Sentences with phrase «use mechanical systems»

Instead it uses mechanical systems that would have been familiar to Leonardo da Vinci.

Automakers use a mechanical system along with sophisticated software to provide some power to the rear wheels.

Not exact matches

One version of Desktop Metal's 3D - printing system sells for $ 120,000 and was designed to be used by mechanical engineers for prototyping and printing a small number of parts at corporate offices rather than factories.

It was only with the construction of a national railway system in the middle decades of the 19th century, using coal rather than muscle as its source of mechanical energy, that transport could achieve advances to parallel those already long achieved in the branches of industry in which cheap and abundant heat energy was the key to rapid expansion.

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It was Descartes who later transformed the notion of circulation into a mechanical system of pumps and pipes and used it as a cornerstone for his mechanistic philosophy.

Both mechanical and refrigeration systems in the facility use natural refrigerants to reduce emissions.

The CALORIS CONCENTRIX ® MVR evaporator is a high - efficiency falling film evaporator system that uses proprietary turbofan technology for Mechanical Vapor Recompression (MVR) heating, driving the evaporation process with electrical power.

GWE's standard Anamix ™ digester system uses highly energy efficient and low maintenance mechanical mixing with a large top entry mixer, and is available in sizes up to 3.2 mg (12,000 m3).

As well as elevating building power and mechanical systems, the money will be used for the north campus to install sanitary holding tanks, implement backflow prevention and make wind resiliency and roofing improvements, de Blasio said.

The bulk of the city and state funds — about $ 33.3 million — will be used to elevate power and mechanical systems at the Ocean Breeze and Prince's Bay hospitals, according to the mayor's office.

Power Source - Some modern clocks use batteries, while others use the traditional mechanical winding system with weights and chains.

With many thousands of 3 - D fuzzy patches weighed statistically by a so - called sensor model, which is trained offline using calibrated example routes, the system is remarkably tolerant of poor sight, changes in lighting, movement of objects, mechanical inaccuracies and other perturbations.

Although such measurements have been performed in much larger scale systems, the latest results were achieved within a micrometer - sized waveguide — a thin wire that guides light — and demonstrated the use of optical torque to induce rotational motion in a microscale mechanical device.

Researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center at the University of California, San Diego, have developed software that greatly expands the types of multi-scale QM / MM (mixed quantum and molecular mechanical) simulations of complex chemical systems that scientists can use to design new drugs, better chemicals, or improved enzymes for biofuels production.

A mechanical device using the vacuum system, which incorporates the reduced - oxygen method, has been successfully tested on zebra mussels in the laboratory; in November 1996, it too was granted a U.S. Patent (# 5,578,116).»

Using as their basis a system published today in Nature Communications, mechanical engineers Tom Krupenkin and Ashley Taylor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison are now developing «in - shoe technology» that could generate up to 10 watts of power per footstep.

The paper is based on a series of experiments the researchers conducted, using the Amazon Mechanical Turk survey system, in which subjects were presented with a series of sentences — some evidently sensible, and others less so — and asked to judge what those sentences meant.

The 397 participants in the survey were recruited using Amazon's Mechanical Turk system.

Thermal fluids are used to alleviate wear on components and tools and for machining operations like stamping and drilling, medical therapy and diagnosis, biopharmaceuticals, air conditioning, fuel cells, power transmission systems, solar cells, micro - and nanoelectronic mechanical systems and cooling systems for everything from engines to nuclear reactors.

To prove that this simulation works, Zheng and his collaborators in China used off - the - shelf hardware to build a calibrated system in which a mechanical apparatus precisely controls the object immersion, and a 3D - system measures the object orientation and its dipping location.

Using chicken skin as a model system, Shyer et al. found that the periodic spacing of feathers is triggered by mechanical rather than molecular events (see the Perspective by Grill).

This was originally developed by physicists to quantify lost energy in mechanical systems, such as a steam engine, but entropy can also be used to measure the range or randomness of a system.

Meanwhile, new technologies allow engineers to dream beyond designing glorified mechanical arms: So - called «swarm bots» work together like army ants to move relatively heavy objects; a fire hose — cum - snake robot can slither across the floor before putting out a blaze; and Nissan is developing an avoidance system to prevent car crashes based on bees — which use their compound eyes to see nearly all the way around themselves while buzzing about, changing direction when they sense something in their path.

