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Robotic Assembly of Monolithic Domes

This proposal provides a CAD driven Robotic Application for Sprayfoam/ShotCrete for the construction of various sizes of residential Monolithic Dome Buildings. The intent is to provide via Computer Aided Design a Controller interface to automate the construction process.

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John Mitchell
Port Colborne, Canada
Votes: 4
Views: 5607
Machinery & Equipment
May 28, 2011

Robotic Farming within GroDomes

Global warming and natural disasters such as floods, droughts, tornadoes, and hurricanes etc. play havoc with food production and thermal stress in plants seriously affects crop yields.

GroDomes....a logical extension of Monolithic Dome Technology....

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John Mitchell
Port Colborne, Canada
Votes: 4
Views: 5250
Sustainable Technologies
Jun 15, 2011

Robotic GRANNIE-Box Simplifies Glucometer Use

In April, 2010 the FDA announced its “Home Use Initiative” to ensure that caregivers and patients can use complex medical devices in the home safely. In the spirit of this initiative, our GRANNIE-box (or G-box) device simplifies the use of a typical commercial home glucometer for diabetics: the Accu-Chek® by Roche.

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Paul Frenger Md
Houston, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4649
Medical
Jun 24, 2011

Rocker Crank Extension Bicycle

People have tried to make the bicycle more efficient and easier to ride for centuries. Some have succeeded, some have failed. The failures have been when someone has tried to get more torque to the rear wheel with a given input. This is where I have succeeded.

This rocker crank extension is the 3rd generation of crank extensions.

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Donald Stone
Rimrock, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 6484
Transportation
Jun 19, 2011

Rocker Lowrise Earthquake Proof Building

Rocker Lowrise Earthquake Proof Building utilizes the principle at operation in a toy weeble. The build is designed to withstand the most severe earthquakes since it cannot fall over, since as the earthquake hits it will rock back and assume the upright position after the earthquake has passed underneath.

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Chris Morton
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
Votes: 0
Views: 4882
Safety and Security
Jun 26, 2011

Rocket Launch Double Escape System

I will try to add a drawing I made several years ago, but this conceptual design is easy to visualize.

Basically this is a rocket launch double escape system conceptual design. The double escape system may also be used for re-entry.

The Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo rockets all employed a launch escape system.

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Paul Torrance
Houston, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 3730
Safety and Security
Jun 23, 2011

RollerRatchet

The three most popular hand tools used by the human race are the hammer, screw driver and ratchet wrench. Sales for these tools increase annually due to their universal appeal and usefulness. Tool sales in 2010 were $15.5B in the US and $43B worldwide according to the Freedonia Report on Power and Hand Tools.

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Stu Douglass
Auburn, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 9873
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 30, 2011

Rotary Stirling-Cycle Combustion Engine

Rotary Stirling-Cycle Combustion Engine

[Transportation]

Here is a product that enables movement of people and goods from one place to another.

A plug-in hybrid vehicle requires an on-board system to recharge a battery. The system could be a fuel cell stack or a combustion engine. Unlike an engine which directly drives the vehicle,

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Simon Sunatori
Gatineau, Canada
Votes: 1
Views: 6596
Transportation
Jun 29, 2011

Rotary Valves for Heat Engines, Pumps & Compressors

The invention relates to some rotary valves for heat engines, pumps and compressors to replace known valves – with go forth alternative motion - from existing engines, pumps and compressors, and all installations and devices that can benefit from this solution.

The rotary valve comprises a valve block,

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Proinvent Team
Arad, Romania
Votes: 0
Views: 3875
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 23, 2011

RS-185 Roto-Skinner

The Patent Pending rotary cutting Roto-Skinner RSK-185 was designed especially for armored umbilical cables used on underwater Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs). The same tool can also have applications for cables subject to great stress, such as oceanography research or mining operations.

These cables usually are constructed with outer steel strands made of high strength steel wires.

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Lucien Ducret
Stamford, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4788
Machinery & Equipment
Jun 20, 2011

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