Modestly, though, he credits the environmental movement for propelling
virtual water into the limelight.
Not exact matches
this designed omission acts as a
virtual fraud on the individual, manipulating then
into the
waters of baptism and membership
into Mormonism.
Within the program, they dropped
virtual floating markers - similar to food coloring —
into the
water to stand in for the swimming turtles.
Using
virtual water as a policy tool only makes sense if you take
water scarcity
into account.»
Others took a
virtual reality shower while eating lumps of coal — literally consuming it — to gain insight
into how much was needed to heat the
water.
-LSB-...] Like explorers approaching an unfamiliar landscape, teachers who are ready to take the plunge
into flipped classrooms and blended learning often approach the opportunity with a mix of excitement and trepidation.Just dipping a toe
into the
virtual waters of online content can be overwhelming, and there's a risk that even the most fearless educator can become paralyzed by the bottomless depths of content and endless pools of resources.
Water beads on your
virtual car's bodywork and leaves a reflective sheen on the road, the scenery is rendered far
into the distance and you really get the sense of driving around in a large, living environment.
You might well think that the only rivers that should be of concern to us are the ones in our own back yard but to think that doesn't take
into account our «
virtual water» consumption.
It is impossible to snorkel and not see them here, it is a
virtual turtle highway, and best of all the access
into the
water couldn't be easier for young or old.
The original game was packaged with a letter from Dr. J that you eventually had to dip
into water for a secret code — this feature has been cleverly recreated in the
Virtual Console's built - in manual.
When
virtual spaces developer Veemee released London Pub to PlayStation Home in Europe last month, I assumed the digital tavern was an across - the - Atlantic exclusive, but the company has brought the
watering hole to the U.S. Stateside PS3 owners can now log
into online world and purchase their own London Pub for $ 5.99 (which Veemee notes is «less than the price of a round of drinks»).
Under
Water is a
virtual landscape that imports its digitality
into material territories, subsumed within the fractured and multi-hyphenate divide between reality and its representation.
Cutting edge data centers of the future will require less of a physical human presence, and are likely to: â $ cents Rely on a VIL to optimize equipment management and provide for
virtual remote control capable of instant changes, switches and adds â $ cents Achieve LEED certification for the physical building â $ cents Rely on more efficient
water cooling that potentially takes advantage of an on - site tower to chill
water for cooling the system (thus reducing energy consumption by using nature's natural cooling power to chill
water) â $ cents Use fluid dynamics models to precisely design the interior of the building to maximize the efficiency of the HV / AC system for air - cooled computing systems â $ cents Tap
into a mixed energy grid that relies on green energy sources such as solar, wind or hydroelectric (depending on geographic feasibility), along with a reliable city grid thus avoiding the need for the standard back - up Uninterruptible Power Supply (which will reduce equipment costs, minimize floor space used, and increase energy efficiency because systems that employ a UPS convert AC to DC and back, incurring substantial energy losses).
These large quantities of wasted food translate
into equally large amounts of wasted
water (think «
virtual water»); Charlotte de Fraiture, a researcher at IWMI, told ENS that almost half of the
water consumed annually to grow food is lost or wasted.
Our
virtual team has the fundamental need to keep everything in the cloud, because we don't have the ability to pop our head
into the cubicle next to us to ask a question, or walk down the hall to access a shared filing cabinet to retrieve important documents, or gather by the
water cooler to get to know one another better.
If you haven't dipped a toe
into the
waters of
virtual reality yet, then this is a great place to start.