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An aerodynamic device that spools up the main wheel landing gear on transport airplanes including airliners.
This device could be located at the hub area, something that attaches to any part of the wheel assembly. Very small, lightweight made from plastic. The idea is to spin the tire at approximately 10 mph tire speed prior to touchdown.
Using only solar light, with help of a fiber optics cable, solar light is moved to the basement. Now the basement will be bright and warm.
With solar collector on the roof, light can be used in every corner of the basement as well in the complete house. Using fiber optics cable ONLY.
Today we are faced with Climate and Environment challenges. In the past few years I had seen on www.LinkedIn.com lots of issues on this topic. Some say we should require Green Energy and other people say trees should grow but what in the present situation are we not thinking about?
Besides the further reduction of the harmful gaseous emissions (HC, CO and NOx) to meet stringent emission limits, the discussion on lowering the CO2 emissions is omnipresent. Various solid materials like calcium oxide, zeolite, hydrotalcite, and silicon carbide nanotubes readily adsorb carbon dioxide.
A configurable "key" for use with vehicles. The key would be based on a USB flash drive that could be configured by the owner of the vehicle. Any flash drive could be used and configured by the owner.
SP3H is a cleantech oriented company acting in the field of thermal engine efficiency. Our activity is based on engine green house gas and fuel consumption reduction.
The system consists in the integration of a new on board optical sensor providing fuel quality to the engine control to optimize injection, combustion and post treatment.
Simple Urinary Catheterization Without The Mess!
The Problem:
The current catheterization procedure for a Mitrofanoff urostomy is to use a catheter and a syringe, emptying the bladder one syringeful at a time, uncoupling, emptying into a bowl, recoupling and drawing the next syringeful. The biggest risk is spilling urine next to the patient, likely onto a bed.
We propose here the application of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) as part of a science surface properties package aboard a future Lake Lander. MEMS devices offer a low cost and reduced size of instrumentation in order to accomplish the 3-D sounding of the liquid deposit and detect the presence of any biomarkers in a broader area.
Recycling is the latest craze in the world so I decided to do my part by recycling cans and bottles.I hung a 30 gallon trash bag on a hook and started to fill it up,
Small, inexpensive, hand-held satellite terminals, similar to older cellphones (flip-phones) in size, configuration and cost, can bring literacy-training to all corners of the world. The devices would function in a text-only mode with twitter-like limitations on message-size and message-frequency.
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