Sentences with phrase «series of nudges»

I tried to pinpoint exactly what made me feel like saving came easily to me and realized this: I save because over the years I've set up a series of nudges to help me succeed.

By giving the brain a series of nudges — in other words, by triggering K - complexes — could they strengthen the waves into a pattern that mimicked slow wave sleep?

Not exact matches

Poloz's approach to now had been a series of gentle nudges; raising housing prices and record household debt as concerns, but at the same time accepting that buyers and their lenders likely knew what they were doing.

Traction control helps prevent skidding; crash - avoidance systems fling radar waves in every direction, looking for approaching vehicles; the Lexus LS series even features a windshield - mounted camera that monitors the lane markings in front of you and gently nudges you back into your lane, via electric motors that assist your steering, if you drift.

The resulting disk has a series of vibrational «modes,» rather like resonances in a tuning fork, that might be excited by small disturbances — think of a planet - forming stellar disk nudged by a passing star or of a black hole accretion disk in which material is falling into the center unevenly.

Ground controllers at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, are overseeing a series of seven thruster burns to nudge the low point of the spacecraft's orbit from an altitude of 120 miles (200 kilometres) down to 70 miles (113 kilometres).

Because the gravity is so low, the spacecraft isn't making neat circles around the comet, but travels in a series of triangular orbits as it nudges closer to the nucleus over the next six weeks.

Hailing from executive producer Armando Iannucci (In the Loop), the series provides a candid look at the world of U.S. politics through the eyes of Julia Louis - Dreyfus» Vice President Selina Meyers, who just can't quite manage to nudge her way into the political world's inner circle.

It should be noted that I've been awaiting Jim Broadbent's appearance in this series since the first film, so now that he's finally appeared the film gets a little extra nudge of popularity in my book; the man has an interesting way of handling himself in his roles.

Perhaps feeling the onset of age — he turns 50 later this year, though he looks younger — and finding comfort in familiarity, he has nudged the xXx franchise toward the Fast and Furious series.

This marks the first film where Tony Stark appears without Pepper Potts although she is mentioned as being «busy», while Natalie Portman's Jane is also referenced but not included; further examples nudging the few women out of the series.

An experimental effort to empower and nudge parents with a series of text - messages to promote reading and educational experiences amongst their children during summer months.

Ignoring the speed limit may be par for the European course, but drivers of the latest BMW 7 - series will at least get a friendly electronic nudge to avoid a run - in with the Polizei.

Apparently, however, Jeff now wants to nudge people to buy both mute E Ink machines and his multimedia Fire series of computers.

«Poncho literally is able to communicate the turns through this series of leans and nudges, and he allows Gonzo to utilize him in this way.

Aside from a few mishaps throughout the series Daedalic have done this well by putting players into the shoes of Rufus and gently nudging them into his mindset.

With a number of the games available on the Wii U virtual console and 3DS, Nintendo stands ready for newbies and veterans to hop onto the Fire Emblem train after being nudged by Heroes, meaning the core series and Heroes form something of a mutually beneficial cycle.

With each game in the King's Quest series, designer Roberta Williams nudges a little farther away from a simple treasure hunt towards a more complex mix of stories and characters.

Across its many divisions and products, Microsoft seems to be learning the same lesson all at once: that invention and revolution don't come from broad, sweeping overhauls, but rather a series of small nudges in the right direction.