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contest/2018
2018
Present invention is generally directed to propulsion and power production from a Buckyball type sphere shape (Buckyball sphere) structure extruded from the spheres center point out into an array of hexagon and pentagon edges. Triangle panels are provided with the shortest length panel edge forming the surface edges of the hexagons and pentagons Buckyball sphere,
I want to reduce airplane loss of control accidents. Some of these accidents happen because the flyer's imagination does not match reality. Since the air is invisible, our imaginations could be wrong or confused.
I have seen air made visible by very sparse, oversize and buoyant snowflakes. In a near lifetime of flying I have seen this only once.
The Fiber Optic Augmented Reality System (FOARS) enhances the user-friendliness of NASA’s award-winning Fiber Optic Sensing System (FOSS) by vividly displaying the strain experienced by the object being monitored. FOARS is a mobile data visualization application that receives FOSS data via wifi and then creates a three-dimensional (3D) augmented version,
Hydrogen Electric Agricultural Utility Vehicle with Active Suspension
Design of a safer, renewable energy utility vehicle for the rural sector.
Note: this design targets the social, economic and environmental aspects of sustainability.
What problem does your design idea solve?
In New Zealand, agriculture is second only to forestry in the number of workplace fatalities each year,
For hearing loss individuals, who want to reduce frustration while communicating, Echo Technology provides real-time text to speech on display integrated into your view. That offers inclusion, increases effective communication, and makes spontaneous conversations easier.
This product is an augmented reality device that provides cutting-edge technologies that will virtually change the way we communicate.
Researchers have developed an integrated communications and control system for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) that utilizes automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) technology. The system addresses safety concerns relating to UAS sharing airspace with traditional manned aircraft. This state-of-the-art system is capable of real-time situational awareness (e.g., air traffic, weather), updates in three-dimensional trajectories,
Problem: The loss of a limb severely affects one’s independence, by limiting the performance of activities of daily living. Although artificial limbs have been developed to accommodate those with limb loss, current hand prostheses are rarely used. 
1) Challenge of change
Wireless sensors are the troops of the IOT, the on-the-ground pieces of hardware doing the critical task of monitoring processes, taking measurements and collecting data.
Today, battery-powered wireless devices are very popular. However, there are challenges:
• Many fields of research focus on achieving better miniaturization of sensors and electronics. However,
My Solar Tracking Window Unit is a solar tracking system that hangs out of a window and tracks the sun using a method of triagularzation. It consist of three sensors: one on the right, one one the left, and one in the top center of the solar panel, Two servos are use to rotating the solar panel.
Current steel can ammunition containers provide almost no thermal insulation in case of fire, acting as baking tins, resulting in the ammunition cooking off, which can end up with numerous casualties and an aborted mission. The current metal cases provide almost no ballistic protection and can be come bent pining the ammunition in so it is unusable.
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