Solar panels that heat pools or power handheld calculators rely on silicon semiconductors to turn light into electrons.
When illuminated, these "opsin" proteins change the flow of electrically charged ions within the cell, to help the cell turn light into energy or as a sensory cue.
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Every time you turn a light switch on or a faucet off you interact with the market.
Simply clicking the button will only serve to turn the light on.
Every room, for example, has a lighting network that decides, when a person enters, whether to turn the light on and, if so, how bright to make it.
If so, how much sleep do you get, and when do you turn off the light?
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When I turn on a light switch, I can imagine the chain reaction.
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However, if the solution is a simple DIY remedy like tightening your gas cap, you can go ahead and turn off the light with the app itself, saving you time and money.
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In the case of the Argus II, the bionic eye or more accurately, the artificial retina, will turn darkness into light through a system comprised of electronics in the eye and wearable technology which wirelessly transmits a signal to the implant in the eye that lets the patient see again.
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When the sense of alarm she had been holding so coolly at bay suddenly broke through, she made a lightning assessment of the oncoming traffic and with a breathtaking lack of deliberation jerked her steering wheel to the left and whipped past the Range Rover as she made a left turn against the light.
The answer is: some sign of an ability to understand and empathize with what solders on the front lines are going through, which in turn would shed light on the broader question: is Mr. Romney the kind of man who has an ability to understand and connect with people as people, rather than treating people as things?
When I drive my car, I find myself praying for the light to turn red so I can have the fun of pulling nearly a full g of acceleration when the light turns green.
They used intense nanosecond pulses of laser light to turn the metal's lustrous surface a deep black.
Yet nobody made a move to get up from the table or to turn on an electric light.
The phytochrome can then be exposed to a different shade of red light to turn the gene off.
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Will the last one out please remember to turn off the black light?
He compares this to a battery-powered light, in which you hook up the wires and electrons flow to make a light bulb turn on.
They quickly figured how to dislodge a bike, taking out the key she received in the mail as an annual member, entering it into the dock and waiting for a light to turn green.
Once the Zeo headband captures that unique eye signal, and transmits it via sleepstreamonline.com to the second dreamer, it will turn on a colored light where the other dreamer is, to send them a cue too .
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Seniors up to 79 years may benefit from a turn with a set of light barbells, for instance.
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Since then Deisseroth and Boyden have discovered other microbial proteins that can be used to turn brain cells off with light.
The Light Touch can turn that image into a touch-screen that you can type on or swipe through with the help of a holographic laser projection and infrared sensor at the bottom of the device.
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Many of these gadgets can be used to turn off a check engine light, which can be a money-saver if you avoid a trip to the garage simply because the gas cap was loose, a common cause of check engine alerts.
Mr. HENRY: Well, I have a red light that's turn on, but nobody pays any attention to it.
Even when confining their predictions to the next few decades, the Killer Bs painted the future with broad brushstrokes that were heavy on the cultural impact of technology and light on how to turn a profit on the stuff.
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