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Traffic Management
Now-a-days, one more fear has been added to everyone's life and that's heavy traffic while say going to office or going back to home. Everyday everyone suffer a lot due to this. There's delay in going office as well as going back home. Everyone is in hurry to reach the destination as early as possible.
The featured design is a new engine kinematics. The mechanism that transforms the reciprocal movement of the pistons into rotation of the output shaft is a cam one.
The main components of the cam mechanism is a tubular 3D cam with a groove engraved onto interior cylindrical surface of the cam.
The Radially Asymmetric Dual Arc (RADA) Profile is a novel geometric configuration for the Elastomer of a Torsional Vibration Damper (TVD) that enhances the TVD’s fatigue-life while simultaneously improving the axial and radial run-outs between the two metallic components utilized therein. The RADA is a subtle geometric change,
A spacial expander created for excessive midrange tones at high volumes coming from amplified speakers in the 10" to 12" diameter. Speakers who's harsh tones emit a deafening directional sound can now be tamed easily without alteration of the actual speaker's tone.
This project presents the development of an assessment module movement patterns used by unmanned surface vehicles – USVs, to provide support for naval operations. Also, it presents a methodology that integrates an Operational Situation (OPSIT) in order to evaluate different patterns and sensors used by these kind of vehicles to achieve an Anti-Submarine (ASW) mission.
This OPSIT,
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has developed a robot-assisted microsurgery (RAMS) system to allow surgeons to do the impossible and perform surgical procedures beyond the capability of human hand dexterity. A surgeon operating a RAMS system can feel soft tissues with greater sensitivity and can manipulate surgical tools with greater exaggeration and precision.
ABSTRACT:
In present scenario we have more challenges with global warming due to pollution from engines being used in industries, automobiles etc. Also the scarcity of fossil fuels has made engineers to focus on alternate. This invention follows the same path in replacing conventional fossil fuel engines.
The invention relates to “Magnetic Engine”
The radiation from the Sun is the primary source of energy to Planet Earth for its various forms of life and their activities. When the energy flux from the Sun passes through the atmosphere a substantial part of it is absorbed by its greenhouse gases, of which the major ones are: water vapor (H2O), carbon dioxide (CO2),
There are some needs of better transport routes for Eastern Europe. For the moment on the roads of Eastern Europe there is the strict limitation of speed on the level of maximum 130 km/h. This rule was set because of the old style roads that were built by the former USSR.
NASAs Kennedy Space Center has developed a novel method for the in situ removal of PCBs found in sediment systems. The technology consists of a redeployable polymer blanket that attracts and absorbs PCBs. Seeking to avoid the pitfalls of current methods for handling PCB-contaminated sediments, NASA researchers developed a two-step approach for removing and treating the PCBs.
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