They are backed up by watchtowers fitted with infra-red radars and optical sensors purchased under SBInet before it was cancelled.

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Bosch, for example, calculates that a car fitted with a 40kW motor capable of speeds of up to 120kph would need a Li-ion battery with a capacity of 35kWh.

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People went home and came up with THEIR OWN solutions that fitted their respective plans, budgets, etc.

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While the existing prototype slides its arms under its burden like a forklift, future versions will be fitted with manoeuvrable hands to gently scoop up casualties.

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Orfordness lighthouse is being decommissioned because Southwold lighthouse, further up the Suffolk coast, has been fitted with a stronger beam.

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Black Hawks can be launched from aircraft carriers and can fly for up to 1, 000 nautical miles if fitted with additional fuel pods.

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Using a remote controlled vehicle with a fitted video camera, the researchers set up tests to assess how seals reacted to external stimuli and potential threats, including wolf calls played from the vehicle.

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Each of us was fitted with a headlamp that illuminated small patches of rock as we scrambled up the mountain.

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Regular bridge users can sign up to the existing FasTrak system which provides motorists with a tag fitted to the windscreen which is read electronically.

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The Digital Silence DS-421D headset is also fitted with a Wolfson WM7130 MEMS microphone in each ear bud to pick up the ambient noise around the user prior to cancellation.

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