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Portable tester for measuring the IV curves of solar cells and modules. It is controlled and powered through a USB cable with any computer such as a laptop or netbook, so can be used outdoors for sunlight testing for several hours with no AC power cord.
Better Sleep With A Blanket Retainer
Modern bead stead furniture most often does not incorporate a footboard. Whereas this makes bed making a bit easier, it does have the disadvantage of letting the blankets work their way off the bottom of the bed as the sleeper changes positions. To avoid this,
My design idea is to produce an electric battery operated car with a separate electric motor supplying power to each wheel. The car shall be designed to operate a magnetic perpetual motion charging generator as the wheels turn.
Background and scope of invention
This invention deals with improvement of battery backup of laptops by recycling the waste heat generated during the process. Laptop batteries used today have a limited backup time ranging from three to six hours. During long journeys, corporate meetings, and long power failures inconveniences are caused due to limited backup time of batteries.
Issues
During operation,
The idea is to minimize solar PV array farm size. The idea is inspired by MIT research. In this design, instead of flat solar PV modules, Pyramid PV Module is used to get maximum power output using small bounding volume.
The modules also trap thermal energy inside the hollow space in the Pyramid,
This heat exchanger is designed for an electric dryer that is vented outside. It will capture 50 to 80 percent of the waste heat without venting the humidity inside. It is designed to be very fire resistant yet easy to build with wood working tools. It uses recycled aluminum drink cans and easy to obtain materials.
Normal people become geniuses when they stumble upon intersections of two different fields.
No doubt safety and security is very important in every field of life but more important in eatables.Toxicity is the degree to which a substance can damage a living or non-living organism. Toxicity can refer to the effect on a whole organism,
RICE eliminates crank, connecting rod, cam shafts, timing belt box, valves, and the transmission of the conventional piston & cylinder. RICE replaces functions of the eliminated parts with software.
A rotor is formed when four blades (3F or 3B) are attached to a hub (2F or 2B).
The present economics crisis is due (in part) to a lack of understanding about how our social system works. Today macroeconomics is very badly taught and far too complicated explanations are given. It is confusing for students to grasp the principles of macroeconomics because they are not presented in the most obvious and useful way.
Universal spanner-screwdriver consists of
1) Frame (grey in picture).
2) 5 slotted (2 mm,3 mm,4 mm,5 mm,6 mm) screwdrivers.
3) 5 crossed (2 mm,3 mm,4 mm,5 mm,6 mm) screwdrivers.
4) Spanner (blue) (10 mm,12 mm,14 mm,19 mm,24 mm).
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