Sentences with phrase «like electric switches»

The team studied the anesthetic ketamine, which blocks NMDA (N - methyl - D - aspartate) receptor proteins that enable charged particles like calcium to flow into nerve cells, like electric switches that trigger and shape messages.

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«And I want my horses trained so it's like pushing an electric light switch.»

Fewer blackouts and money savings aside, equipping homes with smart energy systems could allow electric companies to switch to using more energy from renewable sources like wind and solar.

These ultra-thin carbon filaments have high mobility, high transparency and electric conductivity, making them ideal for performing electronic tasks and making flexible electronic devices like thin film transistors, the on - off switches at the heart of digital electronic systems.

Things like reducing food waste (No. 3 on the list), composing (No. 60), and eating a plant - based diet (No. 4) can start with your next meal, while switching over to an electric vehicle (No. 26) and supporting wind energy (No. 2) are longer - term goals.

Switch it up from your usual black smoky eye and red lip, and incorporate a stronger color duo, like this electric blue and plum pairing.

Did you know that President Benjamin Harrison and his family did nt like to shut off the new electric lights (installed in 1891), afraid to touch the switches or that a specially large bathtub was installed in the White House for President William Taft who weighed 332 lbs?Learn more about the White House with this fun and informative webquest.

All A5 / S5 models switch to electric power steering and get new optional safety tech like active lane assist and attention assist.

«Eco-minded drivers keen on switching to electric [vehicles] would do well to buy a Leaf or Volt for highway driving, instead of a low - speed vehicle (like a GEM, Wheego, or another neighborhood electric vehicle),» says Nolan.

I expected it to be like the Chevy Volt, which runs on electric power solely for about 40 miles, then switches to the gasoline engine until you recharge the battery pack.

The company's ultimate goal is a series hybrid like the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, which operates entirely as an electric car for its first 40 miles of range — unlike plug - in versions of cars like the 2010 Toyota Prius hybrid that switch frequently between electric and gasoline power.

There's a flat instrument cluster that looks like it was plucked straight out of one of Honda's F1 race cars, and the electric rear window lowers at the flick of a switch.

Like the Karma sedan, the Fisker Atlantic is a plug - in hybrid vehicle that allows drivers to switch manually or automatically between electric and gasoline driving modes and sustain the charge of its lithium ion batteries on the move.

Like the 2 - series Active Tourer MPV, the rear seats can be mounted on rails with the bench and backrests split into sections, and the seat backs can be folded down remotely from the boot via electric switches.

It's quick off the line like most electric cars, and if you floor it the engine does come on to boost things, but it switches back once you hit cruising speed.

The panel that holds the switch for the electric mirrors was loose, and the instrument panel, though nicely shaped, seemed like it had just been stuck on the dash.

Electric window switches are illuminated through a jewel - like design that diffuses a soft phosphor blue glow around the switch.

Or, completely new projects like an electric guitar (using the Switch as a strummable screen in a cardboard guitar body) could be engineered.

Of course, there are gears, switches, pentometers (like a throttle), converters and other things that make an electric car work... For me, that is when I call the mechanic.

This is why oil giants like ExxonMobil are investing more these days in natural gas, demand for which is expected to grow as electric utilities in Canada, the United States and Europe switch from coal to gas - fired power generation.

Depending on how fast carbon emissions can be reduced (by switching to a clean energy economy based on renewable resources like off - shore wind, desert solar, green building technology and electric vehicles) the predictions are for a temperature increase to affect the region of between 2C or 3.6 F (if we move fast) and 4C (if we delay) which would be a 7.2 degrees rise Fahrenheit.

They switched to an electric engine and we are bombing down the Hudson River, it almost feels like Europe.

TARDEC (the army's vehicle research agency) is developing a Tactical Hybrid Electric Power Station that can switch between diesel, sun, wind, and battery storage, so it's also possible that LS3 - like combat robots may eventually draw more on renewable energy than on fossil fuels.

This left me scrabbling around a dark room searching for a light switch like some sort of caveman, if cavemen had nice houses and electric lights.