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The patent pending Automodal system automates the loading and unloading of semi truck trailers on train cars. Now, time sensitive freight can be transported via railroads removing the diesel guzzling vehicles off our highways.
IDEA:
The main theme behind this idea is to develop a self chargable mobile device that works on the phenomenon of piezo electricity.
Working principle:
We know that whenever a stress is being applied on the peizo electric transducer,
The name of my invention is the Carrier Pro, and pertains to the games of Golf, Tennis, and Baseball.
Presently, when far away from their caddies, golfers carry their golf balls in their pockets; tennis players carry the tennis balls on their sleeves or pockets, and in baseball,
Guardian Angel is a kidnapping surveillance system that uses high altitude cameras to record visual evidence of kidnappings that happen on the ground in cities.
Our Sterilization Roundhouse is a unique, first of its kind, design that would efficiently and inexpensively process decedents in a disaster situation, stalling further decomposition, thereby preserving tattoos, fingerprints, and identifying characteristics of each person.
Irradiation Sterilization safely,
The “While You Wear It…Wrinkle-Away”© is a small hand held device that allows you to remove wrinkles from clothing while you are wearing them. Fabrics that wrinkle easily mainly do so because moisture lowers their glass transition temperature,
Watching the waist line size and body weight is the main responsibility of every weight watcher. "Measure your tummy" belt and "Measure your weight" shoes allows you keep a watch on them easily without any additional effort.
"Measure your tummy" belt is any regular belt to outside world.
For a young person to obtain a driver’s license, many states require that the applicant participate in a driver’s education course that lets the applicant drive with an instructor in a specially designed vehicle.
Portable charger.
Very simple construction.
Easy to assemble and transport.
Simple way to increase productivity up to approximately n times without using expensive additional photovoltaic elements.
n= (d-1 )/ w.
where:
d = diameter of parabolic reflector,
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