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Spinal cord injury affects 17,000 Americans and 700,000 people worldwide each year. A research team at NeuroPair, Inc. won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Create the Future Design Contest for a revolutionary approach to spinal cord repair. In this Here’s an Idea podcast episode, Dr. Johannes Dapprich, NeuroPair’s CEO and founder, discusses their groundbreaking approach that addresses a critical need in the medical field, offering a fast and minimally invasive solution to a long-standing problem.
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Steam engine train is not use at present, because more effective diesel and electric engine train is invented. If we passing over disadvantage of steam engine , such as pollution ; water and coal filling again & again ; huge weight are carried for coal and water ,
BAG-OLĒ is a simple device made out of almost any hard tubing and hooks that are molded on or attached in some way. It is hung in a plastic bag to keep the bag open for the insertion of materials for recycling. The plastic bag is hung on the wall for insertion of bottles, cans, etc.
Mobile vendors carry their goods by hire of three/four wheeler pedal or engine goods carriage, or by walking. Because they do not have a huge space at their home to garage the van/car.
The main work of an INLET CAMSHAFT is to operate the valves for fluid flow into the combustion chamber. The camshaft consists of Cams with high and/or low lifts for valves on top of engine cylinder (i.e., OHCS). Now in IVVL, the regular cams (2-Dimensional) are replaced with Camoids (3-Dimensional).
This self powered generator is based on the energy cycle from electrical to mechanical and back to electrical. This generator will use a brushless motor, esc, capacitor battery, li-ion battery, arduino and 240v 2kva alternator.
Here is how all it works: the brushless motor is powered by a 36 volt li-ion battery and an
Plastic containers are mainly used for food, storage and for home organization. The main advantages of plastic include durability and cost. Most food products use plastic packaging because they are corrosion resistant, chemically inert, have a low thermal expansion of co-efficient and possess good thermal, electrical insulating property, very good water resistant and possess good adhesiveness.
It is thought that, like other areas of concentrated marine debris in the world's oceans, the Great Pacific garbage patch formed gradually as a result of the ocean or marine pollution gathered by ocean currents. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn't the only accumulation of debris in the world's oceans,
A balloon is a flexible bag that can be inflated with a gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide, oxygen, air or water. Modern-day balloons are made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene, or a nylon fabric, and can come in many different colours. Balloons are usually made of latex, which is considered biodegradable.
Shape state analysis offers vital insights. Structures change shape before collapsing. Earthquakes are preceded by shifts in relative locations of monitoring stations. Genetic abnormalities can be detected and quantified from locations of anatomical features recognizable to specialists. These and other applications rely on comparing arrays of physical landmarks.
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Photovoltaic Velcro Backed Wearable Electronic Device Charger
The Photovoltaic Velcro Charger utilizes flexible microcrystalline silicon for the photovoltaic cells and is affixed to a velcro patch that would allow for the mounting of the photovoltaic charger in numerous positions on an outside garment or life jacket.
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