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In the current context of everyday electronic devices such as smartphones or tablets, we encounter the problem of insufficient duration of the battery for extended use of the device due to current urban man is more dependent on electronic communications such as checking e-mail, bills, currency, leisure, or social networks. Generally,
My brother of 13 years has had asthma since he was born. His spacer for meter dose inhaler (MDI) is very big, dificult to transport and wash.
Tubee is a totally new concept for a spacer for MDI patients. Previous products aren't portable and being a large balloon-like piece of hollow transparent plastic,
Pup-Pen was created primarily to enhance the process of social assimilation of a new puppy with its human family and into the home environment.
Pup-Pen primarily achieves this with its unique upward moving flexible gate that allows the owner to adjust the gate’s height, as needed,
Individual Freedom / Community Advantage
This proposal is primarily about extending the range of your electric car!
System designed for Electric Vehicles that can travel on Rail AND... independently on Streets.
You may have seen CSX Maintenance trucks that ride on rails, as well as streets... this goes way beyond that!
Electric vehicles have limited range today,
This is an innovative design for a sensor to measure the spin of rockets. The spin sensors that are available today use a gyroscope or an accelerometer. These instruments are expensive and require a lot of electronic equipment and are easily damaged. This sensor is compact and can be used in various aerospace vehicles like sounding rockets, missiles, etc.
The generators that we have today consist of an armature that rotates and a stationary object. Either the magnetic field is rotated and the coil is kept stationary or vice-versa.
The basic principle of a generator is to produce change in magnetic flux linked with the coil. The more the change, the more voltage produced.
In this model,
This device consists of a programmable oxygen regulator with a feedback system tied to a blood saturation monitor. The system allows medical personnel to easily input the desired minimum blood saturation level that is best for the patient.
To answer a door bell, one has to hear the sound. If hearing is a challenge, one could rely on the vision sense to know that somebody is at the door.
The following deign provides a solution that would require little modification to the existing bell system to make it work for both senses: hearing and seeing.
Passenger Pods Transit System in Airport Terminals
INTENT:
Changing the way passengers move & feel in an airport.
Currently in airports, the passenger experience is often stressful, tiring and unpleasant. This is increased due to more security checks, official procedures and the hassle of finding & interpreting signage & interpreting correctly. The intention is to improve the passenger experience,
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