Initially, this involved throwing lots of computing power at the problem.

ECONOMIST: Monitor

He and his disciples, who are sprinkled throughout the baseball-talent hotbeds in the American South and West, stress a free and athletic-style throwing motion that harnesses the power of the entire body, but especially the legs and core muscles.

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If he needed a surge of strength, he imagined throwing an electric switch to flood his muscles with power.

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To power this beast, Xiaomi's throwing in a 2, 000mAh cell, but you can also purchase a 3, 000mAh version if you don't mind the extra 2mm thickness on the phone.

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However, until now MRAM power consumption has exceeded that of SRAM, throwing up a major barrier to practical application.

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As much as we're familiar with wireless power, we know developing a truly contact-free form of charging has a whole raft of extra challenges, such as getting into the sweet spot for power delivery and the potential traffic jam caused by throwing another device into the mix.

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That serious venture capitalists and corporations are essentially throwing money at a force they can't quantify may indicate Facebook's power.

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Mark Ruffalo is throwing his celebrity behind legislation in New York that would lower the cap on emissions (mostly from coal-fired power plants) and help provide hundreds of millions of dollars in incentives for solar energy.

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