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The proposed concept is a jet engine harnessing the advantages and amplifying characteristic of two or more linear combustions taking place inside the engine all together at the same time. The engine is composed of a combustor as usual,
My idea is for a tethered electric powered UAV with coaxial rotors that could be made in various sizes and powered by the ground through the tether so it stay up for days at a time.
THE PROBLEM:
Physical therapy has an important role in public health. Millions of US dollars are spent every year for physical therapy to help people recover from injuries, help the elderly in chronical pain and help correct muscle growth and posture for children. Medical devices for electrotherapy, are high cost, complex and need a lot of education to use.
Summary
Since the environmental movement took hold of automobiles, designs have been refining to ever more lightweight, gas reducing models with some even providing new forms of fuel. The world has been introduced to electric automobiles as well as solar powered and hybrid fuel cell models. This designs proposes to use, drinking alcohol, and ethanol,
The Solar Dome is the ideal in Regenerative Architecture as its an atmospheric generator with an otherwise useless interior, its interior however can be used as any other dome would be - and it's scalable.
Designed to work in arid regions, the solar dome combines updraft, vortex, and downdraft dynamics to create, capture and convert hot air into electricity.
This Rotary Engine consists of a cylindrical combustion chamber which contains 2 cross partitions in the form of X dividing the cylindrical chamber in 4 compartments. Extension of one partition serves as an output shaft and the other partition oscillates relative to the former while both rotating together.
Summary
The formation of coal occurs over a long period of time after the debris on the bottom of temperate forests, and other forests that get a good amount of rainfall and level of organic debris.
There are few questions when you plan to go for a long drive.
1.What will you do when your tire gets punctured in a lonely road , dark night and heavy rain?
2. Do you know where to position the jack under the vehicle, and how much time and effort you need to lift the vehicle?
The objective of this test rig is to determine dynamic characteristic of automotive shock absorber system.
A car suspension system is designed to absorb and dampen the forces experienced by the wheels of an automobile. To design suspension system the maximum displacement and acceleration needs to be identified.
Summary
Times are ever changing and consumers are getting bored with their current electronics. Companies are constantly having to evolve their products to satisfy consumer demand. Eventually, times will evolve so that consumers are able to experience the holographic projector TV that has 3D capabilities.
Explanation
The holographic projector TV was made with a base that projects light upward,
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