Sentences with phrase «human powered electric»

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Power transfer to a human during an electric eel's shocking leap.

Extrapolating from his experience with a small eel, Catania estimates that a human struck on the trunk by a larger, 1.8 - meter - long electric eel might endure a current of 0.24 amperes, or 63 watts of power.

When using KAIST's TE generator (with a size of 10 cm x 10 cm) for a wearable wristband device, it will produce around 40 mW electric power based on the temperature difference of 31 °F between human skin and the surrounding air.

ARM will demonstrate advanced, high - power, high - throughput solar electric propulsion; advanced autonomous high - speed proximity operations at a low - gravity planetary body; controlled touchdown and liftoff with a multi-ton mass from a low - gravity planetary body, astronaut spacewalk activities for sample selection, extraction, containment and return; and mission operations of integrated robotic and crewed vehicle stack — all key components of future in - space operations for human missions to Mars.

With modern communication aids, users of electric powered wheelchairs can operate a PC and cellphone without human assistance.

With reliable autonomy and collision avoidance, drones can begin to take on tasks too dangerous or remote for humans to carry out: checking electric power lines, for example, or delivering medical supplies in an emergency.

[Kenneth C. Catania, Power Transfer to a Human during an Electric Eel's Shocking Leap]

In an emergency, unlike today's reactors, it shuts down without human intervention and without requiring electric power... Hundreds of nuclear scientists believe this technology has the ability to generate carbon - free power at a cost per kW less than coal.»

It's been a few years since the last sighting of any humans when, one day, a small search party of men — and one woman (Keri Russell, fine but under - written)-- led by Malcolm (Jason Clarke, very good), wanders into the woods, looking for a hydro - electric dam to restore power to the nearby city.

At TechDay, Audi spent time describing the issues and its approaches for constituent elements of different electric drive systems including electric motors and power electronics; battery pack; charging; thermal management; energy recuperation; electromechanical brakes; torque distribution; safety; lightweighting; and the use of a cell phone in the human machine interface (HMI).

It is merely the latest example of the incursion of illuminated screens powered by electric fields into every arena of human life.

Navarro's own piece, «Satellite,» utlizes bicycle parts, a human - powered electric generator, and electric energy to make comment on the show's premise.

The pedals may only be included on the vehicle to keep it classified as a «human - powered vehicle» so as to not have to comply with regulations that cover either full - size cars or small electric vehicles, and even if the rider isn't really charging the battery very efficiently while driving it, having 37 miles per charge could be a useful, and cleaner, option all on its own.

The electric bike uniquely augments, rather than replaces human power.

The visionary Paul MacCready, who designed both human - and solar - powered aircraft, as well as the prototype that became the General Motors electric car, is sanguine about plug - in hybrids «with enough electricity built in to provide all your transportation for maybe a 60 - to 100 - mile range.

However when it comes to navigating the wild world of electric assist options, to choose the right e-assist for your needs, it is helpful to know how powerful a human can be and how much additional power you really need your e-assist kit to add to your bike.

«Why Climate Alarmist «Environmentalists» Are the Enemies of Human Civilization and Plants The Enormous Costs of Remaking the US Electric Power System»

Ideally, we will become a country — a planet — of multi-modal choices, but with electric or human - powered vehicles the only vehicles.

Which makes me a bit torn on this one: While biomass electric generation is certainly a good thing, and anything that gets us (the collective human we) away from burning coal is undeniably positive environmentally, it seems to me that there is a better solution than processing wood pellets in Florida and shipping them to the EU to generate power... Even if it appears from Green Circle's estimate of net energy gain comes out positive.

Covering everything from green politics in the UK, the updated version of Chris» book — which now carries a whole load more information on the rapidly developing electric car market — through to discussion of legitimate concerns about wind turbines and aesthetics, both Llewellyn and Goodall reveal themselves to be pragmatic, enthusiastic and very human proponents for cleaner, more intelligent ways of powering our economies.

We write a lot about stairs because they are great exercise and run on human rather than electric power, and wish every building had beautiful and attractive stairs that were inviting for users.

In addition to its human and environmental costs, the nuclear power disaster at Tokyo Electric Power's Dai - ichi plant in Fukushima is having dramatic repercussions on Japan's electricity production and energy secupower disaster at Tokyo Electric Power's Dai - ichi plant in Fukushima is having dramatic repercussions on Japan's electricity production and energy secuPower's Dai - ichi plant in Fukushima is having dramatic repercussions on Japan's electricity production and energy security.

Florida Statute 316.003 defines bicycles as a vehicle with two tandem wheels propelled solely by human control, and all motorized bicycle propelled by a combination of human power and an electric helper motor capable of propelling the vehicle at a speed of not more than 20 miles per hour on level ground upon which any person may ride, and including any device generally recognized as a bicycle though equipped with two front or two rear wheels.

• Highly analytic Human Resources Coordinator looking for a position at Electric Power Research Institute.