Sentence examples for instead of mechanical from inspiring English sources

The technology uses heat instead of mechanical abrasion to break rock apart.

Soon after, Hitch shoots a bird attack in the studio, and instead of mechanical birds, he forces Tippi to do the scene with real and quite savage birds.

Alternatively, by arranging the piston to move through a series of magnetic coils, its reciprocating action could be used to generate an electric current instead of mechanical output.

At G.M., that means stocking offices with regular pencils instead of mechanical ones, holding dealer meetings on the phone rather than in person, and canceling sponsorships of charity golf tournaments and high-profile events like the Academy Awards.

"My main purpose," he wrote, "is that instead of mechanical instructions, like play this note long and the other one short, instrumentalists should also experience the text, playing, and in a creative and organized way, declaiming with the singers".

It makes extensive use of lightweight carbon composites, has more fuel-efficient engines and relies mostly on electrical systems instead of mechanical ones to operate hydraulic pumps, de-ice the wings, pressurize the cabin and handle other tasks.

Instead of implanting mechanical pacemakers to control dangerous heart rhythms, doctors may someday inject cells into the heart.

My instructor asked if I'd mistakenly signed up for his art class instead of the mechanical drawing course down the hall.

Instead of a mechanical system made of a reed and bellows, the Voder generated sounds with electricity; as with Kempelen's speaking machine, a human manipulated keys to produce words.

Instead of using mechanical motion as in Microsoft's project, Disney's TeslaTouch generates minor electric fields in the screen that create friction by attracting the individual's finger or hand by varying degrees.

After Ms. Hedren rebuffed his advances, Hitchcock made her life a version of hell, subjecting her to repeated attacks on a closed set using real, and quite savage, birds instead of the mechanical ones she had been promised, and refusing to let her out of her contract.