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The Problem:
When people get down to the last stub of soap it is discarded. This can result in wasted matierials and in turn a loss of money for the person throwing it away. Imagine if you stacked up all of the unused soap stubs from just one year!
Nowadays for cooking LPG is widely used everywhere. This LPG is a non renewable source of energy. The price of LPG is also hiking day by day. The solar instruments such as solar water heater, solar cooker, solar lights, solar collectors, etc. are familiar where there is ambient solar energy.
The ICPDigital™ Dynamic Accelerometer, from The Modal Shop, Inc., is the first integrated and ruggedized high-resolution, broad-frequency piezoelectric accelerometer with internal digital data acquisition. Conforming to both USB and Windows® or Linux audio driver standards, the single axis USB ICPDigital Dynamic Accelerometer (model 333D01) is the first truly plug-and-play piezoelectric vibration sensor. 
Finally, it's here! You asked for it, and we've developed it. The TDWLB series certified Bluetooth pressure (with optional temperature) transducer is an extremely unique, innovative, and powerful sensor that finally addresses the needs of a wide variety of industries. We heard the requests to be able to remotely measure pressure and/or media temperature,
SMART DISH
INTRODUCTION
A simple yet creative technology for heating & cooling a meal served in a dish by natural or technical means
G. Praveen Kumar
What is a smart dish?
Leonardo Da Vinci once said "simplicity is the ultimate sophistication." In today's day and age simplicity means reliability and cost effectiveness. The product we are introducing validates yesterday's and today's meaning of simplicity. We developed and patented a new type of traction drive that can replace gear drives and belt systems in many of today's motion applications.
As a result of a number of factors, our energy options are becoming more limited. Nuclear power’s prospects are uncertain, as complicated by cost and safety concerns, while fossil fuel faces mounting environmental concerns. Renewable energy is not capable of meeting all our energy needs.
An emerging advancement may alter our future energy path.
To reduce the speed of the fast moving vehicles automatically, speed
breakers are used with Witricity technique. A power line is laid under the road with a series of coils of a certain frequency, at places where the speed of the vehicle has to be reduced.
The severe weather [or hail] cover is a protective cover for the prevention of hail damage to automotive vehicles, consisting of an array of multivariable flexible bows or staves about a central pivot point and a cover of tensioned rip-stop fabric. Attachment to the vehicle is by means of mechanical latching, magnetic or suction devices,
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