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This system is an amazing one which will eliminate the noise from school buses while waiting for the student at their home.
This system includes a sender device which is attached in each school bus also we can learn any receiver (which I performed its design) to the sender device to meke them work in a synchronized secured way.
Whether it’s in the elementary school playgrounds, or the NBA sports arena, basketball is played across the country. No matter what level of play, one question is always asked by every player “how well did I do?” The answer comes in many forms, but the most common answer is to rattle off statistics, i.e. “I had six points,
With ever tightening budget constraints on the US military, reduction in machinery is inevitable. No branch feels this more than the Navy. Put simply, less money means fewer ships. To be able to execute the same mission profiles without compromising mission standards the remaining ships must become more capable and more flexible.
This idea describes the development of SAROPAN, an all terrain chain belt mechanism robot, wirelessly controlled and automatic (dual mode operation) and camera mechanism for surveillance. It also describes the development of a software interface which allows several open and closed- loop control methods to be easily implemented.
This is a magnetic detector, to locate explosive devices and other weapons.
This technology has enormous opportunities and possibilities! This is the next great leap that will take us into the future of Motion Movement Devices, and Motion Magnetic Energies Technologies. We want to manufacture mechanical/ devices and products widely used in the automation and manufacturing industries.
This design is a set of electronic PCB boards that correspond to the front-end connection to the patient side for ECG. The idea of the design is NOT the design of the whole devices but allowing the design of ECG devices to medical researches or designers.
Building a low-energy, affordable computer network suitable for schools can be a challenge. It has to be reliable, affordable, consume very little energy and yet somehow, it has to be still fit for purpose.
A computer lab for a school environment must allow the user access to basic office type applications, such as spreadsheets,
Developed to prevent crashes, injures, fatalities and economic losses associated with unsecured loads. According to NHTSA 51,000 crashes with 10,000 injuries and 440 known fatalities happen in 2010. Currently GOA is collecting data on the problem unsecured loads have on traffic accidents, injuries, fatalities and economic impact that effects everyone on the road and taxpayers.
Educational CNC machine tools nowadays, it is important to reduce costs This also applies to education and specialized education, courses for CNC machine operators.
Project Objective: Reducing the cost of equipment for CNC training centers, increasing the number of training centers for CNC machine operators, facilitating access to such training,
A thermochromic fiber has been developed that can be woven into clothing by an Australian research and development company and it's available for immediate production. The fiber composition can be fine-tuned to cover a narrow band of temperature variations which translates the minute temperature differences of anything it touches such as skin.
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