These tiny power generators cause a kind of metabolic overload in sleep-regulating neurons, the researchers suggest, which in simple terms indicates when our brain is running on empty.

Compared to the state-of-the-art power management algorithms, FLAPS reduces the power overload by 9%-10% on average while maintaining a resource utilization rate difference of less than 2.8%.

The local distributed module provides for the high peak load without causing a strong dip in the 14V power line from the alternator (Alt) and battery (SLI). Switching of high power loads such as those ...