"I'm going to treat myself to a really good one!" she says, her eyes lit up like a very stylish robot whose battery is in fine working order.
I have tied myself in knots with some books, having to invent places with no phone signal, or mobiles whose battery is about to die, just so my characters can be put in mortal peril.
In other situations, a malfunctioning device or one whose battery is nearly drained may be unable to compute and report its coordinates to other nodes.
Rear Window would come next, an undisputed classic made by a master whose batteries were fully charged.
"I'm dancing, Torvald!" Nora exclaims, looking like a crazed doll from a music box whose batteries are broken.
That and other power savings may one day make CMOS cameras suitable for use in wireless phones and other gadgets whose batteries are already undersize and overworked.
ReprintsIt was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were topped up from wind, solar or hydroelectric sources came out cleanest, causing 231 putative deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars.
Moving with the mechanical aspect of an action figure whose batteries are running down, his Avery is a quintessential nerd, right down to the oversize eyeglass frames and the polo shirt buttoned to the top, but one whose quiet rectitude and sweetness are indicated in his every speech.
Reprints Related topics United States Technology Science and technology Automotive technology Electric vehiclesIt was no surprise that electric cars whose batteries were topped up from wind, solar or hydroelectric sources came out cleanest, causing 231 putative deaths over the course of a year, compared with 878 for petrol cars.
"Leonard Messii, he says, "is the good boy that every father would love to have" while the "other one" … He pauses then lurches up to perform a military march but he looks more like some robotic dinosaur whose batteries are dying, which when you think about it … "Ronaldo is like a commander," he says.
