Sentences with phrase «flick of a switch»

Considering that electricity production generates more than 1.9 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year, a simple flick of the switch is a good start.

Class A mode is enabled with the simple flick of a switch on the front panel.

With a few percussive flicks of a switch and a blaring guitar chord, we have our first teaser for Solo: A Star Wars Story.

It was the mere flick of a switch.

Luckily, we have character actor J.K. Simmons (channeling cinema's toughest drill sergeant from Full Metal Jacket) in a role that was made for his sharp wit (all he's got ta do is close a door to make you laugh) and knack of going from intense to kind with a seamless flick of the switch.

Imagine summoning 411 trillion watts of power — 1,000 times more than the United States uses in any instant — at the flick of a switch, recreating the atom - altering dynamics deep in the core of a star.

Perhaps there has never been a good time, which is why the ability to produce energy similar to a star — at the flick of a switch — is such heady stuff.

Zorro goes from research environment to execution engine with the flick of a switch.

Technology today can turn a stadium from blue to red in the flick of a switch.»

There are definite advantages living in OZ, Arsenal are just the flick of a switch away and until sometime in October it will stay in the OFF position.

He is likely to run the park in most of our game, turning defense into attack with the flick of a switch.

With a lot of energy, tough tackles and a varied range of passing, Bentaleb has all the potential to be Pochettino's man to turn defense into attack like the flick of a switch.

Although he could become the archetypal enforcer through the middle at the flick of a switch whenever the game demanded it, he was also extremely tidy, clever and wise with the ball and his positioning.

One of my favourite features is bedtime mode, with just a flick of a switch on the collar, Violet starts to sing lullabies and wishes the children Good Night.

With the flick of a switch, you can soothe your baby with calming vibrations while bathing.

With just a flick of a switch, the front wheel locks into place so you can set off on a comfortable jog; another quick flick unlocks the front wheel so it can swivel with ease.

Preventing SIDS may be as easy as a flick of a switch.

With the flick of a switch, the Christmas tree lights were now shining and so were the eyes of the children as they looked up in awe.

But it is not a problem you fight with a flick of a switch, because corruption is very rich, corruption is very wealthy, corruption is very elitist, they are bound to fight back and they are fighting back.

But with a flick of a switch, Ed Miliband's party conference speech shone the spotlight back on to energy policy: bills, prices, insulation and «green levies» all became part of public debate.

MIDTOWN — With a flick of a switch, the owners of 1 Penn Plaza turned on a cogeneration power plant Tuesday that is set reduce the building's carbon footprint by about 40 per cent.

The two lighting modes work by the flick of a switch to transfer from daylight to moonlight.

Engineers are currently working to turn these compounds into «smart windows» for buildings that change from transparent to colored states at the flick of a switch.

What's more, technology now allows us to manipulate these stages, potentially giving us a fast track to blissful rest (see «Sleep and dreaming: Slumber at the flick of a switch «-RRB-.

Selected neurons can then be turned on or off with the flick of a switch, but this requires implanting fibre - optic cables in the brain, which is impractical for treating human brain disorders.

Polymer cubes that snap together like Lego and reconfigure into different structures at the flick of a switch could lead to foldable houses

Nanoscale sheets of a unique alloy can take on different hues with the flick of a switch, offering a way to make full - colour displays for wearable computers

Selected neurons can then be activated with the flick of a switch.

The ability to temporarily disable or stimulate parts of the brain with the flick of a switch has led researchers to explore DBS in the treatment of several other conditions, including epilepsy, depression, obesity and drug addiction.

Now researchers have designed a new kind of metamaterial whose properties can be changed with a flick of a switch.

There are already other medical applications in the pipeline, including plans to alleviate chronic pain, nurse diseased brains back to health, and possibly even treat cancer — all at the flick of a switch.

It's a procedure that makes neurons sensitive to light, enabling researchers to turn them on or off at the flick of a switch.

That is, as something you could turn on and off with the flick of a switch.

The moment the Ellis sisters were in a scene together however, it was like the flick of a switch.

The pair cited late actress Britney Murphy as an example of someone who could turn her crying on and off at the flick of a switch, and lamented their difficulties doing so.

I think I have this flick of the switch, where instead of going into a process like that and being nervous, I feel like I'm about to saddle up for a great match at Wimbledon or something.

He's in possession of a special suitcase from which emerge knockings and groans (and a claw), but which he makes Muggle - proof with the flick of a switch.

So, I agree with Tommy, it really is just as easy as a flick of a switch — the power is just at the tip of our fingers.

Tommy puts it very simply, he says: «Anyone can do it — it's just a flick of a switch.»

The GT - R's suspension geometry can be adjusted at just the flick of a switch

In track mode the car lowers by 50 mm at the flick of a switch, and the springs effectively become 100 per cent stiffer than in sport mode.

GM developed the eLSD in - house, and this Z06 mule can demonstrate the breadth of its capabilities with the flick of a switch.

There are three choices of electrohydraulically operated folding roof: painted, glass or panoramic vario - roof with the bizarrely named Magic Sky Control, which can switch between dark or light transparency at the flick of a switch.

These dampers, like the ones in Ferraris and Audis, use a fluid that has iron particles in and can be made firmer or slacker at the flick of a switch.

And yet, thanks to the wonders of PASM, nestling beside this weapon - like fitness for purpose is a pliant, civilized character that broadens the GT3's appeal to that of comfortable, mile - munching GT at the flick of a switch.

Most modern 4WD systems are «part - time» where the vehicle by default is in two - wheel drive mode and at the flick of a switch or touch of a button (or yank of a center - console - mounted lever on older trucks), four - wheel drive can be engaged for low - traction situations.

Best of all, if you don't like it, with a flick of the switch you're back to reflective glass.