The small robot can even turn appliances on and off via remote control, switching on the dishwasher or the VCR.
By tapping out different patterns (it detects only the shock, not the strength) the idea is that you could turn lights on and off, control appliances, and so forth.
Everything, all of the electronics on the vehicle itself, every component had its own solid-state circuit breaker so that we could turn things on and off, and control what was happening.
The pieces of scenery are activated by switching on and off so-called passthrough transistors that control the flow of electronic signals from one part of the chip to another.
The earpiece has an on-off switch, a three-stage volume control and uses a rechargeable battery.
This lock-in effect gives Facebook some leverage to control ancillary economic activities both on and off Facebook, as well as make poor anti-user product choices and avoid punishment in the marketplace.
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It is easy for parking software to control because it involves switching electric motors on and off, rather than operating mechanical pumps.
With integrated wireless control, consumers can enjoy a connected lifestyle and use mobile apps to command their lighting systems to turn on and off, or dim to an ambient setting as well as control temperature and color mixing.
With Bluetooth capability, you can use a discreet remote control to change volume, turn the device on and off, toggle between electronic devices, answer hands-free phone calls and stream music, sort of like having a miniature wireless headset in your ear.
Embedded inside it is a batteryless RF switch, and the way it works is that upon the release of the spring mechanism inside, a tiny bit of power is generated for the 2.4GHz RF transmission ( ZigBee compatible), and whatever device is connected to the RF control outlet on the other end will receive the on or off signal.
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Say just one car's stability-control system is activated at an unusually slow speed on a highway off-ramp.
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There's no way to use Bluetooth to turn the unit on and off, and simple instructions for turning a Bluetooth phone into a remote control are not yet available.
Software might be able to offer a good on-screen volume control option and it might be able to mitigate the off switch problem a little, but not enough to keep either issues from being extremely annoying.
Johnson kept his at the LBJ Ranch in Stonewall, Texas and, according to the U.S. Park Service that continues to maintain the property, loved to spook visitors by taking them for a ride in the Amphicar and pretending to lose control of the vehicle, veering off precipitously into a lake on the premises.
On the downside, the linearity of the missions may turn off those looking for some control over Garrett's choice of tasks.
This is the first step toward self-control, and if self-control ever catches on, perhaps your next audience will take their eyes off their CrackBerries and focus on you.
For that reason, anybody who is thinking of retirement should consider holding off on those plans until a new Fed Chairman appointed by Romney gets inflation under control.
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Sure, Bluetooth connectivity only allows for connected devices within 100 feet to be manually switched on and off through the app, but it also gives users the option of proximity control.
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He raced to a half century off only 40 balls and although Vaughan perished on 18, England were in complete control until Trescothick fell to the last ball before lunch for 70.
My commute's reasonable pace is often slowed down to get around people walking on the wrong side or dogs off-lead which their owners do not care about keeping control of.
There have been booms in independent film-making before, but on previous occasions the studios have used their control of distribution systems and their libraries to fend off such competition.
Vidic was fortunate to see Emile Heskey's header deflect off him on to the bar late on, but by that stage United were firmly in control and well on the way to victory.
At that same time, Sprint did know that a control position in Clearwire would set off cross defaults at Sprint pertaining to covenants on old bonds floated years ago by Nextel.
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New York City Mayor Governor Michael Bloomberg, apparently upset that such a rampage with a legal weapon had not yet set off serious gun control efforts at the federal level, tried to heat up the debate on Monday with the shocking news that he was able to buy a bunch of guns illegally at a gun show in Arizona.
Libya took control of the group after pulling off a 1-0 win over Ghana in Tripoli on Friday.
On a 3-1 count, Hernandez lost control of an 88 mph changeup and the ball plunked off Rodriguez's hand.
He lost control of a slower ball which Watson did not pick up, until it landed on his off-stump.
In the SDN approach, those control functions are split off to be managed by one central program, which may be run on an inexpensive server system.
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