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It works by using a power source to pump 10 kV of juice to an electrode, which then polarizes a dielectric plate, causing it to attract your body hair.
ENGADGET: Chilly Chair uses static electricity to raise your arm hair, force an 'emotional reaction' (hands-on video)
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The power is used to pump water up into the reservoirs that feed the hydroelectric turbines.
ECONOMIST: Power transmission
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The pump storage hydro scheme is designed to "soak up" excess power generated by wind and wave farms, using it to pump water up to a reservoir.
BBC: Highland councillors support Lochaber hydro plan
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Some PoE equipment uses spare wires in cables that link computers back to network hubs and pump power down these.
BBC: NEWS | Technology | Net-powered computer goes on show
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After parking the engine, a control is operated that transfers the power being output by the motor from the drivetrain to the pump.
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The amendment would require gas stations located within a half-mile of a highway exit or hurricane evacuation route to be prewired for backup generators, which would allow electric pumps to continue to pump fuel in the case of a power outage.
WSJ: Deadline on Evaluations
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Eventually, when the pores closed completely, the primitive cells would have had a sodium pump that could power their cellular reactions, enabling more complex life to form.
MSN: Theorists pumped about origin of life idea - Technology & science - Science - LiveScience | NBC News
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The revolutionary pump, the Jarvik 2000, uses a turbine to increase the power of each heartbeat.
BBC: Heart pump man thriving
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Here's hoping that the Ulsan team's fast-charging battery is more viable than others and spreads to just about everything -- we'd love to have EVs and laptops alike that power up in as much time as it takes to fill a traditional car at the pump.
ENGADGET: Korean carbon-coated lithium-ion battery could cut recharge times down to minutes