But electricity was cheap compared with gasoline.

但是电却比汽油便宜。

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The second is to choose a thermoelectric material which conducts heat badly (so that different parts remain at different temperatures) but electricity well.

第二是选择的热电材料的导热性差（这样不同部分就能保持不同的温度）但是导电性良好。

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We moved into a cabin with electricity but no running water.

我们搬进了一间有电但是没有自来水的小木屋。

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But bursts of electricity on the axons improved movement in the animals.

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But in hard drives where we actually have these moving platters, here is in fact, how we get from electricity and magnetism to those zeros and ones.

但是在传统硬盘中我们确实有高速运转的磁盘，这就是事实，但问题是我们如何,把电磁信号转化为0和1的。

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Your computer works on wires and electricity but your brain uses tissue and tissue is extremely slow.

你的计算机依靠电线与电流而得以运行,但你的大脑应用的则是组织,而组织的反应则是相当缓慢的

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Manufacturing is almost entirely open to 100% foreign ownership, but electricity transmission remains highly restricted and thus uncompetitive.

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But electricity use is up 115% since then, thanks to all those plasma screens, iPhones, computers and data centers.

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The second is to choose a thermoelectric material which conducts heat badly (so that different parts remain at different temperatures) but electricity well.

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