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PVC Rain Water Collector
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Jul 1, 2011
Rain water conservation method applicable to urban, suburban and rural residences. Water creates an environment for life to happen. Allowing for plants and trees to fruit making nourishment for other organisms. Water can make an environment more pleasing to be in. For example allowing the creation of gardens and grass lawns. The rain water collector I designed uses already existing industrial sized PVC pipes to create a low cost water reservoir.The method of collecting water is passive in this case. By channeling water to a PVC pipe of 3 foot diameter and 10 foot high, about 2,000 gallons of ...
Self Powered Electricity Generation System
This system is consists of a fly wheel and a pulley connected together by a belt. As the fly wheel stores energy, it will increase the torque of motor. The fly wheel is powered by an electric motor. The wheel drives the pulley that is connected to an electric generator. A part of the electricity generated will be transferred back to the motor (driving the wheel) and the remaining power can be used to operate any ...
EnableRx
EnableRx – Enabling technologies for next generation medical diagnostics
Our Mission: EnableRx is an organization dedicated to creating innovative, low-cost, modular, scalable and interoperable telemedicine solutions that can be implemented across the planet and in space applications. Our goal is to provide medical diagnostic and device solutions that take advantage of the internet, cloud computing and current and next generation blue-tooth technologies.
Strategic Summary: EnableRx will build and scale the applications appropriate to the market. In developing nations, our primary target includes pregnant women living in impoverished conditions and their caregivers including physicians, nurses and midwives. The most important markers ...
Fire Acoustic Detector and Smoke Alarm
Innovation: To my knowledge no previous devices using acoustics have been manufactured to detect fires in homes just prior to become a full blaze. This device is unique because it will detect the fire just as is starting between walls and no visible or smell of smoke is present to warn of developed danger. This device could give people the extra time to get out of their homes to avoid injury and to call the fire department before is too late to save their homes. The problem with existing smoke alarms is that they will sound the alarm once ...
Implementable Multi-Component Solution to Capture and Contain Oil and Gases Escaping from Fractured Vertical Pipes on Underwater Oil Drilling Platforms
The state of the art solution proposed herein involves the introduction of components made from 2 newly-described, patent-pending crystalline alloys, which compose a multi-sectional pre-fabricated alloy girder-pin frame, which surrounds the entire oil platform (from the vertical level of the platform, all the way down to the mud of the ocean floor). Surrounding this tall cylindrical girder-pin frame, a vertical outer sleeve barrier created by a pair of lap-folded, double-layered, oil impermeable, alloy-fiber and alloy-cable-reinforced cloth sheets, contain all gases and oil escaping within the base of the girder-frame. As the oil and gas rise within this cylindrical containment, ...
The Kaplan “OWL” (Omni-Directional Wide-Angle Lens) Rotating “Holodeck” Camera
This revolutionary, continuously spinning, 360 degree panoramic, holographic, remotely controlled zoom camera achieves its real time 360 degree omni-directional panoramic stereo color (or stereo color-infrared ) real time images via the use of a set of precisely-aligned “Synchronously-Rotating Linear Triplex Lenses” (Patents Pending) and a matched and aligned set of linear CCD sensors.
The conceptual design: (Fig 1) used 3 sets of equiangular rotating Linear Triplex lenses mounted on the outside of a 14” diameter, 2 piece, injection-molded, spin-balanced plastic cylindrical case that rotates (at 24 selectable speeds from 300 to 1500 rpm) congruently with the enclosed linear sensor ...
Close At Hand
There are over 2 million wheelchair users in the United States, the vast majority of whom use manual wheelchairs. While development of manual chairs in areas such as weight and comfort have continued, development for convenience and utility have languished.
Consideration for how an individual carries all of the things that able bodied people take for granted: cell phones, computers, cameras, keys, and wallets/purses, has been confined to 'accessory' products. Many wheelchair users choose to carry less or are forced to use awkward, or even dangerous, solutions such as backpacks to carry their items. Backpacks require strenuous and uncomfortable ...
Security and Tracking System for Cargo Containers
Cargo theft in the United States has reached gigantic proportions. Trailer and/or commodity theft by deception is not uncommon, and a disturbing number of those thefts (40% by some estimates) involve driver and warehouse personnel complicity.
