Sentences with phrase «human power»

The author brings up many of the challenges that face designers of human powered devices, but his conclusions tend to lead one to believe that they will never be useful.

But a simple trust in human power alone is disastrous.

Also glad to see an emphasis on human powered transport.

It showcases solutions are available which can contribute to reversing those negative trends and make rapid progress towards zero emission and human powered transport; in particular walking and cycling.

When a bike costs around $ 10,000 USD you'd want it to go fast, and that's what some of the bikes at the recent Human Powered Vehicle Challenge aimed to do.

The return to human powered transportation is a marker of today's generation gap.

One form is the worship of organized human power.

Human powered generation devices have been used in communications equipment for over 100 years.

The main problem with our approach to pedal powered machines is that we compare them to fossil fuel powered machines and not to the inefficient human powered tools and machines that went before them.

So don't waste human power on easily automated tasks.

Ultimately, we trust neither ourselves nor any other human power to defeat the forces of sin and death.

The common interest shared by all is a love of nature, outdoor activities, and traveling under human power.

This is an interesting assessment of power loss in human powered electric generation, but the fundamental assumption that bike powered electricity generators are not sustainable is flawed.

In principle, sailing boats could revert to human power when wind was not available.

So, use your awesome human powers to make sure you send out a perfect resume.

Likewise, other extensions of human powers have a price.

His eagle's mask gave him super human powers.

Of course, just what these implications do include at any given time and place is a variable, which depends not only on the actual circumstances of action but even more importantly on some understanding of the range of relevant interests and of the extent of human powers for realizing them.

The game has had some awkward title changes, originally being called Atomic Runner Chelnov: Fighting Human Power Plant in Japanese arcades.

As far as the law is concerned, a bicycle includes practically every wheeled vehicle that is capable of being peddled and propelled by human power, even if it has more than two wheels.

Moped: A motorized bicycle that is designed to be operated with human power through the use of pedals.

Posted on May 25, 2011 at 02:32 PM in Batteries, Bicycles, Cover story, DIY, Ecotech, Embodied energy, Energy, Energy production, Flywheels, Foot powered machines, Human energy, Human powered machines, Kinetic energy, Pedal power Permalink

Those who propose to liberate human beings by reducing them to their naked individuality and destroying the bonds that connect them with principles understood to reside beyond human power risk arrogating to themselves the right to forge new and tighter chains.

Stating human powered generators are not sustainable is unbelievably wrong!

But also, we searched online and couldn't find any actual physical human powered spokeless bikes.

Wend magazine continues to bring together intriguing stories about human powered adventures from around the world.

While recent developments in brain - computer interface (BCI) technology have given humans the power to mentally control computers, nobody has used the technology in conjunction with the Second Life online virtual world — until now.

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Except for human powered bicycles.

It plans to convert a 22 - floor building on the campus of Utrecht University into an entirely human powered student community.

The aversion to supernaturalism or to any appearance of dualism that seemed to threaten or to undo the assumption of «one - world order of meaning» has rendered the modern consciousness peculiarly insensitive to the great themes of Christian faith that have meant to point beyond man's own human powers and resources.

Camp provides children with the opportunity to connect with nature, to participate in human powered activities, and to benefit from personal and primary relationships.

Hidden among the ATV's at the Sportsmans Show was an actual human powered device.

«As a work of art, this attention getting, human powered people mover shows that a glorious phoenix can truly arise from the ashes of a scrap heap.

Started last year at Hong Kong's California Fitness, the idea of saving energy through human power is spreading.

In the section plenary, Kosuka Koyama of Japan spoke on the subject: The Crucified Christ Challenges Human Power.

Furthermore, what transpires within the soul determines for Augustine the way human powers are used.

«Vietnam's Low - tech Food System Takes Advantage of Decay Main Could We Run Modern Society on Human Power Alone?»

This brilliant scientist was able to generate electricity from a little human power and a few pulleys and capable of MacGyver - ing nearly anything from of coconuts and bamboo yet he couldn't build a transmitter from a radio or create a workable raft from the remains of the S.S. Minnow?

Reforestation, recycling, human powered organic agriculture, energy from human waste, wind, solar, geothermal, algae farms, genetic engineering of energy - producing micro-organisms etc.....