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Novel staircase design for space critical applications. This Spiral Staircase can be retracted when not in use. So we can save the space in the buildings for any other purpose. Large space which is normally required to construct a conventional staircase cannot be utilized for any other purpose. According to available data,
The eXOgon antenna is a broadband, circularly polarized, active, high frequency receiving antenna with switchable polarization sense. It has been known for decades that all ionospherically refracted radio signals are circularly polarized, but virtually nobody is taking advantage of this fact.
As a possible future scenario, one can imagine that you can charge your notebook everywhere without using a plug-in power supply, but instead inductive power transfer. Every mobile device can be charged, just by putting it on a desk. This is already implemented in the QI standard for small power ratings about 5 to 20 W.
This entry is all about solving a common problem of Indian households where it takes long hours to search for fuel for cooking. To help we have proposed a prototype of a cooker which can work via solar energy even at night. The complete process is simulated to check the result and validate before making the final prototype.
This solution is based on this theory that the swinging problems are only created due to flexible wire and if the wire is inflexible then there will be no chance of swinging problem.
This machine is based on gravity power and seesaw system. We can make it more simple.
As per sketch there will be two seesaw systems and both will be attached with a stand.This stand will work to hold the seesaw.
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