This patented system consists of a communications terminal, located in the truck, which is preprogrammed at the trucking company to include driver name, ID, truck number, commodity and trucking company. Shipper preprograms trailer number and commodity, and any other relevant information pertaining to the shipment, and this information is relayed by shipper to consignee and will be verified automatically along with driver ID, ...
Standing Support System for Surgeons
Standing Support System: In the practice of surgery, dentistry and other clinical procedures which require long periods of standing while intently focused on the critical task at hand there is a well understood need to provide a means of reducing the strain associated with leaning, bending, holding one’s arms extended and even standing unsupported in one place for several hours at a time without periods of rest or the opportunity to change positions without impairment of access, reach or vantage.
The invention integrates dynamic arm rest supports with additional supports for various portions of the body. There are no ...
Speech and Touch Based Smart Home Infrastructure
Project description:
This project is a creative work focused on designing an intelligent living space for the physically challenged with advanced control over various entities around. In this project we present an integrated system that uses both Voice and Touch as a natural input to provide user-friendly access to information and entertainment devices, other electrical appliances installed in a real home environment.
The crux of the system is based on the localization technique implementation through ARM processor and voice recognizing IC-ISD5108/ISD2560/75/90/120 or we can use HM2007 with the help of which the system understands its local position and acts ...
SpaceBot Cowboys
Space Rover (sometimes referred to as a Spacebot Cowboy)
Recently while listening to news describing how space junk was threatening the Space Station I thought of how I used to use an R/C power boat to corral balls that had gone into the water while playing beach volleyball. I found a boat that was semi pontoon style with two hulls instead of one, like most boats. Once I had put the boat into the water and essentially driven it remotely to go to the ball, I could align the ball between the two hulls and push the ball into ...
The Type II
Concept
The Type II is a small leaning vehicle that combines the maneuverability of a motorcycle with the safety and stability of a car. It employs an innovative direct-link leaning mechanism that allows it to shift its center of gravity into a turn. This allows the vehicle to have a narrow track for efficiency in a straight away while maintaining stability by widening its track in turns without complicated servos or actuators.
Problem and Existing Technology
Urban populations are increasing and cities are running out of room to accommodate the increasing number of commuters. We must use the existing infrastructure more efficiently ...
Refrigerator Heat Exhaust
A means of ducting and venting the heat from the heat exchanger of a refrigerator to the outside so that the heat doesn't need to be removed a second time by the home air conditioning system, thus saving energy. The vent would be ducted out of the home by the duct systems currently in use for venting cloths dryers. A 'winter' diverter would also be installed to retain the heat in the home during the ...
Multiple Floating Drums Helping People Lost/Stuck
Every year thousands of fishermen/people die in sea because either they are lost or stuck in the middle of nowhere after hitting a sea storm.
The idea is to have multiple floating drums in sea, communicating with each other and helping lost/stuck people. The drums will have electronic circuits (transmitters and receivers) to send and receive wireless signals from other floating drum circuits. Each drum will have a waterproof keypad to type a message and send to the coast or nearby ships. Every drum will try to communicate with nearest drums in all directions (like a web) and will ...
REOSE Solar Panel House
The REOSE Solar Panel House is a home that is completely built with steel, structurally insulated solar panels (SSISP). The REOSE SSISP are unique because they are the only structural building material that collects, transfers, stores and converts solar photovoltaic and solar thermal energy flows into useful, and mindful work.
Traditional building designs reject the summer’s sun, spring rains and fall’s gusty winds with cool roofs, rainwater runoff plans and wind diverting schemes, and yet homeowners secretly yearn for those very same energy flows during different times of the year. What the REOSE solar panel House does is flip ...
InflataCorset
Sensory Processing Disorder [SPD] is a neurological condition wherein people have difficulties with taking in, processing, and responding to sensory information about the environment and from within the own bodies. This type of neurological misalignment is known to affect a large range of people from attention deficit disorder, learning disabilities, hypersensitivity, to those with hypo-sensitivities such as autism. SPD is a growing issue: Twenty-five years ago it was estimated that 5-10% of children were affected. Currently 12-30% children are diagnosed with SPD.
This project was an investigation into wearable technologies that might be used in therapeutic regimes for people ...
V-Rail Metro
Congested urban areas need mass transit the worst and are by far the most difficult to introduce mass transit to. This is do to existing development, high land cost, right-off-way issues, unpopularity of imminent domain, etc.
