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I had made cockroach traps. Have been using for 2 years. The product worked great. Here is the details how to make it. You need 3 or more empty food containers from 99 cents store-target - walmart. Size 11 l x 7 w x 4 d.
(1) To be used for last mile connection, outdoor activities, shopping or sport.
(2) Light weight (under 15 lbs. including fuel cans), easy to be carry-on bus.
(3) Fordable for easy storage.
In our work, we developed a ferrofluid core differential transformer sensor, which can be used to measure tilt. The purpose of our research was to develop and test a new type of tilt sensor, which uses ferrofluid. We made it our goal that the sensor developed by us should outperform the previous ferrofluidic tilt sensors in resolution.
The headworn drone instant launching and landing platform has a unique remotely piloted drone sitting upon a launching / landing platform mounted on top of a wearers head. And similarly, a second unique drone is mounted on an instant launch backpack. If one drone is lost there’s another.
Though we have many other biometric solutions, fingerprint identification system is widely used for many reasons. Compared to other biometric techniques, the advantages of fingerprint-based identification are as detailed below:
Uniqueness of the fingerprint - the minutiae details of individual ridges and furrows are permanent and unchanging.
The fingerprint is easily captured using low cost fingerprint scanner.
Field of the invention:
This invention is related to automatic turn signal ON/OFF based on the steering angle of the vehicle, center of gravity of the vehicle and side stand position.
Background:
Turn signal switch ON/OFF based on driver/rider input
Brief summary of the invention:
It has 4 electrochemical sensors to measure Ozone,
The Pulsed DC magnetic engine is circular in design with fixed magnets on the outside of the centre wheel that runs on a bearing. There is an outside housing that holds the pulsed DC magnets one to oppose every fixed magnet,
In the past decade, robotic systems have been used with increased popularity for explosive ordnance (EOD) missions. Advances in robotic technology have made it possible for robots to perform functions previously only possible by human workers wearing a blast suit. The primary advantage of using robotic systems for explosive ordinance disposal/diffusion is reduced risk to humans.
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