The development of ShakeAlert has shown that a dense network of seismic stations, swift transfer of seismic data to a central processing and alert station, speedy paths for distributing alert information to users, and education and training on how to use the alerts are all necessary for a robust early warning system, said Monica Kohler, a Caltech research faculty member in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering.

The researchers view their system as an alternative to the microfluidic devices now commonly used in biological research, in which biological solutions are pumped through microscopic channels connected by mechanical valves.

Of particular interest are changes in mechanical and thermal transport properties with which researchers try to determine the lifetime for safe use of the material in engineering systems within radiation environments.

«I'm not a biologist, but I'm using tools of biologists to probe a mechanical system,» he says.

The team then used sophisticated computer modeling systems to process the scan data and simulate how the amount and distribution of bone loss would affect the ability to sustain mechanical loads and movements.

In the past, Bensmaia said, this classification system has been supported by experiments using mechanical devices to elicit one or more of these specific components of touch.

Using synthetic biology approaches, I am engineering fluorescent organisms to monitor mechanical sensing systems in response to pressure.

NDT is regularly used in forensic engineering, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, systems engineering, aeronautical engineering, and medicine.

The approaches combine theoretical studies — including statistical physics of non-equilibrium systems — and a variety of experimental techniques such as optical and electron microscopy, as well as microfluidics and micropatterning, optogenetics, or mechanical micromanipulation using optical or magnetic tweezers.

Long before mechanical biofeedback techniques emerged, natural biofeedback mechanisms were built into our nervous systems — a key feature in our development with early humans using it instinctively for survival.

Hybrid or mechanical ventilation with appropriate filtration systems, can be powered using on - site and / or off - site renewable energy to reduce overall carbon emissions.

Once they're comfortable with the way that one thinking routine has worked in their classroom, they can branch out and focus on different kinds of inquiry, like Here Now / There Then, which could be used in a civics class to help students understand how past perspectives change over time; or Parts, Purpose, Complexities, which encourages observation and understanding of art objects or mechanical systems.

Raise a glass The orientation of a school should always be used as a starting point for a building's redevelopment as this makes possible passive environmental control rather than relying on mechanical and electrical systems.

Energy - management companies can help schools install more energy - efficient mechanical systems and building shells, and train staff to use energy more wisely.

Students learn about mechanical construction systems using educational building systems such as LEGO MINDSTORMS or VEX Robotics.

Off the highway, Nissan's sound - abatement efforts are most evident in the quieted mechanical noises from the transmission and all - wheel - drive system; they used to whine, clash and bark at low speeds.

A mechanical torque vectoring system uses two clutches at the rear axle to overdrive the outside wheel, with additional brake vectoring at all four wheels.

Rather than a mechanical diff, such as the items used by the 208 GTi by Peugeot Sport and the Corsa VXR (with the Performance Package), it's an electronic system that uses the front brakes to mimic a mechanical unit.

Additionally, a Kugelfischer mechanical fuel injection system was used.

Electrified powertrains add another option when it comes to AWD systems, namely the ability to use an electric motor to power a set of wheels with two axles in tandem without any mechanical connection to the other set.

Because the power steering system in most cars today is hydraulic, seals are used to prevent fluid from leaking out and to reduce the potential of debris being introduced to the mechanical parts that drive the power steering system.

[4] Saab used Bosch - made mechanical K - Jetronic continuous fuel injection in the fuel injected and 8 - valve turbocharged versions, and the Bosch LH 2.2, 2.4 and 2.4.2 and Lucas Automotive electronic fuel injection systems were used in the 16 - valve versions.

In order to continue to improve, this engine uses an electro - hydraulic fully variable valve - lift system that uses a column of oil instead of a traditional mechanical link.

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That would mean the new Lexus ES — which will be underpinned by the new Toyota TNGA Platform — extending its offering from just a front - wheel drive setup to one which includes a four - wheel drive option, probably a 4WD option using an electrified back axle rather than a mechanical 4WD system, at a price point which sits somewhere between the (cheaper) ES and the current GS.

There is more than adequate room for heads, legs, and hips for adults, and access is good, thanks to the spring - based mechanical - repositioning system used to easily move the second - row seats forward and automatically back.