Autonomous control over supply, via aggregation in unions, became their only source of power.
The addition of autonomous control need not add much to the cost.
ECoS enables local autonomous control decisions to be made in nearly real time for maximum reliability, survivability, and responsiveness of the electric grid.
That said, at the relevant time, 2005-9, he had huge autonomous control over the business where most of the wrongdoing took place, Barclays Capital.
As adaptive cruise controls, self-parking options and automated-braking systems gradually become more capable and widespread, it is not a big leap to full autonomous control.
By adding in wireless communication, the vehicles in the platoon "mimic" the lead vehicle using Ricardo autonomous control - accelerating, braking and turning in exactly the same way as the leader.
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Throughout his journey, Papa Mau navigated along a prescribed route under autonomous control collecting and transmitting unprecedented amounts of high-resolution ocean data never before available over these vast distances or timeframes.
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It is precisely what Mr Market is saying to the eurozone's governments if they wish their currency union to survive - namely that they have to pool their financial resources, and cede a degree of autonomous control over taxing and spending, to save the euro.
Ava, an app ready robot, uses tablet-based control and autonomous navigation to maneuver in complex real world environments.
The Kurds would remain autonomous in their northern redoubt, retaining control over their peshmerga militias.
Other businesses, such as tourism, have been pulled back into central control, with formerly semi-autonomous outfits such as car-hire agencies and marinas now run by ministries.
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Do you want someone walking you through the entire process, or are you more of an autonomous worker, preferring a simple tutorial and complete control?
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In 2010, the island became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, gaining more control over its tax revenues and governance.
It is possible that the mere existence of the ECB safety net is enough to maintain investor confidence, but Spain has some internal challenges: Madrid has little control over its (more fiscally irresponsible) semi-autonomous regions, its banks are in major trouble and its labor market needs urgent reform.
Autonomous driving in slow traffic is a logical combination of adaptive cruise-control and the lane-keeping systems, already available in some vehicles, which either warn the driver if the car starts to drift out of lane, or apply corrective steering to keep it in lane.
If significant numbers of autonomous vehicles are on the road, they could even be used collectively to control the flow of traffic, which might help minimize traffic jams, thereby decreasing commute times and avoiding all that stop-and-go traffic that wears down vehicles and it bad for the environment.
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Meanwhile, Iraq's autonomous northern province of Kurdistan has signed dozens of oil contracts with foreign companies, outside central government control.
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