Sentence examples for mechanical alternative from inspiring English sources

Whether they were biological, like the monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1818), or mechanical was not specified, but the mechanical alternative inspired generations of inventors to build electrical humanoids.

And planting a forest would likely cost $1,700 to $3,200 per ton of nitrogen oxide, making it potentially comparable in cost to the mechanical alternative.

A mechanical alternative to our robotic frog's pneumatics would be to use gel-filled balloons which, when squeezed, produce the desired vocal sac volume and shape, while withstanding repeated use and rubbing against the vocal sac opening in the model (Fig. 3).

Where mechanical alternatives to PPP use are recommended, the possible influence of these alternatives on amphibians should also be considered.

Cardiac transplantation and available mechanical alternatives are the only possible solutions for end-stage cardiac disease.

Because of reported mechanical failures, alternative implant system components with suggested optimized strength have been manufactured.

When actual height is unavailable in ICU patients undergoing mechanical ventilation, alternative anthropometric methods to obtain patient's height based on lower leg and on forearm measurements could be useful to facilitate the application of protective mechanical ventilation in a Caucasian ICU population.

Further evaluation of the mechanical model against alternative mechanisms in the natural population should reveal whether our proposition of the importance of the mechanical mate-grasping model is upheld.

He had thoroughly mastered the works of Descartes and had also discovered that the French philosopher Pierre Gassendi had revived atomism, an alternative mechanical system to explain nature.

We know that we can make buildings at least 50 to 60 percent more efficient than they are now — and that's by everything from the type of lighting fixtures, the efficiency of the mechanical equipment to alternative energy wherever it's possible.

One of the most original and fascinating high-end "alternative" mechanical watch movements was the winch operated Tourbillon Vertical developed by Swiss Cabestan.