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The main objective of a “Talking Box with Message Display” is to provide an effective method of communication through voice messages to the speech challenged and also to display the message on an LCD screen. This device employs a Voice coder to store and play back the voice messages,
Aviation carbon fiber production processes (in experiment blades have been produced with advantages of carbon fiber composites without the disadvantages that prevent carbon fiber to be used in critical aviation parts).
This is a walking type machine in combination of carriage, and a mobile bridge accompanied by a power generator to drive the bridge and carriage alternatively.
The bridge consists of a rigid frame carrying two rail tracks over which the load of the carriage can be drawn on wheels, forward and backward.
In the near future, there will be a great need for alternative sources of energy. Wind energy could fulfill much of the world’s energy demand, unfortunately, the majority of its power is located high in the sky.
Large wind turbines are noisy, require large capital investments and are dangerous for animals.
A new approach for enhancing joints’ properties based on the epoxysiliconorganic glue by simultaneously integrating micro- and nanosized fillers into a glue formulation has been proposed. It has been revealed that it results in a more than threefold increase in the glue joint’s thermoresistability.
This stroller is eco-friendly made from recycled materials.Unique in the way that it is operated and the way it moves in response to its one of a kind ergonomic design with total flexibilty in mind.
Petroleum and plastic cannot be explained discretely, as plastic is nothing but one of the many useful products derived by processing petroleum. Plastic is obtained when crude petroleum is processed and treated with a few other additives. This would basically make plastic a polymer of hydrocarbon with few other elements.
Patented microbead thermal Ice Point, 1 Bar Pressure sensor to reflect the thermal-mechanical volumetric change in a gas, fluid and applied force mV change.
A Tc bead +Temp = +Tvolume INcrease volume & +Temf OUTPUT
A Tc bead +Press = -Pvolume DEcease volume &
Most people in the US, have a weight problem, Diabetes is becoming an epidemic. The Health Angel, will assist individuals to make healthy choices, in order to reach their target weight. The reason most people do not make proper food choices, is that it is too inconvenient to keep track of calories consumed. The Health Angel,
Diabetes one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity, takes an enormous toll both on the individual and society. Unfortunately, the current method for blood glucose measurement requires an invasive test. Over the long-term,
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