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Concept is similar to that of air conditioner, which along with the basic function of heating and cooling also dehumidifies the air. My product will also dehumidify the air.
It will bring down the moisture level of the respective place where it is sprayed with no addition of latent heat nor extraction.
This DIY Survival Capsule (Escape Pod, Storm Shelter) was designed to save the lives of its occupants, in case of natural disasters. The picture show the first capsule (MKPOD1), used for real scale and FEA (Structural and CFD) tests.
BASIC SPECIFICATIONS:
-Capacity: 5 people - 1,250 lbs [567 Kg]
-Dimensions: Height: 41 in [1041 mm],
The Team aim towards designing, validating and fabricating a three wheeled hybrid human powered electric vehicle driven by two drivers, which has a capability to act as a good viable option for city local transportation. The vehicle would be capable to be driven simultaneously as well as alternatively by two drivers.
Our team specializes in developing embedded software for control systems of adjustable and servo drives and actuators.
Market Situation
- More than half of all quantity (>1 billion) of produced electrical motors are equipped with electronic control system on the base of special microprocessor/microcontroller unit (MCU);
- There are many market segments,
An object of the invention is to provide an apparatus and method for accurately and easily guiding a vehicle into a garage to a predetermined location.
A further object of the invention is to combine reliable ?State-of-the-art? compact diode laser technology with a mounting provision that is simple to install, adjust and utilize for parking a vehicle.
THE “APPARATUS FOR THE CONTAINMENT OF NUCLEAR MELTDOWN DEBRIS” depends in part upon a unique corrugated Transparent Aluminum alloy “Slam-Dome” that is mounted over a super-plastic-lined, 16-sided, reinforced concrete, 1700 foot diameter circumferential “trench-subway” foundation that is excavated 30 feet deep and 20 feet wide around a conventional nuclear fission power plant.
Many of the ways people store shoes takes up too much space, can lead to mold growth, or doesn’t allow for shoe collectors to display or protect their shoes.
Shoe-Inn is a hanging, easily adjustable set of thin shelves. The shelves are hung by cords through a notch in each corner. Since each shelf only holds one shoe,
To control an aircraft, the wing always has certain movable surfaces. All movable surfaces are at down stream because if you install a flap pointing forward, it will create instability and be damaged unless the mechanism is really strong (which will increase the weight significantly).
Can we turn the bad instability to good use? Instability means positive feedback/amplification.
The Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution gives all U.S. citizens the right to keep and bear arms. I have always grown up around firearms but always found it difficult to remember if I had the Safety on and I always found myself paranoid trying to make sure all the guns were turned to non-firing.
High temperature and high mechanical stress harsh environments can cause wear and erosion on exposed surfaces of critical components. Few sensing devices or methods are capable of performing intrinsic wear measurements, particularly in real-time and in situ. A fiber optic sensor has been developed that is capable of measuring real-time in situ regression,
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