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I’ve designed WiWater. WiWater is a battery-free wireless system of localized measuring of water consumption. So, this is a system capable of measuring how much water we consume while we are taking a shower, brushing our teeth, watering the garden, washing our clothes or the dishes, etc.
HASCAMRA
In this undertaking we intend to develop an automated mobile robotic arm, for medium duty work (for a payload of 50-100 kg ).
1. Even though many robotic arms ( completely actuated through hydraulics ), they have either been built for very heavy duty works ( Diggers,
Lifeguard Shell consists of a hollow sphere, airtight door, porthole, air vent, portable toilet, seat, bladder (water tank), GPS, light, etc. The hollow sphere is made up of aluminium. So that it can float on the water. Watertight door is fixed on the hollow sphere.
In rural India bad roads are a very common sight. Due to these bad road conditions poor farmers lose their little money to maintain these tyres which wear out faster and have frequent punctures.
The problem that we want to solve is to avoid the fulfillment of thefts in private homes using an active anti-theft system. The idea is that of a system which, by continually monitoring the internal domestic environment,
The present scenario of electrical power generation is towards wind and solar power to reduce the global warming which has adverse effects on environment, health, loss of property and lives. Even though there is a lot of wind potential all over the world,
Products idea:
1. Bluetooth Acoustic guitar Pickup and Receiver Module
The concept is that a Acoustic guitar player does not need to physically connect the guitar pickup chord to Guitar Amplifier or to a simple bluetooth speakers.
System [with appropriate Sensors] Locating and Tracking Solar [Source] Radiation Displaced in Hemisphere of a Location*.
The original primary function was to orientate a Solar Collector to face the Sun,
I propose constructing a humanoid robot originally to allow doctors outside the combat zone to operate on injured personal as soon as possible. Being a binocular, full sized telepresence robot with haptics feedback would allow the surgeons to utilize it with minimal training.
REGENERATIVE PADDLE-WHEEL BOAT
The electric or hybrid regenerative paddle-wheel boat or RPB, is an economic and ecological solution for the people locomotion, fishing, and merchandise transport on rivers, which will have none (if electric) or reduced (if hybrid) fuel consumption and CO2 emissions,
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