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The HVAC of a vehicle today plays a major role in energy consumption, being the second highest aggregate to consume the battery and power, thereby reducing the fuel efficiency and charge, in either petrol/ diesel or hybrid EV's.
Also it is a heavy unit,
Problem:
Noise is sound that is loud, unpleasant, or undesired. It exists everywhere either at your home, or on a street. Imagine if noise could be transferred into useful energy such as electricity… What if energy created by noise could be stored for future use?
Surprisingly, if you bring a pendulum to the side, it will start to oscillate in a plan that remains unchanged even though you rotate its base. This is how Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the Earth.
This counterintuitive behavior could be used as a free source of energy.
The baby-car, which based on an obstacle crossing chassis, is designed for babies and their parents.
It can be easily and smoothly pushed cross the curb onto pavement from asphalt and vice versa.
In the whole process,
I have developed a machine that aids stroke and head injuries patients to learn to walk and improve motor skills.
The design is for a segmented welding filler rod for use with oxy-acetylene or TIG welding in steel aluminium copper etc..
Today there are keyboard synthesizers in the market that come with built-in MIDI song libraries and light-up keys to teach you how to play basic songs, but currently there is no such device for string instruments.
Health benefit background:
Accupressure therapy involves pressing points on the body with fingers, hands or balls as in this case illustrated below, to alter the internal flow of a supposed vital force of energy called chi, strengthening it, calming it or removing a blockage of flow.
I worked hard out in the hot sun in Florida on my hands and knees laying out the house windows and doors. It became a problem with the paper blueprints kept tearing, and all my redline number getting smudged.
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