Sentences with phrase «gizmos like»

According to Chris Magwood, the cost premium for this house over a conventional one is about $ 80,000, mainly for the green gizmos like the solar panels, the composting toilet system and the triple glazed windows.

We also have a lot of useful gizmos like the carbon fiber active aero front splitter, LED day - light running lights, carbon fiber rear spoiler, and red calipers.

It also features state - of - the - art techno gizmos like an 8.4 - inch color touchscreen monitor, Chrysler Uconnect, and AM / FM radio with XM satellite radio added.

The optional sport seats are epic as well, and the interior is full of cool gizmos like functional chrome trim that can be used to adjust the climate control.

The cabin is now also loaded with a host of gizmos like MINI's acclaimed Satellite Navigation System, Bluetooth, Cruise Control, Emergency E-call and Active Guard among others.

Featuring the substantial G - wagen chassis as a base, the new G63 features all - new gizmos like AMG's Ride control suspension, new driving modes and fast - changing 9 - speed «box.

The engineers who met us in Monterey, California, got a laugh when they emphasized Cadillac's self - restraint in not larding the STS with dubious high - tech electronic gizmos like some German rival they were too polite to name.

Today's Jetta is packed full of driver - assistance gizmos like a blind spot warning system, digital cockpit, rearview camera, and one or two USB ports depending on trim.

The film completely ignores whatever time period this may be and gives him modern gizmos like tranquilizer darts, spinning buzzsaws and a rapid - fire crossbow.

Doesn't everyone have a gizmo like that shoved into a closet with all the other 1 - 800 purchases?

«My cat Gizmo likes to watch my telescope every time I prepare it for a field observation,» says Michal Lewenstein.

Not exact matches

There are all sort of techniques to reduce the amount of time you spend in useless meetings, from team - wide initiatives like having employees «pay» for meetings and simple gizmos that nudge people to use their time more effectively, to personal strategies for winnowing the number of meetings you're obliged to accept.

Smartwatches are coming across more like cheap, commoditized gizmos rather than high - end precision instruments, which is why analysts are saying $ 300 is too expensive.

Questions like this barely scratch the surface of the advice on offer — I didn't even mention the seemingly endless parade of apps and gizmos offering to help you get more done that you could test out and evaluate.

The disc - like all - black gizmo, dreamed up by Samsung's U.S. - based Think Tank team, promises to teleport you «to the places and events you always wanted to see.»

It's amazing stuff from the daredevil duo of Yves Rossy and Vince Reffet (and not at all a bad marketing move from Emirates), but if you're like me, it also raised one important question — where'd they get those gizmos, and can I get one too?

I've always felt like children's toys are getting way out of hand with the gadgets and gizmos and such.

The beauty of this toy, and others like it, is that it not only has a dozen gizmos on it that spin and light up, and talks and makes sounds, it also helps to develop a little one's skills.

Feeding them sugar is like feeding Gizmo after midnight.

Clipped to the strap of my sports bra is a Sunsprite, a little gizmo that looks like a cross between a Fitbit and a transistor radio, which tracks how close I've gotten to the amount of light science suggests can improve mood, boost my alertness, and keep my circadian rhythms (aka my sleep - wake cycles) on track.

On a scale of 1 to 10 (1 being a tickle fight with Gizmo from Gremlins and 10 being feeling like you're getting choked out by Chuck Liddell) front squats were around an 8 for me.

They're not having sex anymore and their dirty little secrets are to blame: For five or six years one has been hiding from the other that they've been working for rival spy organizations — the kind whose employees get to play with what - the - fuck high - tech gizmos and identification systems that understand there can only be one woman in the world with a body like Jolie's.

When the teleportation gizmo turns Ben Grimm into a hulking creature with ugly rock - like skin, it initially seems a shame that Jamie Bell will spend the rest of the film hidden behind a craggy CGI costume.

We plan to follow their lead and establish an online store like their FH Gizmos where our kids can design, market, and sell their own creations while working as freelance designers on a contract basis.

Yes, it's nice to have makerspaces with «gadgets and gizmos and whatsits galore» (in the words of Ariel from A Little Mermaid) with products like Hummingbird sets and 3D printers and other cool tools that let kids create.

