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Taper type internal combustion engine piston design:
Aim of this project is to increase the force applied to conrod as keeping the geometry limited.
The taper design which is given schematically in the enclosed sheet (TDC position shown) allows enlarged surface for exploided gases to press the piston which in turn provides higher force transmission in the same stroke.
Pneumatically powered bicycle project:
This bike is driven through oppressing air pistons via pedals. Hence there is no chain mechanism. The operator oppresses pedals thus cylinders supply pressurized air power to the rear wheel air motor.
Air is first driven through a cyclone air filter to the cylinder.
• Globally, 1 in 3 women experience some physical or sexual violence in their lifetime. 4 billion people globally lack access to a centralized emergency response system
• Though 90% of such crimes are not even reported, there is a high likelihood that we all know someone who has had this experience
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The assumption behind EYEYE system is that it is essential to understand information transfer in a networked system if the system is to develop an internal worldview, which is essential for creation of meaning.
Reaction wheels (RWs) are not only the standard solution for attitude control of conventional spacecraft such as telecommunication satellites, but they are also frequently used in smaller satellites with demanding attitude control requirements. Due to their simplicity and compactness, ball bearings are commonly utilized for mounting RWs, especially in smaller satellites. However, ball bearings have several disadvantages. For instance,
Open Indirect Ophthalmoscope is an Open Source, ultra-low cost, portable screening device for retinal diseases built using a Raspberry Pi.
OIO (OWL) is an idea conceived in the Fall 2015 MIT Media Lab Engineering Health Course. Development of the electronics, enclosure,
The VASMAG transport system uses the principle of electromagnetic repulsion, in which the rail is constructed with non-magnetic conductive materials, (aluminum or copper), so that large superconducting magnets can be used, naturally more power is required to energize them, but can allow a greater inter-iron with a simpler control than in the previous process,
My patent pending KwikCoil, is a “very unique” cable management device that when attached to any “existing” cable, cord, string, rope, tubing, hose or wire instantly brings it to order by transforming it into a self organizing, retractable non-tangling version of itself.
The complete KwikCoil is constructed from "one single contiguous piece" of space age alloyed wire.
The Closed Marine Energy Battery Technology or CMEBT is a technology which can provide the energy for humans for a period of more than a century from now. This technology produces no harmful end products.
Introducing radically new, highly aerodynamic, and integrated Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) geometries for the design of the next-generation, class 8 heavy vehicles. LLNL has a long history, since 1997, in developing and testing active and passive aerodynamic concepts for heavy vehicles (add-on devices) and more recently,
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