The elevating of trains and monorails for mass transit are nothing new, however there have been very few successful deployments in the last century. Most of the current light-rail and monorail systems rely on technology that is close to 100 years old; light-rails being nothing more than light(ish) trains, as the name implies, and mono rails are more or less cars on concrete ...
Design of an Integrated Dental Hygiene System
Until now, tooth brush and tooth paste have been seen as separate items. Also, using traditional tooth brushes, it proved difficult to apply the tooth paste or fluoride rinse solution directly into the deepest crevices & spaces of the teeth.
The proposed innovation combines tooth brush and tooth paste into one unit that is capable of better accomplishing the task of cleaning the teeth. This system is also much better for travelling, since only one item has to be packed instead of two or more.
To use the device, the preferred brand of tooth paste or fluoride rinse solution ...
RollerRatchet
The three most popular hand tools used by the human race are the hammer, screw driver and ratchet wrench. Sales for these tools increase annually due to their universal appeal and usefulness. Tool sales in 2010 were $15.5B in the US and $43B worldwide according to the Freedonia Report on Power and Hand Tools.
The ratchet is the ideal tool for torqueing or removing a fastener and saves a great deal of time and labor. Current ratchet technology relies on a system of gears to rotate in either direction and allows the tool to remain in contact with the ...
Intelligent, Secure, On-Demand Ride-Sharing System
The grand objective of this invention is to minimize traffic congestion problem everywhere and to deliver savings in time, fuel, productivity and mental well being of the society. With increasing population, convergence of demographic towards urban areas and increasing fuel costs, traffic congestion problem will exacerbate over time leading to greater economic losses to our society.
Various ride-sharing program have been pursued but none becomes widespread and popular due to lack of real-time and on-demand management of all the ride participants. This invention harnesses the ubiquity of various mobile computing devices to realize an intelligent and on-demand ride-sharing system ...
Tourni-Tie
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY – TOURNIQUET COUPING DEVICE
The Tourniquet Coupling Device was designed from the perspective of patient comfort, patient safety, ease of use, disposability and low cost. All of these objectives have been met – thus dramatically enhancing the use of disposable latex and latex-free tourniquets.
TECHNOLOGY: The device was designed to be a molded part using FDA approved material for noninvasive medical devices. The device is also ambidextrous, allowing equally efficient use by both right and left handed end users. Further, the device was designed with no moving parts and is of a size to allow for mass ...
SleeP - Bed for Insomnia Symptoms
In seated surface design for extended rest, emphasis on development of concepts like ergonomics and comfort has been increased but usually in a shallow way.
However it is not taken into account factors that could interrupt a sleep cycle (7-8 hours), and especially in people who are sensitive or suffer from insomnia, who are even more susceptible to environmental factors.
All the holding structure is useful side to side for the storage of user stuff as clothes, shoes, etc.
A remote control panel is provided in order to configure height of the cover surface, temperature, ambient sounds and cover ...
Tactile Touchscreen
Madison, Alabama United States of America
Jun 30, 2011
The goal of this device is to simulate textures by using electrical current to induce vibrations.
The most commonly used touchscreen technology is the capacitive touchscreen. The capacitive touchscreen works by use of a thin layer of a transparent conductive material (with a small current running through it) laid over an insulator such as glass. When an electrical conductor such as a finger touches the conductive material, it causes a distortion in the field produced by the current, and by several methods the device can locate where the distortion took place and therefor where the finger is touching on ...
CoPilot Driving Aid
The CoPilot is a simple device that detects and interprets the acceleration of a vehicle. The device is used to help train a driver to drive in a conservative manner. In efforts to reduce a vehicle's fuel consumption, one of the greatest factors is how a vehicle is driven. Fast acceleration greatly increases fuel consumption. But how do we know what is considered conservative driving?
How it works:
-Set up the CoPilot through your computer (USB access) and select the vehicle model and your type of driving. This calibrates the CoPilot to display acceptable driving behavior.
-Place the CoPilot on the dashboard ...
The Pungo Wine Preservation Device
It's probably safe to say that almost everyone who's ever bought a bottle of wine and failed to finish it upon opening has experienced its rapid degradation while trying to save it for another day.
The Pungo is a preservation and dispensing device that keeps wine from becoming tainted due to exposure to oxygen. The incredible longevity achieved in maintaining the freshness of partially consumed bottles when utilizing the Pungo has never before been achieved in the history of wine consumption.
The Pungo is unique in regards to all other preservation systems, in that the cork is never removed from the ...
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