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Propane (LPG) tanks engulfed in a fire can explode in a most violent and devastating manner, called a BLEVE (Boiling Liquid Expanding Vapour Explosion). There have been a number of tragic BLEVE's over the years, causing much human suffering and property destruction.
The biggest dread for any firefighter, and other emergency-services personnel,
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Nowadays, due to the impact of the inventions and innovations, various methods are adopted for the controlling of home appliances. Particularly, they are designed for the elderly people and also for the ill. In some cases many advanced systems are constructed for the physically disabled people.
The basic motivation of this innovation is to use hydrogen as the fuel of the engine without using a very expensive and bulky hold-up tank for liquidized hydrogen storage.
A water tank will be used as the origin of the hydrogen.
Drone Camouflage using live camera feed of one side (top) played on a flexible LCD panel on the other side (bottom) of the UAV creating an illusion of invisibility for the eyes on the ground.
Being invisible to the naked eye in the combat zone is always advantageous and also gives an edge over the enemy,
Side mirrors are extremely common and mounted on any car, whether it is new or old. They are not among the optional features of a vehicle, mostly because their importance is vital for the driver’s safety. Their main purpose is to reflect the back of the car. Although it is more important to be attentive in front of you,
The proposed system is a number of buoys placed along the coast lines of USA to harvest the energy in water waves reaching the USA coast every day.
The suggested solution consist of several buoys, released next to each other in the ocean. Each buoy has a center located, vertical pipe, open in each end.
Transportation is one of the basic needs of human life. Most of our transportation is dependent on automobiles powered by fossil fuels. But the fossil fuels are being depleted and emissions from automobiles are causing environmental issues like greenhouse effect, ozone layer depletion, acid rain and pollution.
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