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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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
PD Bot - Affordable Police Robot
Police support robots are critical life saving tools for officers in the field. Unfortunately, the high cost of such devices prevents many security forces from obtaining them. In addition, police officers typically don’t have the expertise to repair broken robots, and the turn-around time for repairs at the manufacturer can take months. We are developing a low cost but highly capable security robot that not only includes a local support system, but also encourages high school students to participate in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) while helping their local community.
Like more expensive robots, the Police Department robot (PD ...
Gravitational Wave Transmission System (Concept)
Las Vegas, Nevada United States of America
Jun 30, 2011
The system illustrated in the accompanying diagram is intended for use as means of transmitting gravitational “waves” (field disturbances) through planets and their natural satellites. The advantage of this relative to current data transmission methods is the reduction of interference and maintenance of signal quality within the transmittable range.
The most significant differences between this and other transmission methods are that signals can be transmitted directly through dense masses and intercontinentally with minimal time delay (rather than about the arc comprising the atmosphere and upper layer of crust), as perturbations are effective at the speed of light. Though electromagnetic ...
Standing Wave Motion Detector
This is a sonic device that creates a standing wave field in any type of semi reflective space. It can be instrumented to turn into an intrusion detection system. Working prototypes have been built.
When a tone is played in a room, it fills up with standing waves. If a person, sitting in the room, moves their head or a sound meter around. They hear or measure variations in the sound level in the standing wave pattern. If someone else moves in the standing wave field, the pattern of the field changes and the stationary listener or sound meter will ...
Emergency Early Warning and Information System
This is a system for using the ubiquitous televison receiver, presently those models equipped with a remote control, as an emergency early warning and information supply device. When Authorities (1) (either local, national, or international), notify any or all TV station(s)(2), the operator enters a pre-determined code from a chart for the area affected by the emergency and follows with a voice announcement. The signal is transmitted (3, 4), received (5) and decoded (6) by only those TVs preset to receive the transmitted code. The decoder (6) contains an externally controlled code setting switch and is battery powered in ...
Active Magazine Safety for Firearms
Active firearm safeties have not became a reality because of a limitation in technology. The ability to transmit signals a short distance can be done with IR, RF, sonic and visible light even in a very small size. So an authentication key, ring, badge, holster or other device could be used to release or activate a safety in a firearm. The issues are expense, maintenance, and failure recovery.
This design is an active magazine safety. By incorporating the battery, electronics and a ammunition retaining device into the magazine, there is no need to modify an existing firearm. The electronics ...
Defensive Shield Against IEDs & Land Mines
The device functions on the principles of quantum physics and wave destructive interference. It creates a counter shock wave through the use of sensors, reactive armor, and composite armor. We know from physics that a vector is a force with a magnitude and direction.
When a mine or IED explodes beneath the vehicle, laser sensors detect and quantify the shockwave and set off the energetic blocks which produce a counter shockwave and mass flux projected downwards degrading the in-coming wave and particles. The device will not allow the vehicle to be thrown in the air which can be fatal ...
Pod of Life: Natural Disaster Shelter
Original Concept by Dr. Kuang Y. Wu
Art and Design by Kimberly Tsai
After the wake of the tsunami and hurricane natural disasters, my uncle Kuang Wu presented to me an idea to help save lives in such situations. His idea was using a perfect sphere to protect people from danger and help save lives. After several designs and concepts, I thought of using seeds as an additional inspiration for the design. Seeds have a hard shell and have been known to survive all kinds of environments, and can still germinate and therefore survive even after thousands of years of dormancy. ...
SunMod
SunMod Villages consist of 900-1300 S.F. turnkey, LEED standard, multi-use, self-sustainable, energy and satellite based telecommunications (and ISP) equipped, modular, portable community, residential, commercial and industrial buildings with hydrogen cell backup and local grid. SunMods are self-contained with all power, electrical connections, telecommunications, digital and plumbing installed and sealed at the factory. Similarly residential units include built-ins to ensure code compliance.
The multi-use community center is equipped with the latest in computing and communication technologies to provide distance education, economic development (jobs and training) and business development and agricultural support, local medical care. Powered by integrated renewable energy systems, ...
iCFS for Roadside Bomb and Terrorist Activity Detection
Real-live problems
Every day, roadside bombs happen everywhere around the world: Thailand, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, etc. Last Memorial Day weekend (June 30, 2011), America lost nine heroes to an improvised explosive (IED) devices in Afghanistan. IEDs are homemade bombs made from anything that contains explosives and are designed to explode when detonated. June 27, 2011 – Two separate roadside bomb blasts killed seven Afghan civilians in eastern Afghanistan. June 24, 2011 - PATTANI, Thailand — Three hidden roadside bombs killed two people and wounded 13 others in southern Thailand, and police believe Islamist militants were responsible. June 21, 2011 – ...
Safety Zone
Use a thermal imaging camera and software to detect when your hand is too close to a saw blade and shut down the saw. This could work for any dangerous tool or equipment. Setup would be simple: plug the equipment into a control box, mount the camera pointed at the blade area, then use the software program to mark an exclusion zone. When the camera and software detect the temperature of a hand in the Safety Zone it shuts off. While your hand is still a safe distance from the blade! The software could be as simple as looking ...
Smart Surveillance Cameras
These cams communicate among themselves!
If a motion is detected by a cam, it alerts all the other cams about it. If the intruder takes a diversion, the cam which is filming him alerts the other cam which is located in the direction taken by the intruder and gets back to its normal mode. Thus, at any point of time, the intruder is continuously tracked by one cam or the other. These cams communicate by sending a trigger signal to the appropriate cam. A monitor displays the movements of a suspected person.
Another special feature of these smart cams ...
Spherical Survival Container Kit
Innovation:
The Inflatable Spherical Survival Container is specifically engineered for a wide range of life saving applications. The use of this invention is to protect the occupants from drowning, exposure to the elements, and being injured from flying and floating debris. It is stored in a semi-portable container that is equipped with pressurized Compressed Air Tanks that inflate it in an emergency. The outside has reflective material that also glows in the dark and it is Safety orange to assist in the rescue.
Manufacturability:
The material and fabrication used to manufacture it has already been proven in the marketplace. ...
Electric Shock Prevention Device
Device for preventing injury or death by electric shock
This design is for preventing the chances of getting electric shock to an electrician or operator performing troubleshooting or maintenance work in a office or industry. The device is basically based on principle of communication over power line. The complete system consists of two units: a fixed receiver and a transmitter in the form of a wrist band.
For the operation a receiver is installed at the main control room of electric power supply in a house, office or industry. This receiver is in a mode of receiving a particular ...
Secure Power Supply
All corporations, and individuals, suffer from an every-increasing onslaught of security threats. Especially in the government and in large corporations, there is always the risk of somebody sitting on your chair over the weekend or at 3 AM, booting your machine with a DVD and installing or stealing high-risk, or illegal information. There is nothing you can do. However, a simple device that does not exist today can advance your sense of security a long way: install a a key on your power supply. Anything else is by-passable by software tricks of some kind, but if there is no ...
Shock Absorbing Side Rail
The proposed design will prevent and reduce injuries and destruction in road accidents in specific locations and settings. It will also help in improving public safety and security in road accidents. It may also lead to other product development if ICT and advanced materials are incorporated.
The generally erected road rails are not responsive to the depth of impact from accidents and as they are static total force exerted on any such rail increases the probability of failure of the rail in relation to the weight and speed of the vehicle. As such the total force if crosses the ...
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