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The Problem:
When you arise in the morning, you are usually woken up by an annoying alarm and sometimes you don’t wake up at all. Alarm clocks can be unreliable and rude. Your companion might scream at you for waking them with your alarm. The solution? Vibration.
Why?
The existing methods of electric power generation are not enough to meet the increasing demand of electricity. Most of the methods of power generation are either expensive or cause environmental hazards. This led us to think about low cost green technology for electric energy creation.
How does it work?
The SunLight Harvester
The SunLight Harvester is a Mobile Solar Electric Generator and Power Storage System.
The system is designed with two axes of rotation allowing it to track the sun from sunrise to sunset as well as curvilinear mobility to avoid the encroachment of shade. This mobile capability increases the insolation and efficiency of the solar panels.
The BABY IN-VEHICLE monitor is designed to make sure a baby is never left in a vehicle again. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the temperature within a vehicle on a 78oF day can climb to 100oF in just 3 minutes, and as high as 125oF in less than 8 minutes. A child’
The mikes generally used in auditorium or hall have a very low range and makes a speaker restricted to the desk where it is kept, also is you are very nearer to it the beep sound irritates the ears of the listeners. The solution for this was Head Microphone,
The Portable Tracking Solar Generator is a sustainable energy innovation dependant on a computerized tracking solar cell array. It would benefit third world countries that do not have access to dependable electrical producing systems or the power grid.
This system design is meant to be a unit with a small footprint, be portable,
The concept of this vest is to have a passive cooling system based on two phase changing heat transfer features; heat pipe technology for high level heat transfer and phase changing materials for heat storage.
The benefit of such concept is to have a passive cooling system, based on known technologies, which removes heat from a human body.
Summary
A New Generation of Hydraulic Vibratory Pumps is a reliable, highly efficient, and low-cost hydraulic pump and sprayer, offered in several variants, that disperses fluids and liquids with high and low viscosities.
Purpose & Benefits• Dispenses water solutions, viscous water-oil emulsions and paint.
• Minimizes energy consumption while maximizing application.
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1.6 Billion of people live in substandard housing, some in disaster areas, and others in countries less fortunate, most don't have a choice. I want to make a difference in getting people out of tent cities.
After a 2 hour setup and the HITH unit will be ready for a Cat. 5 hurricane. Made from aluminum, stainless steel and plastic,
ABSTRACT
An idea has the potential to change the world. The new budding ideas need to be nurtured and carried efficiently to create a world of our thinking and so is my dream.
“OMG ! I have created an ample amount of electrical energy to run my bulbs,
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