According to a study conducted by Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University, electrical use per household in urban areas of Humboldt County has shot up 50 percent since 1996, while in Arcata and more rural areas, household electricity use has jumped 60 percent.
Instead of gunpowder or rocket motors, the railgun will use electrical power to propel the projectiles.
The processors still use electrical circuits, but the chips convert the electrical information to light pulses, which then transfer between chips.
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Since nerve cells use electrical signals, and magnetic fields can induce and disrupt such signals, a strong, well-aimed magnetic stimulation can affect the brain's operation.
There are networking technologies that use electrical wiring for data networking, and a wall socket can deliver data as well as power with no new wiring needed.
We can't use electrical devices to deliver intravenous medications.
His device will use Electrical Impedance Tomography (EIT), a medical imaging method in which images are produced quickly using electrodes placed around the body, to detect changes or abnormalities in the brain.
Ms Cohen said it was particularly problematic because the e-mail, which went to private Jewish e-mails and communal groups, was sent just before the Jewish sabbath, during which religious Jews do not use electrical appliances.
Tom Broadbent has adapted the early river waterwheel electrical generation system for use in high-rise buildings.
In May, Dow Chemical said it would tap a strain of Solazyme algal oil for use in electrical transformer insulating fluids.
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These use an electrical process to transform salt and water into chlorine and caustic soda (a.k.a. lye), which are the building blocks of everything from plastics to soap.
Only cutting the use of electrical appliances will do that.
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The device that brought her back, made by the publicly held Cyberonics in Houston, Texas, is one of a new generation of pacemaker-style gadgets that use mild electrical jolts to treat myriad mental and neurological illnesses.
The whole point behind HomePlug is that you use turn the electrical wiring in your home to create a network.
Consumers can help by shutting off unnecessary lights and electrical appliances, minimizing the use of air conditioning and delaying laundry and other activities requiring electricity-consuming appliances until later in the evening.
In addition to having their own professors teach, say, electrical engineering, these colleges may use videos by teachers at schools such as M.
Ndow said his truckers currently use IdleAire, an electrical system trucks can plug into for cooling, heating, and other services like the Internet.
Barteca, operator of a small group of restaurants, won my eternal gratitude when they emailed customers the day after the storm to say that all were welcome to come use their restrooms, electrical outlets and wireless internet no purchase necessary.
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The plane represented a big bet on new technology for Boeing: The plane's lightweight frame was to be built using mostly carbon-fiber composites, and it was to have an enhanced electrical system to power more systems and use less fuel than other jets.
With the use of ground-penetrating radar and electrical resistivity tomography, they've unearthed evidence to suggest that a spot on the southern coast of Spain, just north of Cadiz, played host to what may have been human society's first metropolis.
Saygin's ongoing studies make use of electroencephalography, or EEG, which measures electrical activity along the scalp.
Electrical engineers at Stanford University have created nanoscale optical lines that use much less power than the laser connectors found in computers today.
Scientists can make quantum computers from light particles known as photons, but they can also use an array of single atoms or even very small electrical circuits.
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In place of a rechargeable battery, it may use an ultracapacitor a more expensive component that stores electrical energy in the same way as a battery, but can retain it almost indefinitely and is not worn out by repeated charging and discharging.
The Dreamliner is the first commercial aircraft to have extensive use of novel lithium-ion batteries, which can hold more electrical power in a smaller, lighter space.
Photovoltaic panels use the sun's photons to make electrons hop around, producing electrical current, while solar thermal uses photons to move whole molecules--that is, to produce heat.
Ovshinsky and his scientists had found a way to use thin films of amorphous silicon to turn the sun's energy into electrical power.
This arcane designation was assigned to the technology by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a global organization that sets standards for many of the technologies we use in daily life.
The list includes the use of a Kinect camera and PC for physical rehabilitation, the 3D printing of embedded electrical technologies, a Lego set that helps bridge the gap between crustacean and robot and a device that employs an Arduino board and video games to help stroke victims recover motor skills.
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