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Global agricultural repository is an ongoing project geared towards the eradication of food shortage and technological assistance to the farming communities world wide.
This project addresses the growing needs of farmers. Various regions of the world have specialized needs and specific resources.
As evidenced by recent events, it is a well-known fact that space debris is a growing threat to operations in space. The proliferation of satellite swarms and constellations is exponentially adding to the danger of catastrophic mission failure or debris scattering. Additionally, spacecraft thrusters may increase that threat due to explosive volatility.
In most parts of Africa, there is a lot to be done to achieve proper cold chain management while distributing and storing food, drinks and drugs. On average, a local dairy-foods manufacturing company in Malawi loses about US $11,500 every month due to lack of proper monitoring of their cold chain.
With the technological advancements in the field of machinery, the industries require advanced machines for material and components handling. Our project deals with a mobile robot which is automatically guided by the predefined programmed path and it takes and transports the component from one workstation to another workstation by using image recognition.
An Alternative Crank Engine
This product innovation relates to the internal combustion engine and proposes a significant step forward in improving performance, fuel economy and emissions by changing the thermodynamic cycle of heat transfer into useful work whilst retaining all existing technological infrastructure and costs.
A monitoring system to allow early detection of damage to high tension power lines. Using Acoustical Emission (AE) techniques on high tension power lines for early detection of internal damage or fraying before the cable breaks.
Cable "Galloping" (low frequency, large amplitude, vibration caused by high winds),
Named Best Foot Protection Product of 2020 by ISHN, SelectFlex is still the world’s first and only arch control insole. With the turn of a key, the original SelectFlex insole provides 3 adjustable levels of arch support for personalized comfort. 
Molten Metal Reactor Technology – Prospects in Sustainable Hydrogen Production
Globally, Hydrogen (H2) has been consumed for a variety of purposes, majorly as a feedstock or raw material and for the refining process. However, recently, H2 has been widely promoted by the international energy agency (IEA) as an energy carrier to become an alternative to fossil fuel-based hydrocarbons.
The benefits of using Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems (KERS) in braking is already evident from motorsports and production hybrid-electric vehicles. Another area that has a high potential for KERS implementation is the suspension system.
SERS is a suspension energy recovery system that employs a patented reciprocation technique to increase the input frequency to a linear generator,
This idea comes from our web article “Turbocharged Zhou Engine” (), and our invention PCT/CA2014050106 (Japan granted JP6574447, and patent-pending in other countries). So we are working on it.
This invention, Zhou Engine, is an IC engine and also a combustor.
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