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KleenRite is not only meant for older, disabled population or people on wheelchairs to use as a Portable Bath/Shower Stall, it is also very convenient and useful for normal and working people to use it as a temporary bathroom/changing room in construction’s and camping, etc.,
Basically it is designed for people who desire a low-cost,
THE CONCEPTION - While doing yard work I needed the rake and dust pan to be one handed instruments for fulfilling the job. I needed to lift a large pile of leaves in a captured status to deposit into the waste can, while still able to rake the remaining leaves into the next load.
We all know radiations are electromagnetic in nature. So the basic idea is to filter the electricity from the electromagnetic wave and store it in the form of electricity for future purposes.
It's Saturday morning and you need to get your yard into shape for that garden party tonight. Let’s see, you need to mow and edge the lawn, trim the bushes and pickup after the kids party yesterday. So you get up early, gas the Mower, mix the edger and trimmer gas and fill them, grab a few garbage bags.
Today the world is facing threat from global warming due to the harmful gases that are coming from the combustion of fossil fuels.The alternate or renewable resources are costly as there is need in the improvement of the technology.So my idea is to prevent the harmful gases from the engines entering the atmosphere.
The following work is an attempt to overcome the problems associated with an electric two wheeler. The setup consists of a 4 stroke gasoline powered 35cc single cylinder engine mechanically coupled with a brush less PMDC generator capable of producing 1KW at 3000 RPM, a motor controller and a 48V 250W motorized wheel commonly found in electric two wheelers.
The project is about increasing the efficiency of an automobile engine by using small and efficient techniques.
The project may not be any high profile technology, a new engine or something like that, but this small project can change human life to a large extent.
I have designed a space settlement entitled "Eros Outer Atmosphere Settlement." It consists of temporary and permanent residential bases built on the Near Earth Asteroid 433 Eros. The design also includes factories, storage areas, hospitals etc on the asteroid. The purpose for the space settlement is because of the changing climatic conditions on Earth, which are causing natural calamities.
Incandescent light bulbs are facing bans because they are a waste of energy and material due to extremely inferior efficiency and longevity.
The idea developed focuses on power production to help produce an efficient system that helps reduce operation costs and also is green at the same time. The ideas employs modules that follow a certain principle to help produce electricity from heat. The heat used is that produced at the exhaust of the jet-engine.
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