Court papers showed he denied a charge of careless driving at Lochgreen Road that day, losing control of his car, causing it to collide with and damage an electrical box and a fence.

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Sussex Police said the ambulance left the road and hit an electrical control box after the collision.

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Each of the relevant muscles has been wired up to the internal box (which is powered by electrical induction from a battery in the external one).

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Others, like electrical engineer Wasim Khazandar, are thinking completely outside the box.

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He looks down and finds that the electrical cord leads to the television now a dark, silent box lying on the floor at his feet.

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Its research also suggests many UK adults do not have adequate protection from electrical fires - less than half of those surveyed (49%) have a Residual Current Device in their fuse box, a safety device which minimises the risk of fire by cutting off the power in the event of a fault.

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