Sentences with phrase «electrical lighting as»

He began to contemplate the idea of electrical lighting as his defining artistic medium and chose common industrial florescent tubing knowing «that the actual space of a room could be broken down and played with by planting illusions of real light (electric light) at crucial junctures in the room's composition.»

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And Power Design wins its share, as exemplified by the 44 - story Luma Tower in the Miami Worldcenter, for which it designed and built the lighting and electrical systems.

Long Island Power Authority trustees are ready to turn on the lights for the new manager of the electrical system, just as most of them are also getting ready to exit the building.

In most vertebrates and some mollusks, the eye works by allowing light to enter it and project onto a light - sensitive panel of cells known as the retina at the rear of the eye, where the light is detected and converted into electrical signals.

The semiconductor gallium arsenide (GaAs) is widely used, for instance in infrared remote controls, the high - frequency components of mobile phones and for converting electrical signals into light for fibre optical transmission, as well as in solar panels for deployment in spacecraft.

Testing showed a significant increase in light - induced electrical activity from the eyes to the brain, indicating the rods and cones were operating as they should in the visual cycle.

Another light - absorption test showed that the sample was a semiconductor — it conducted electrical currents, although the extreme pressure needed to create nonmolecular nitrogen makes it unlikely it could ever serve as a useful semiconductor, says team member Alexander Goncharov.

«One way to know is by understanding how electrons move around in these materials so we can develop new ways of manipulating them — for example, with light instead of electrical current as conventional computers do.»

But Paul Mitcheson, an electrical engineer at Imperial College London, says there is a limit to how much electricity could be saved in this way, as reducing lighting by more than 10 per cent would make it noticeably darker.

In addition to being light and flexible, it can extract electrical energy from human blood and sweat, making the device potentially usable as a power source for tiny medical devices inside the human body.

The prototype only works with coherent illumination sources such as lasers, but Ashok Veeraraghavan, a Rice assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, said it's a step toward a SAVI camera array for use in visible light.

They consist of nanometers - thick layers of light - emitting material, representing the quantum well, sandwiched between other materials that serve to guide both the injected electrical current as well as the output light.

That usually requires growing materials with near - perfect crystalline quality, as defects usually gobble up the electrical charges, the photons of light, or both.

Indeed, it is essential to determine luminous efficacy as accurately as possible so that such lamps can be introduced in the market that transform as much electrical energy into light useful to the human eye as possible.

Later generations could be triggered by other stimuli, such as light, electrical charges, or a magnetic field.

Another limitation is that materials genomics has been hitherto applied almost exclusively to what engineers call functional materials — compounds that can perform a task such as absorbing light in a solar cell or letting electrical current pass in transistor.

Interestingly, by recording the electrical activity in the spinal cords of mice depleted of NPY interneurons, the researchers discovered that the NPY neurons seem to selectively inhibit or gate light touch signals coming from hairy skin, but not the non-hairy (glabrous) skin, such as the skin found on your palm.

Hyperion CEO John Deal insists that micro nukes will drastically reduce misery, disease, and poverty throughout the developing world by powering water - treatment systems (as well as lights, sewing machines, and everything else electrical) at less cost than a diesel generator.

As before, the memory for this room was awakened in a new context by light stimulation, and simultaneously paired with an electrical shock.

As Kyle Pitsor, vice president for government relations at the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, explains, CFLs are 75 percent more efficient and LEDs 85 percent more efficient than a traditional incandescent light bulb.

The team's method allows the electrical - optical interaction inside the modulator to be visualized by showing the light intensity as an overlay on the modulator's distribution of electronic properties.

«Forty to 60 percent of our body heat is dissipated as infrared radiation when we are sitting in an office,» said Shanhui Fan, co-author of the study and a professor of electrical engineering who specializes in photonics, which is the study of visible and invisible light.

The fact that the protective aluminum oxide layer is not incorporated on the outside, as often attempted by other researchers, also makes it possible to apply a broad range of materials on both sides of the solar cell and allows the maximum penetration of light in the perovskite layer and thereby the optimum utilization of electrical current.

Mafi, an associate professor of electrical engineering, and graduate research associate Karbasi harnessed a phenomenon called «Anderson localization» to design an optical fiber with a strong scattering mechanism that traps a beam of light as it traverses the fiber.

