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A dream it was for a man to fly before the invention of aircraft. In the esteemed domain of aircraft, landing is the most challenging part, where most of the accidents have happened.
PROBLEM DEFINITION - After some research, we found that a considerable percentage of landing accidents were due to overrun.
This device would use a small camera such as used in cell phones, probably attached to an eyeglass frame to observe the anticipated path of a person of limited vision or blind. A computer would check the image for posts, stairs,
Every Drop Counts is an electronic system to measure the volume of water flowing through a mechanical meter using an audio sensor. It uses audio to enable much higher resolution than what is normally able to read by the inbuilt magnetic sensor. The audio is analyzed to detect the mechanical ticking sounds caused by the geared water vanes turning.
The possibility to diagnose quality of motor oil by using the method of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for comparison of optical refraction indexes inherent to the initial fresh oil and to that used for different exploitation terms. This comparison enabled authors to determine not only the motor oil degradation level but also availability of wear particles from motor parts.
This design is based in more than five years of experimentation, which was originated by our aim to make the High UVI/RH coastal Peruvian desert.
Mars UVC & UVB at surface is assumed to be ~ 10 times Earth and UVA close to our planet values. This is a tremendous energy that can be used for a photochemical job.
The system is to be funded by Public / Private Partnership with a 30% government investment.
The Catch all Harvest concept
Goals-Increase agricultural production and profitability. Low cost, low technology and easy installation.
The concept is designed to reduce wasted produce that falls to the ground.
A net beneath the tree or bush (the illustrations are for apple orchards). A collecting path to a storage bin below each tree.
The problem is warming up thermosensor when measuring resistance as a result of the allocation of Joule heat.
To control thermosensor (Fig. 1, a) proposed a contact device (Fig. 1b) with elastic gold contacts and measuring pulse duration was 100 ms (Fig. 1, B).
Created stand pulsed measurement provides a measurement of miniature thermosensor with 1% accuracy,
The Greenhouse Solar Cooker (patent pending NG/P/2016/426) is a new green technology that combines the attributes of a parabolic solar cooker and the ability of carbon dioxide laser tube to absorb electromagnetic radiation and convert it into useful heat energy.
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