Yet more electronic gizmos and the latest iteration of iDrive aside, the 435i drives more than ever like the satisfying sports coupe that it always has been, with pitch - perfect ride - and - handling balance.

Plus, the Hill Descent Control gizmo works like a charm on inclined areas, granting that feeling of security very much needed in extreme situations.

In the cabin, the interior is likely to look just like its standard Octavia facelift, meaning a plethora of high - tech gizmos and infotainment systems with capacitive - touch displays, and much more.

You also get some gizmos, like carbon - look air vents and door trims, heated seats and the Renault R - Link infotainment system, with a 7 - inch screen that is responsive enough and comes with TomTom nav, Bluetooth and lots of apps to monitor and improve your driving skills.

Like most Acuras, gizmos such as advanced audio and navigation features are a big part of the appeal, but the car also delivers two distinct driving experiences depending on which model is purchased.

It drives like a 5,800 - pounder, but there's surprisingly little body roll thanks to the suspension gizmos.

The body style is also attractive and good - looking, the 2016 Audi TT Roadster now sporting a more aggressive look, while inside, the model is fully tweaked with a lot of gizmos, like the Audi Drive select system, the LED lighting, the Quattro all - wheel drive layout, or the Band and Olufsen audio system.

And all your gizmos and gadgets, like cellphone, pens, charging cords and more, can stay comfortably nestled and organized in the storage compartment below.

Active roll stabilization; electronic damper control; four - wheel steering; eight - speed transmission; a new twin - scroll, single - turbo 3.0 - liter in - line six putting out 300 horsepower and 300 pound - feet of torque (or a twin - turbo 4.4 - liter V - 8 with 400 hp, in the 550i); new robotic parking assistance; head - up display; night vision; stop - and - go adaptive cruise control, which will maintain a following distance in traffic and slow to a stop, then start rolling again, just like traffic on the 405; and roughly 8 million other acronymic systems, gadgets, gizmos and flight surfaces loomed to the car's high - speed cerebellum.

I liked the visual reminder of what I've read, liked the experience of reading a BOOK, not some silly electronic gizmo.

Which means it won't be a dedicated e-reader, but some sort of hyrbrid iPhone - ish - netbook - like hand - held computer gizmo.

And that's fine ---- I like svelte, lightweight gizmos.

This would mean there shouldn't be a supply shortage this holiday season — although something like that is already highly unlikely in the first place since the Nook Color isn't exactly the most sought after gizmo even though it sports color capability for an e-book reader.

If you want something different than a case, like a sleeve for travel, Gizmo Dorks offers an inexpensive option available in a variety of colors for only $ 6.99.

And because of this view, they often spend their tax refund as though it were a gift, on things like vacation, or to buy a new gizmo, or as the younger brother of one of my friends did, a chrome exhaust pipe (which I will just never understand).

Here are five gizmos that are like the Duracell bunny on steroids: They keep going and going and...

The veteran and Gizmo will remain together until this hero's passing, but the gentleman would like to meet potential adopters during his remaining time.

Like Gizmo, Ella was rescued, and she recently paid it forward with a donation to the FCHS.

It sounds like you may have found Gizmo's xiphoid process which is a hard protrusion from the bottom (the end closest to the belly button) of the sternum.

John Payne, acting CEO of Banfield, the Pet Hospital, likes to boast that his cat, Gizmo, stayed perky until he died last November at the advanced age of 23 1/2..

Everyone travels like the Little Mermaid now — a smartphone worth hundreds of dollars, cameras worth even more, laptops, hard drives, and gizmos.

The Runners also get all sorts of gizmos to help them out, like deflectors which make the Hunters change direction, sonic stunners to freeze them in place for a couple of minutes, and invisibility glasses to make them pretend that «game show heavy» is an important and respected profession, no matter what their sister - in - law «Doctor Sarah» has to say about it, the self - important bitch.

In fact, it seems like a lot of publishers are getting cosy with Apple's gizmo at the moment, but Capcom doesn't plan on stopping there.

What helps fuel the fun are the new gizmos, like a wrist - mounted gun, or dual hidden blades thanks to Mr. Da Vinci.

Like the trailer seen back in 2007, you are a photographer who uses different gadgets to get great shots, the most noticeable tool so far being a remote controlled gizmo with a built in camera.