The broadband-in-gas system differs from traditional BPL by using subterranean gas pipes instead of electrical wires.
Just like electrical wires, nerves have insulation - but instead of plastic, the body uses myelin.
To gather venom for commercial purposes, beekeepers place a sheet of glass embedded with low-voltage electrical wires at the hive entrance.
With HomePlug technology, the electrical wires in the home can now distribute broadband Internet, HD video, digital music and smart energy applications.
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ConEdison, the largest utility company in the region, noted that Hurricane Sandy knocked down more than 100, 000 primary electrical wires and thousands of secondary wires.
The room is in poor condition: peeling paint, crowded work spaces, electrical wires messily hung on the walls and piles of unorganized fabrics, make the small space feel even smaller.
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Mechanical, electrical services - the wires and piping - came in cassettes that were just slotted into place.
The water was pumped out and drained within days, but crews could not revive banks of corroded wires and electrical contacts that held relays components that deliver signal information, control switches and keep trains properly spaced from each other.
Engineers have been particularly successful with inductive technology, in which a smartphone with an inductive receiver loop embedded into the device itself can be placed on a wireless pad and have its batteries fully replenished without the need for wires or an electrical connection.
The copper wires are also subject to noise from AM radio broadcasts and electrical motors, say, in washing machines operating near the wires.
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"The usual metaphor for artificial neural networks is electrical circuits and nodes connected by wires, " said Dr Husbands.
The storage rooms near the grain silos have been gutted and left empty, circuit breakers ripped out of electrical boxes, leaving only a few dangling wires.
Essentially, the process forms "trillions of holes to create insulating vacuums around the miles of nano-scale wires packed next to each other inside each computer chip, " which should aid electrical current in flowing around 35-percent faster while it eats up about 15-percent less energy.
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