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Made from the best grade stainless steel to bring you HOT water for all purposes anywhere you are. Camping, on the beach or on a construction site too easy.
Using stainless steel piping with a few welds this structure is strong and robust.
This is a model of a driver side panel for Indian trucks which has been done on CATIA to meet Indian truck needs of cabin variants.
The challenge to design the rear suspension of a rear wheel drive sports car has always been one of optimizing the position of both wheels and therefore the contact patch of the tires in order to obtain the maximum possible limit acceleration.
This project takes the active kinematics idea a step further, and for the first time,
Product Description
Rocken’s first innovative product is the world’s first helmet with a fully integrated visor capable of sealing against the face of the skier. When deployed within the field of view, the visor seals against the face to prevent cold wind from seeping in.
Contrarily to motorcycle helmets where the visor pivots on a single transversal axis,
Today’s army relies on the water that it carries or acquires from the sources available within the areas of its operation. Water is both heavy and heavily used. Therefore there is a clear advantage for Water-from Air machine that may use say 125 gallons of fuel for strategic power generation,
Each day millions of cars, motorcycles, trucks, aircraft and other forms of transportation emit brake dust and wear debris into the atmosphere from friction material as brakes are applied to slow and stop vehicles. I am commercializing a new green technology that has not been addressed previously.
______THE HOWARD GEAR________
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-----THE EXPANDING GEAR------
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A shower that saves resources without restrictions
People want to conserve resources but without feeling that too much sacrifice is required. All water-saving showers restrict the flow and reduce the quality of the experience. My approach to designing products that conserve resources and energy is to make the experience as good or better than what it is now.
Suits for men and women are taken as examples of complex human clothes. Usually garments shops offer 4-7 different sizes of suits designed for standard people. No wonder, that many of them are left unsold wasting resources and money as standard people are not exist.
AIRPLANES TOO HEAVY....TOO WEAK...?
WELL, HOW ABOUT A BUBBLED ALUMINUM FUSELAGE?
CAR COMPONENTS? SUSPENSION? FRAME?
BUBBLED STEEL?
AN ENTIRE ENGINE BLOCK MADE OF BUBBLED METAL!
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