Wind turbines seem to be sprouting from every hilltop, and if you get close, you can hear them spinning lazily in a light wind.

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In November, WinFlex, a wind-power company based in Kiryat Yam, Israel, received one of the most coveted prizes in the GE Ecomagination Challenge for developing a wind-turbine system that uses a light, flexible cloth sheets made out of composite materials as the rotor system for a wind turbine.

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Those characteristics can include a brief dip in air pressure, a change in wind direction, a change in wind speed, a rise in air temperature or a dip in ultraviolet light reaching the rover.

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It reappeared shortly afterward, on the opposite side of the city, popping out from behind a cloud, bathing Harlem and the East River in a chalky light, and, as though caught by a gust of wind, it rolled toward the Bronx.

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"The Wind and The Light" describes a villager stumbling upon a badly beaten man who turns out to be his dead sibling.

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The wind fell light, and Broad Bay trembled almost to a halt.

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Light-based communication seems to wind throughout the MIT Media Lab -- it is a universal language, after all, since many devices output light, be it with a dedicated LED or a standard LCD, and have the capacity to view and interpret it.

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Using electricity generated by the wind, "Delmarva Power will be able to light about 50, 000 homes a year, every year" for the duration of the 25-year contract, Lanard said, with first power expected by 2012.

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