But Lampetra's unique propulsion system could also have useful applications, as it has proved an efficient way to move a machine through water.
Slingshot is a vapor-compression water-purification machine that can produce about 30 liters of 100% pure distilled water per hour using the same power as a hair dryer consumes.
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In truth, the buttons just control how long the machine shoots fizz into your water so you can customize the carbonation.
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The "pilot" controls the aircraft at a safe distance, directing the machine to hover over the water where whales are surfacing.
Which is what makes them so attractive to people like Eric Lohan, who is the research manager for Worrell Water Technologies' Living Machine division.
They claim that, after I left, the Kushamond base received radios, mortars, heavy machine guns, and a deep-water well.
Just like a fish needs water, the Sinn Fein machine thrives on electoral contests, and the forthcoming campaign provides party activists with a chance to portray themselves as the leaders of the anti austerity camp, taking on the other "establishment" parties.
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TechShop's overseers have, quite cannily, begun to offer up a portion of the warehouse's 17, 000 square feet as office space, giving its members a shot at some prime San Francisco real estate, a flight of stairs up from an impressive array of machine tools -- laser cutters, water jets and more 3D printers than most mortals have seen in one place.
According to the CDC report, during the August 19 surprise visit, inspectors found brown liquid dripping on clean dishes, refrigerators out of order, improper installation of anti-entrapment drain covers in pools posing a possible danger to swimmers, faulty dishwashers that managers allegedly failed to do anything about until inspectors arrived and water from a broken ice machine leaking onto the pool deck.
In the first stage, normal devices are outfitted with "smarter" features, like advanced cruise control in cars or a washing machine that can sense the level of dirt in water and react by adjusting its wash time.
Then a solution of calcium and water is applied by a modified winter gritting machine with a very fine sprinkler-like system attached.
Rules govern how many hamburger patties to a pound of beef (10), how long to toast a bun (17 seconds) and how much sanitizer to use when cleaning the shake machine (1 packet for 2.5 gallons of water).
These days, along with Yamaha pianos and motorbikes, there are water scooters, tennis rackets, golf clubs, machine tools.
When inserted into the machine, the punctured capsule acts as a membrane, allowing water to flow evenly through.
The result was a machine that fills 16 ounces in about five seconds if the water is at room temperature, or about seven seconds if it has to meander through refrigeration pipes on the way out.
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The team conducted a series of experiments in which known quantities of five such chemicals were mixed with water and passed through a dishwasher, a washing machine, a shower head inside a shower stall or a tap in a bath, all inside a specially designed chamber.
Although the LG name has been a brand in most markets only for a decade or less, the company has come out with a few hits, including a 2006 steam washing machine, aimed at eco-minded consumers and designed to cut water and detergent usage.
To deal with this, the Living Machine often includes components at the end of the system that sterilize the water with ultraviolet radiation, ozone or chlorine.
I've seen it from the factory floor when I was working the graveyard shift and we'd have lunch there on the change of the shifts and I'd be ankle-deep in water at the Murray Ohio Bicycle plant where I was running a machine that was so loud I couldn't hear myself yell if I wanted to.
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This machine, not the usual brand because of Olympic contractual reasons, broke down and spilled a load of water.
The machine blends iron, bleach and sodium hydroxide to form a dark purple liquid mixture of ferrate, salt and water that gets metered into the water supply. (The color disappears instantly as it reacts with the water.) Common disinfectants ozone and chlorine can turn the water cloudy or, worse, leave behind harmful chemical by-products.
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