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Car Collision Energy Neutralizer
Car Collision Energy Neutralizer
High speed is the biggest factor in deciding the impact extent of a car collision. High speed results in high kinetic energy which in turn results in greater collisions.
The idea here is to have some potential energy stored in the car (always) which will cancel some amount of the kinetic energy at the time of collision.
The car chassis is divided into two portions -
Upper portion - Comprising the seats which can slide over the lower portion.
Lower portion - The main base to which the car wheels and the steering + dashboard are attached (It has more ...
Landin Engine
THE LANDIN ENGINE
Invented by Peter Landin. It has only three moving parts, and may be the engine of the future. The moving parts: a rotor (in blue), an orbital swivel valve (in red), and a stationary swivel valve (in yellow), form a variable combustion chamber. As this chamber increases its capacity, it generates a vacuum and suctions a mass of air through the intake check valve. Direct injected fuel mixes with this air mass to form a combustible atmosphere. When ignited, the combustion closes the intake check valve instantaneously and forces the orbital swivel valve and rotor to ...
InvisiTower
InvisiTower is a persistent, rapidly deployable aerial platform for surveillance and communications. It consists of a small unmanned aerial vehicle that is connected by a tether to a power source on the ground. The platform can remain aloft and stationary indefinitely, carrying a payload of cameras, sensors, or communication repeaters. Thus, it becomes an instantly deployable “tower” to use for communications, intelligence, surveillance, or reconnaissance.
InvisiTower is a transportable, self-deploying, fully recoverable device that can be carried in a vehicle trunk. It can be launched with the push of a button. Power is delivered over a fiber optic cable ...
Smart Valve Box and Cover
Valve boxes and covers, as currently used, are a cost center and allow for security and safety vulnerabilities. The purposes of the invention are to increase highway safety and to extend the useful life of a pavement by eliminating pavement settlement and the development of potholes at the site of the valve cover (due to the flexing of the pavement/earth and the current rigid design).
As of right now, a terrorist can ignite a gas line through an unsecured cover near a crowded area, which happens in other countries.
In the case of other emergencies, such as a natural disaster ...
UVA+B Sunfriend
The Challenge
About 90% of nonmelanoma and 65% melanoma skin cancers are associated with ultraviolet (UV) radiation from the sun. About 700,000 new cases are diagnosed each year, and the numbers are rising despite the increased use of sunscreen. However, the good properties of vitamin D, from sun exposure need to be maintained. We propose that the UVA+B SunFriend© featuring NASA UV sensor technology will provide health conscious individuals with an effective and inexpensive UVA and UVB monitoring aid to receiving healthier sun exposure.
Existing Technology
Current products and technology are based on estimated time exposures. None of them ...
Oscillatory Combustion Setup in Oil Fired Furnace
Bagh Amberpet,Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh India
Jun 12, 2011
In the recent times, the furnace industries are facing a major challenge in continuously reducing environmental emissions while improving the overall performance of the combustion process. A crucible furnace is no longer an exception to this rule. Due to the large scarcity and other technological reasons most of the furnaces are oil fired furnaces in the developing nations. The challenges encountered for the thermal industries are various. Heating the stock may be the crucial factor in the production line, stronger environmental targets and additional energy savings may be needed. In this process researchers have started emphasizing on two particular areas ...
TO:CMA Spherical Generator
laredo, TX United States
Jun 28, 2011
A team of Cornell engineers developed a patented technology, the TO:CMA Spherical Generator, that creates copious amounts of clean electricity out of ocean waves at costs below all major existing renewable energy sources. The design was elaborated to defy the global rise in energy demand, which is projected to grow by 49% over the next 30 years and the depletion of current resources that are used for energy.
This device surpasses in potential and efficiency existing renewable energy technology, and is more economical. The innovative geometrical arrangement of the magnets within the technology generates more power and greater efficiency at ...
CubeSpawn, an Open Source FMS
CubeSpawn is a straight-forward idea:
Frames, made from popular and widely available aluminum extrusion, are used to house machines that perform one step of a manufacturing process. The machines design specifications are provided as "open source" to the community of machine builders.
The frames are based on 300mm increments, so the designs are scale-able from small cells (300mm - pick and place) to medium (1.2m light milling machine or router) to large (4.8 meter - assembly robot)
Each cube is an Ethernet device so they can be linked together to form both the physical steps in a process, and ...
Stair Climbing Wheelchair
One of the dreams of handicapped people is to regain their mobility. It is sad that for many of them this is an elusive dream.
For many years wheelchairs have helped disabled people to some extent. According to the Wheelchair Foundation, “It is estimated that at least 100 million children, teens and adults worldwide need a wheelchair.” Reports say that 1% of the population of North America is in need of wheelchairs. In several developing countries like Afghanistan this percentage rises to 10% of only the male population.
Unfortunately one of the problems with regular wheelchairs is that they ...
Instant Mount Bicycle Brake Light
LucidBrake(TM) is a snap to use. Just attach to your bike and ride! Unlike the few struggling attempts at reasonable brake lights for bicycles on the market so far, there's no messy wiring, and no complicated attachment to your bicycle's mechanical brake system in any way.
The National Safety Council reports that the total cost of bicycle accidents is over billion per year, involving thousands of injuries and deaths. LucidBrake(TM) is an innovative, extremely easy to install and use bicycle brake light and awareness beacon that can help prevent many of these accidents, especially as more and more bicyclists ride ...
