Sentences with phrase «size of the shoebox»

While studying microfluidics and 3 - D printing, he found that he could take the testing lab and shrink it to the size of a shoebox and still conduct 30,000 different medical tests.

At each one, he shuffles the boxes of specimens — some the size of shoeboxes, others no bigger than a pack of cards.

NASA's Near - Earth Asteroid Scout, a small satellite the size of a shoebox, designed to study asteroids close to Earth, performed a full - scale solar sail deployment test at ManTech NeXolve's facility in Huntsville, Alabama, Sept. 13.

An upstart startup says its «Doves» — camera - equipped satellites the size of shoeboxes — can make up - to - date data about our planet available to everyone

«The sensors typically require electronics that are normally the size of a shoebox; they miniaturized them into something that can wrap around your wrist,» he says.

The compact size of the shoebox would allow the activity to be done in a classroom, 4 - H club, or camp with ease.

A compartment the size of a shoebox houses both of them together.

About the size of a shoebox, the battery fits neatly in the rear right hand corner of the engine bay.

Visit the FragBox's web page and you'll soon lay eyes on its tagline, «all the power of a full sized system — in the size of a shoebox.»

Not exact matches

Because you toil from the comfort of your own home, you can go ahead and crank the shoebox - sized 50 - watt Bluetooth room - filler up as loud as you like.

While the Planet Labs staff ate pancakes that morning in February, two shoebox - size nine - pound pods made in the company's unconventional factory floated from the International Space Station toward a polar orbit of Earth.

Skeptically eyeing the shoebox - size device — pro cameras are generally about the size of small motorcycle engines — they went ahead with a test.

Or stuck with a shoebox - size fridge that just doesn't have space for tons of leftover chicken stir - fry?

I have huge feet, fortunately, so my size 41 Dansko shoeboxes can hold entire meals of unhealthy food.

Today, lab mice live in shoebox - size cages hundreds of thousands of times smaller than their natural ranges, and rats can't forage or even stand upright.

Another demonstration attempt occurred in 2014, when a crowd - funded, shoebox - sized «KickSat» ferried a hundred of the featherweight spacecraft into orbit.

In 1992 the robots were shoebox size, tethered to controllers, and required to pluck tennis balls from a bed of dried corn kernels.

Spire currently has 12 of its shoebox - sized CubeSats, called «Lemurs,» in low - Earth orbit — all that's necessary to meet NOAA's requirements, Platzer says.

Their clear, shoebox - sized cages, lining ceiling - high racks arranged like library shelves, represent investigators» best efforts to control every variable that might skew the outcome of studies.

With colleague Fred Baas, he installed equipment to chill a shoebox - size chamber to within several degrees of absolute zero and depressurize it to a near vacuum.

I had to move into a shoebox sized apartment where I fed myself a steady diet of ramen noodles, Captain Crunch, heavy imperial stouts, and copious amounts of sour candy....

When we lived in Greenwich Village I swear every weekend we were doing something new (maybe it had to do with our shoebox - sized apartment...) We were just out of school and I remember just constantly feeling in awe of my surroundings.

We manage to squeeze two duffel bags, a messenger bag, two pillows, a pair of bike helmets, and a laptop into the shoebox trunk, but have no luck finding a spot for the final item, a sandwich - sized Tupperware container.

Another homemade variation would be a shoebox with holes cut out about the size of a ping pong ball and then fill with treats and a few ping pong balls as an «obstacle».

Its small size, of course, makes it ideal for living in shoebox - sized apartments.

Use an X-acto knife to cut a variety of different - size holes into the shoebox.

Planet, which operates a constellation of shoebox - sized satellites, was increasingly being used for forest research and monitoring applications.

Then again, that might be too much to ask from something that's the size of a large shoebox.