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A number of technologies are available that allow hydrophilic drugs to be absorbed through the skin rather than the GI tract. Transdermal delivery through the skin has a number of advantages over oral delivery, including better absorption,
Currently available, state-of-the-art, Flame Detectors are too large, too heavy, too power hungry, too slow to respond, and completely unsuitable for many applications requiring: low weight and smaller size, operations on next-to-no power,
The world is transforming itself as a global village. People are travelling all over & experimenting. The invention is a chopstick straw that help people enjoy a meal better with the devise.
Storage of electrical energy is a growing problem.
This concept is based on the well-known pumped storage, which is a type of hydroelectric power generation. The method stores energy in the form of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation.
Recent earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, and the tsunami in Indonesia, destroyed local energy and communications infrastructure. Friends and family were often unable to contact loved ones for days or weeks. My entry allows people affected by a disaster to make contact within hours,
This proposal relates to conceptual design of "valved two stroke engine with extended expansion". In a four stroke engine, power stroke occurs once in a two rotation whereas in a two stroke power stroke occurs once in each rotation.
“L.I.B.E.R.O.” is a patented fire fighting system which offers particular safety characteristics since it is not an obstacle to navigation. It has been thought to be used in open spaces such as airports, heliports, helipads as well per subways, harbours, oil and industrial sector.
It is a common phenomenon that people tend to forget smalls things like Keys Mobile, Purse etc. when they travel or go to some other places carrying these things. We also keep losing these things whenever we are in a hurry.
AHGS is an idea to create a future system grid to substitute the actual distribution of gas for cars.
Hydrogen is one of the interesting future fuels besides charging batteries. So hydrogen is used in fuel cell-powered cars. To generate hydrogen autonomic AHGS is an approach.
The functions of the proposed device are :
1. Speed Control of vehicle.
2. Monitor Seat belt fastening.
3. Location sensing of Vehicle and transmit/receive over GPS.
4. Process and Storage of usage data into memory and retrieve in case of accidents.
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