Highway Police Service Vehicle - Calantha Fair
Brno, Margraviate of Moravia Czech Republic
May 18, 2011
The aim of this project is to design a highway police service vehicle with regard to the equipment suitable for the duty performance of the highway police of the Czech Republic.
This special, fast vehicle for highway surveillance isn’t marked with the symbols of the Czech Republic Police; on the contrary, it is designed in civil colors. These vehicles participate in capturing dangerous drivers, who put other drivers and traffic in general in danger. They also help to transport donated organs to the hospitals etc.
This car is called Calantha Fair. It contains several useful functions which can make the highway police’s job easier.
Around the whole ...
Tsunami Survival Capsule
Innovation
The Tsunami Survival Capsule is designed to save lives during a Tsunami event. It is designed and stressed using Aerospace Engineering methods of analysis for load cases such as initial Tsunami impact, large debris impact, sharp object penetration and many more. The capsule resides on a stand beside the residence covered by a shroud colored to suit the environment. A bright color is used to aid recovery. The function of the capsule is to ride the Tsunami, rather than run from it.
Manufacturability
The capsule is highly manufacturable. It can be fabricated from 80% recycled materials, such as ...
Bicycle Crank System with Dead Spot Elimination
This system is designed to eliminate the dead spot and enable the user to gain increased stroke power, thus also increasing the speed of the bicycle.
It is compose of a pair of crank arms of an obtuse configuration; each crank presents an orifice, located at the middle part of the crank’s vertex, that when connecting to the spindle allows them to integrate from left to right. These orifices' function is to work as attachment and leaning point for the crank arms. Each crank arm opposite to the pedal receptor presents another orifice that will integrate through another element ...
BioClean Dishwasher
New dishwasher uses enzymes and bacteria to save water and energy while reducing environmental impact.
• Uses 10% of the water, 15% of the energy of a "green" dishwasher!
• Uses NO soap or other environmentally harmful substances!
During a time when energy and water shortages plague mankind, why are modern dishwashers so wasteful? Even the most modern, "green" dishwasher will use between 12 and 16 liters (3-4.25 gallons) of water per usage, and 1-2 KWh of energy. Or, the alternative is washing dishes by hand which uses much more water, more energy (From heating that water), and much ...
Continuous Structural Frame Reinforcing
Structural Steel Strap-Nets & Extensions continuous frame reinforcing prevents and reduces structural failures in various force impacts and collisions.
Improves buildings, structures, vehicles, and containers survivabilities in tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods, and collisions. This also reduces injuries and loss of life and personal property. Improves natural/environmental disaster preparation and response on the community levels.
Structural Steel Strap-Nets & Extensions replace round-bodied steel tension cables, non-continuous frame reinforcing, and the installation hardships of former continuous frame reinforcing methods, and supports modern energy efficiency and architectural protection designing methods.
Continuous frame reinforcing is applicable to any type, shaped, sized, material, structural frame assemblage. ...
ION Windows
You're driving down a road at night, your head lights are really dull, and you can't see. Now I am proposing an idea that will revolutionize the technique of driving at night. I am currently taking this weather class at school and I got the best idea. Since weather personnel use infrared satellite images to see clouds at night on earth, why can't we have IR windows. If we had IR windows we could see so much further down the road and on the sides of the road. For example if something is moving in the forest and is ...
αScreen Fast and Cheap Bacteria Detection
Every year food-borne bacteria cause thousands infections in humans and animals. Outbreaks of E.Coli and Salmonella commonly occur in meat, vegetables and processed food products. The most recent and the deadliest recorded E.Coli outbreak caused 39 deaths and over 3500 reported cases of poisoning in May and June 2011 in Germany. An effective method for disease detection and prevention is still missing, mostly due to long incubation times and a high operation cost associated with conventional methods. The most widely used method for bacteria detection, the standard plate count, takes from 24 to 48 hours, due to the time ...
Mass Fatality Disaster Relief
Our Sterilization Roundhouse is a unique, first of its kind, design that would efficiently and inexpensively process decedents in a disaster situation, stalling further decomposition, thereby preserving tattoos, fingerprints, and identifying characteristics of each person.
Irradiation Sterilization safely, efficiently and cost effectively adds weeks to the time available to identify remains before they are too deteriorated. Thus, the Sterilization Roundhouse grants disaster workers additional time to find, research, and identify the dead.
Lastly, this preservation helps families achieve closure with a funeral.
Our design concept would also safely sterilize medical supplies and equipment using safe, affordable irradiation.
Disaster Problems ...
Projection Laptop With Detachable Touch Screen
Laptops generally have screens that range from 12 to 17 inches in size. By theory, the only way to increase the screen size of any laptop is to attach it to a bigger monitor or affix a projector to the laptop. The problem with those options is that they require extra cables, more accessories, and occupy unnecessary space. A projection laptop would solve all these issues by combining current technology available in the market place. By having a projector built into the back of the screen on a laptop the screen size now varies on the distance from the ...
Magneto-Spheres
Villa de la Paz, San Luis Potosi Mexico
Jun 30, 2011
Since its early days, the invention of the car changed the way human life was conceived. Distances were shortened, traveling was more comfortable and year after year technological development went further on in order to improve them. Engines, fuel, pieces and accessories are part of the infinite list of car components that evolve year after year making easier day to day transportation.
Among parts and accessories we find tires, those rubber toroids that allow transforming the engine’s power into movement. More than 100 years after the invention of cars, we cannot imagine a car without tires but…How much have they evolved ...
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