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My oscillating engine (US patent no. 8,347,8470) features an extremely robust and compact structure as the only free space inside its body is a combustion chamber. The engine of this type with only three moving parts produces two power strokes per shaft revolution,
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Currently we are so dedicated to work, we have little or no time to spend with our baby girls or baby boys, we're also leading a sedentary life with harmful health effects, and when we got used to do exercise, we have to do it outside of the home.
A method based on chemical engineering science has been developed to an extent to aid providers and patients to monitor and control disease using Smart Phones. This proprietary method has been developed by myself and tested. It works very well in a select application developed so far.
Approximately 55% of the fuel used in the USA is consumed at highway speeds. 75% of this fuel is used to overcome air drag forces on the vehicle. Of the 75%, 20-40% of the aerodynamic drag force acts on the radiator area of the vehicle.
A critical step in the purification process is the removal of excess solvent to provide a pure product for chemical analysis and subsequent use. The rotary evaporator is a basic tool for removing excess solvent.
The AutoEvap is a new tool that extends the use of a standard rotary evaporator.
The economic status of developing countries like India is broadly determined by agriculture yield, and for the sustainable development of agriculture productivity as well to reduce the unnecessary consumption of water for irrigation, as the water resources depleting is a dangerous threat. Hence there is a need for a smart and efficient irrigation process.
Efficient energy extraction from tides, estuaries, rivers, and other shallow water movement has not yet been feasible. Also, a system for this application should be fish friendly. The machine planned uses a 4 blade horizontal turbine impeller which has the flow entering from the side at any radial direction,
We are three undergraduate students at the School of Mechanics of Universidad Tecnológica Nacional located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
In our opinion, computer data acquisition is a basic tool that we need to be used to use. That’s why we have decided to start by the digitalization of our old tensile test machine. To be able to do that,
Hearing news about drownings at the Caspian Sea (north of Iran), we thought of finding a solution of saving human lives at sea. For solving the problem, as the first step, we developed a surface rescue robot at RTS Lab. After manufacturing and testing it successfully,
The USA currently imports approximately four million boxes of green bananas per week from the growing areas in Central and South America. These bananas require specialized ripening rooms to convert them from the green, hard starchy fruit to the sweet tasting yellow fruit.
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