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Automatic amplitude adjustment
The automatic amplitude regulator is designed due to the constant innovations in telecommunications. Currently an information carrier signal is transmitted with a constant amplitude which ensures that between the sender and receiver there is a good interaction,
A system of, and method for stereoscopic patent imagery filing submission, archiving, searching, and viewing for the U.S.Patent Office, is hereby described, whereby, some of each patent's imagery (drawings, figures, pictures, wireframes, X-rays, MRI's, CAT scans,, movies, graphic image layers, simulations, and other visual data) contain stereoscopic imagery which can be vewed three dimensionally (in 3-D).
We all would have heard of Elon Musk’s proposed Hyperloop system and the competition to design certain aspecs of the Pod, and of particular interest was how to provide a braking system. How do you brake or stop a Pod that is traveling through a vacuum tube at up to 760 mph (1,223 km/h),
MyROBObike
Introducing the concept two-wheeled vehicle called myROBObike. It’s a robust electric motorbike that balances and drives by itself. A typical modern day electric bike utilizes gyroscopes latest technology for self-balancing but with a novel feature of having the ability to transform into robot, the size of a travelling suitcase.
For a gasoline engine, part load throttling losses account for the majority of the fuel efficiency difference between it and a diesel engine. This device can recover up to half of that loss resulting in a 10%-15% improvement in vehicle fuel economy. Many design features of today's engines such as downsizing, downspeeding, variable valve timing,
The shipping industry’s carbon dioxide emissions are not covered by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol or not included in the commitments of the climate target of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference; despite being identified in several Studies to have grown by 75% in the last 15 years,
The sun is shining and John would like to have a ride. Unfortunately, he cannot do so because the battery of his vehicle is used to store power from photovoltaic panels on his house roof. Sue, his wife, is cooking.
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