Compressing it sufficiently for practical range automotive use is also a big problem.
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Energy is delivered from the laser to the target, causing its outer layer to explode, which drives the inner substance of the target inwards, compressing it massively.
"Even with compressing the project it is simply not possible to commence the project now and have everything secured and bolted down now in time for the year of the city of culture, " he said.
Proposed by Mexican theoretical physicist Miguel Alcubierre in 1994, the drive would propel a ship at superluminal speeds by creating a bubble of negative energy around it, expanding space (and time) behind the ship while compressing space in front of it.
This involves compressing air and storing it in large repositories, such as underground salt caverns.
The standard approach, being pursued in America and France, works like a diesel engine by compressing the fuel until it ignites.
MP3.com in the past six months has gained notoriety as a proponent of MP3 (Motion Picture Experts Group, Audio Layer 3), a format for compressing audio data so that it can be downloaded easily over a network.
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Although the Jpeg format later caught on because it is better at compressing photographs, Gif's technique remains superior at tackling images containing large areas of uniform colour when no more than 256 different colours are used in the whole picture.
But among the key barriers to expanded deployments of CO2-based EOR are the lack of economic CO2, the lack of cost-effective method of sequestering and transporting it, and the cost of compressing the gas.
Morgan CIO survey results indicate that planned growth in IT spending, in general, appears to be compressing.
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It is like a stylized robe that encases the figure, compressing its curves and contours, imparting a regal but prim uniformity that is indifferent to the frame beneath.
If only he could wrap teensy chisel tips into the threads of a screw, it could chip its way into a tight seat instead of compressing and cracking the concrete.
Data Sense doesn't stop there, as it has a suite of features like Wi-Fi mapping to find hotspots and compressing images and HTML while browsing the Web to help reduce data usage.
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