They discovered that light - induced electrical currents rise much more sharply at the intersection of carbon nanotubes and silicon, compared to the intersection of silicon and a metal, as in traditional photodiode devices.

Their work has implications for the development of novel electronic devices, such as photo sensors that convert light into electrical energy.

As a result, the engineered quantum dots feature nearly complete suppression of Auger effect's heat loss, and this allows for redirecting the energy released by the electrical current into the light - emission channel instead of wasteful heat.

Electrical and chemical activities in the neurons could then be activated or switched off by pulses of light delivered via a fiber - optic cable implanted in each mouse's skull, a technique known as optogenetics.

In a series of tests, the researchers printed several tiny electrical components, including transistors, light detectors, and antennas, on the polymer and watched as they decayed over a span of hours to days thanks to humidity in the air.

«Today, the field of lighting and health care is undergoing rapid development,» said Robert F. Karlicek Jr., LESA director, who also serves as a professor in the Department of Electrical, Computer, and Systems Engineering at Rensselaer.

To date, all the BPVs demonstrated have located charging (light harvesting and electron generation) and power delivery (transfer to the electrical circuit) in a single compartment; the electrons generate current as soon as they have been secreted.

The electrical signaling bottleneck between current microelectronic chips has left light communication as one of the only options left for further technological progress.

The team developed a flexible and stretchable fiber that can simultaneously deliver optical (light) pulses for neural stimulation and electrical connections for neural recording, as described in their paper released March 29, 2017 in the journal Science Advances and a corresponding MIT News press release, as well as articles in nanotechweb.org and Materials Research Society.

The electromagnetic fields we encounter daily come from every day things such as power lines, radar and microwave towers, television and computer screens, motors, fluorescent lights, microwave ovens, cell phones, electric blankets, house wiring and hundreds of other common electrical devices.

• Fitted with electrical distribution board, power sockets, lighting (LED) and ventilation as standard.

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

Objectives Covered: 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 ALSO ADDED: Individual assessments for ALL science objectives for ALL year groups are available for purchase as are individual year group, KS1, KS2 or complete Primary packs.

Connecting a diode to an electrical current excites the electrons within the diode, making them release photons, which we see as light.

I have the same problem my house mechanic told me that some of my the electrical parts had some water in it so he dry it up so my rpm was fine and the car not jerking plus my oil indicator light is not going on as it was before

In addition a small multimeter or small electrical test lights; a set of tire irons and a patch kit (for inner tubes) or plug kit for tubeless tires; a couple feet of bailing wire and a few large zip ties; a four in one screwdriver; a few of metric hex keys or torx keys as needed for the handlebars and or bodyworks; a sparkplug socket that can be turned with either one of the open end wrenches or the screwdriver; a set of pliers or a cheapie Leatherman type tool.

At the rear is a 360 degree TV camera, as well as status lights, likely similar to those seen in F1 to let martials know if the battery and electricals are safe.

As to equipment, the 2017 Mercedes - Benz CLA now comes standard with Active Brake Assist pre-collision braking, and can be optioned with new LED headlights that use up to 70 percent less electrical energy than standard lights.

However, there could be problems with electrical and other faulty issues after 60K, such as window regulators, rear brake lights burning out due to faulty wiring, and cooling system problems.

Service calls such as Custodial Services and Maintenance Services, including replacement of burned out building lights, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, elevators, electrical, restroom and cleaning problems will be directed to the Facilities Management Office at 202-366-2458.

Every model comes standard with impact sensors that perform a variety of functions in case of a collision such as: turning off electrical systems that could be dangerous, turning on hazard lights, and unlocking doors.

Details: Moisture containing road salt could enter the battery junction box and cause corrosion of the fuse and wiring terminals, resulting in a loss of electrical connectivity in some powertrain circuits, which might cause the vehicle to stall, as well as exterior lighting.

The 48 V electrical system is there to pave the way for further hybridization, getting its power from the EQ Boost starter - alternator, while the existing 12 V system supplies the power to the on - board consumers, such as lights, cockpit, infotainment displays and controls.

Sunroof, lights, and passenger electric window are stated as functioning, while a sharp eye might notice the driver's window crank — the seller says it was converted to avoid ongoing electrical issues.

It produces twice as much light with less electrical input, and the light is generated instantly.

The eAssist model is a light hybrid, meaning its electrical system enhances acceleration as well as saving fuel.