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  2. Ring (company) - Wikipedia

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    In November 2013, Ring was founded as Doorbot by Jamie Siminoff. Doorbot was crowdfunded via Christie Street, and raised US$ 364,000, more than the $250,000 requested. [1] [4] [5] Siminoff's team envisioned the product's concept as an "alarm system literally turned inside out" in comparison to other security systems, describing it as a "pre-crime" system. [6]

  3. Amazon Alexa - Wikipedia

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    Alexa can now pair with a Ring doorbell Pro and greet visitors and leave instructions about where to deliver packages. [51] As per Amazon, the recent surge in usage of smart home devices connected to Alexa has led to a corresponding 100% increase in requests to Alexa for controlling compatible home appliances like smart lights, fans, plugs, TVs ...

  4. Amazon Echo - Wikipedia

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    The Echo Input is an Alexa input device with no on-board speakers. [93] It must be connected to external speakers for audio output. The Echo Link is a higher-end version of the Echo Input, with additional output ports and a volume knob. [94] The Echo Link Amp has the same controls of the Link, but with an amplifier.

  5. Luna Ring - Wikipedia

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    The near side of the moon, from where energy would be beamed to Earth, according to the Luna Ring project. Luna Ring is a speculative engineering project which consists of a series of solar generators, disposed around the equator of the Moon, that could send the generated electric energy back to the Earth via microwaves from the near side of the Moon. [1]

  6. Token Ring - Wikipedia

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    Physically, a Token Ring network is wired as a star, with 'MAUs' in the center, 'arms' out to each station, and the loop going out-and-back through each. [20] A MAU could present in the form of a hub or a switch; since Token Ring had no collisions many MAUs were manufactured as hubs.

  7. Ring circuit - Wikipedia

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    The ring starts at the consumer unit (also known as fuse box, distribution board, or breaker box), visits each socket in turn, and then returns to the consumer unit. The ring is fed from a fuse or circuit breaker in the consumer unit. Ring circuits are commonly used in British wiring with socket-outlets taking fused plugs to BS 1363. Because ...

  8. Einstein ring - Wikipedia

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    An Einstein Ring is a special case of gravitational lensing, caused by the exact alignment of the source, lens, and observer. This results in symmetry around the lens, causing a ring-like structure. [2] The geometry of a complete Einstein ring, as caused by a gravitational lens. The size of an Einstein ring is given by the Einstein radius.

  9. The Ringworld Engineers - Wikipedia

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    Teela had restored starship engines to their original purpose as attitude jets, but only had enough for 5% of the ring. Louis explains that the meteor defense system can generate a massive stellar flare (normally used to power the laser weapon) to provide twenty times more fuel to the attitude jets to move the Ringworld back into position.