The data showed, overwhelmingly, that the reduced-gas, more-air method of power management (called lean-of-peak, or LOP) worked best.

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Using the passive-power principle found in crystal radios, the method has proved successful over short distances in places where it is difficult to replace batteries or carry out maintenance.

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The project started with attempts to charge by simply flying near power lines, but when that method yielded only micro-watts of juice, focus shifted to actually landing on the lines.

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Another suggestion is to bury the wreck in a concrete sarcophagus - the method used to seal the Chernobyl nuclear power station.

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The company is using the method to generate about 15% of the power it uses in its operations - equal to the power consumed in Burnley each year.

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The prelude to Moran's story--the so-called battle of the currents--is well known: By the mid-1880s Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse were at war to see which method of power distribution would prevail.

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And though Hamas is indeed losing popularity in Gaza, thanks partly to its own heavy-handedness against Fatah, nobody has yet thought up a plausible method for removing it from power.

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Its method uses location-finding to steer users until they're close enough for the wireless power source to reliably do its job.

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