered devices that similarly steer sound waves along their edges, but researchers debated whether that same kind of control could be exerted over the light particles generated inside lasers (SN: 5/2/15, p. 9).

Rail vibration absorbers might be able to help control rail corrugation, wave - like wear patterns that form on the rails, which create a rough surface that makes noise when a train runs over it.

The researchers believe the TRN fine - tunes the brain's control over local brain regions, enhancing or reducing slow waves in certain regions so those areas can communicate with each other, or inducing some areas to become less alert when the brain is very drowsy.

A team of MIT scientists has combined graphene with a second, similarly structured material, producing a hybrid that can wield significant control over light waves.

Within a week, as the science, or magic, of yoga operates, the trainees expressed a positive change: with more knowledge on how the mind functions, they began exerting some control over their thoughts, distancing themselves from the waves of emotions, and they said they felt more at peace.

Battles are not just a case of slashing your way through waves of opponents though, as you'll also need to capture castles to gain control over the battlefield, beat important enemies to send their armies into retreat, and help out your allies to boost their morale and keep them fighting.

Over the last several years federal and state accountability legislation has come under attack from a duo of strange bedfellows: Tea Party / Trump - ish acolytes who wave the banner of local control and teacher union leaders who disdain objective measurements of student learning, at least when they're tied to teacher evaluations and job security.

For instance, you can use email and text alerts, you have remote access and control over the system, and both use industry standard Z - wave technology.

The subjects displayed more control over alpha rhythms, a brain wave that screens out distractions, which can help in rapid memory recall.

Someday, when we finally have pet over population under control (and we will) PETA will have to find some other flag to wave.

For example, it's nice that you can add a wave effect to bullets, but it seems rather unnecessary for this type of game to also allow one control over the wavelength and amplitude of that wave effect.

These mazes demand precision, and instead of having direct control over your vehicle, you have to wave around a pointer to direct the ship around the screen.

Over the past four years, however, that splash has turned into a considerable wave of anticipation for the next installment in the adventures of an AI - controlled robot suit that crash - lands on a scrap - heap planet.

Performed in a natural environment in which you have little or no control over such elements like the height of the cliff, the wind conditions, and the strength of the waves, the dangers are obvious.

The Turbo X is filled with all sorts of features, only one of which we'd consider frivolous: A wave of the hand over the top of the speaker will «wake up» on - board controls, which basically means they light up — the touch - capacitive keys also illuminate as soon as you touch one.

Even then, trading one cryptocurrency for another can be done over decentralized exchanges, such as Shapeshift, Changelly or Waves Dex, directly from the holder's wallet and not from a wallet controlled by an exchange in their name.

The announcement comes a little over four months after the cable giant opened its connected - home platform to third - party vendors, admitting products such as August smart locks, Automatic's car adapter / app, Cuff smart jewelry, the Leeo Smart Alert Nightlight, Lutron's Caseta Wireless lighting controls, Rachio's connected irrigation system, SkyBell's video doorbell, and the Whistle pet monitor in the first wave.

Apart from fast performance, it also allows some gestures controls such as wave your hand over the phone, it will show you the time and also some other key customization options which we have been discussed in the design part above.

Wisely, Motorola was able to include its very useful gesture controls (such as karate chop the phone twice to turn on the flashlight and twist it twice to launch the camera) and Moto Display features, which show the time, date, battery life, and any notifications whenever you wave your hand over the phone or pick it up.

The clean interface is quite intuitive, plus allows you to enable some gestures controls such as wave your hand over the phone, it will show you the time.

With touchless controls, one can use the assistant Moto Voice feature, and also activate the screen showing the notifications on lock screen when the hand is waved over the device about 6 inches above the sensors.

Around 1 in 10 adolescents reported loss of control over drinking at two or more waves.