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ELECTRIC SOAP FOAM DISPENSER
USES : Bathing, washing soap & shaving cream dispensers.
BENEFITS OF USING ELECTRIC SOAP FOAM DISPENSER:
Around the world most people utilities waste of water and more soaps usage,washing release contaminated water directly in to the environment or in to storm drains intended for rain water. This causes pollution in our rivers, lakes and streams.
The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system is not a brand new concept. One of a few cases in United States is the one in Morgantown, West Virginia serving West Virginia University students on campus. Another one is in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi as a showcase of car-free city. There are also several cases serving in Europe.
Direct current (DC) installation in apartments or houses
A reduction in the electricity consumption is the purpose, cut in expenditure to the equipment, environmental protection.
Elimination of unnecessary indirect cells in the electric negotiations.
Fewer electronic systems,
A novel flat pressure-sensitive array which underlies a display screen in a device, preferably having the dimensions of a smart phone. In an access control embodiment, the initial procedure would preferably take place in a secure environment: (1) an individual whose identity is known places preferably four fingertips of one hand upon the screen of the device,
The world has seen significant rise in number of vehicles in the past century and the numbers are still climbing. This has affected environment and worsened the global warming. Big cities which have mass transit systems have lower per capita vehicular emissions.
An electromagnetic induction device having an array of linearly arranged wires spanning between a pair of conductor plates forming a parallel circuit between each of the wires. The wires are arranged forming a plurality of planes, which are stacked into layers. Multiple induction devices are assembled together providing at least one “inductor” and at least one “inductee”.
A new class of heavily cold rolled and thermally processed (HCR-TP) sheet metals is proposed as a viable low cost alternative to producing light weight vehicles for the transportation industry. Presently, automobile and light truck manufacturers are adapting to rising fuel costs by lightweighting vehicles and making revolutionary changes to powertrains.

I made a discovery in the mechanics and surfaces of connections that will make threaded parts stronger, more durable and safer. While the details are in the “Basic Principals of the Wave Thread” article at www.wavethread.com, the basic concept of the wave thread is a collection of circles.
Description: Read@Night® Children’s Book Light
Read@Night is a special Children’s Book Light (patent) that was founded by a dream of loving to read at night. The dream was to design a special children’s book light that is fun, innovative and unique that will promote the joy of reading.

Mobile Amputee Prosthetic Limb Management is a mobile software application that creates a mathematical model for individual and populations of amputees so that a better prosthetic limb fit can be achieved. The mobile application provides an individual with a software tool to track limb edema and factors that affect edema of their limb.
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