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Features and goals of project
To provide a platform for young future programmers to learn a programming language and apply the lessons to real-world applications.
The platform will have various input sensors and output indicators which give the student an opportunity to work with devices that they may encounter in jobs when they graduate from college.
Every year millions of people suffer various injuries that could be mitigated or even prevented. Some individuals avoid certain jobs, activities, or sports due to the associated risks of injuries. Many daily activities pose risks such as: abrasions, lacerations, blunt trauma, heat or cold exposure, or other ergonomic injuries.
Ocular trauma redressal requires advanced surgical equipment and specialty surgical centers. The Corneal Transplant Market, currently at 40,000 per year in the US, is expected to grow at 10.8% from 2017 to 2023. The other targets are European, and the Asia Pacific markets.
The American anthropologist, Edward T Hall, first studied that "Humans have an innate distancing mechanism, modified by culture, that helps to regulate contact in social situations."
Problem Space
A pregnant mother. A farmer with a broken leg. A child with pneumonia. A rural town experiencing a COVID19 outbreak. Medical imaging plays a critical role in providing care for each of these patients, yet in 2020, nearly two-thirds of the world’s population lack access to the simplest radiological procedures,
Unless specifically trained, a Dog has no idea of how to behave when leased. Dog parents are often seen switching hands, spinning around – doing the Dog's work instead.
Proposed is a novel concept for walking the Dog. A circular collar wrapped around the beltline of the Dog parent which allows the Dog to circle freely around.
Large capacity batteries to provide extended charge on smart phones, smart watches, fitness trackers, earbuds, head phones, etc. have become ubiquitous. Built-in batteries seldom provide enough runtime to keep customers satisfied, especially when traveling. Laptops and tablets are every bit as portable these days and yet most have failed to accommodate these plentiful and low cost,
Buckyball sphere shape is directed to propulsion and power production. Triangle panels are provided with the shortest length panel edge forming the outer surface edges of the hexagons and pentagons buckyball sphere extruded from the spheres center point out into an array of hexagon and pentagon edges,
What will be the future of personal cars? And how personal will it be? A car that provided sense of pride and emotional satisfaction has now become a mere medium to commute.
There is a constant fight between rational and emotional choices when it comes to buying a vehicle. There is a need to balance that out.
The ocean temperature reducer is a swarm of drones aimed to control (cool) the temperature In the path of hurricane forming storms before they gain the energy from the heat and transform into a dangerous category 3+ storm,
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