Almost all the modern day electronic and
electrical devices depend on various kind of software that controls the device.
Not exact matches
Since the EU banned lead (see Uncovering the hazards in our electronic gadgets) from
electrical devices in 2006, scientists and manufacturers have been scrambling to find alternatives to key materials that
depend on the toxic metal for their function.
Actually useful energy (work) usually is applied to our
devices in a mechanical or
electrical form; some industrial processes
depend on energy in a chemical form as well.