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2011
Consumer Products

Super Energy Saving LED Light

Consists of LED array and driver circuit that uses novel idea to lower power usage over standard LED lamps, simplifies manufacturing, can be applied to medical theraphy LED lamps in all its light spectrum, can be applied to several lighting products, simplified driver circuitry eliminating complex electronic drivers with simpler more cost effective design.

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Hector Perez
Mayaguez, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4532
Consumer Products
Jun 28, 2011

Super Precise Weed Trimmer

Weed trimmers cause more heartburn than any other garden tool. Depending upon centrifugal force (CF) to extend the filament when you bump the head on the ground, if you let the string get too short, there isn’t much mass for the CF to work on. Also, as dirt and grass gets into the head,

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Paul Baker
Denham Springs, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 5136
Consumer Products
May 26, 2011

Suspended Track R/C Toy Train System

This entry provides a suspended track cargo train system, more specifically, an H.O. scale suspended R/C cargo train system. In its preferred embodiment, the system includes a plurality of straight and curved track sections; floor stands to suspend the track sections, a train, which comprises at least one drive vehicle and at least one cargo car,

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Clarence Nolan
Franklin, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 8450
Consumer Products
Jun 30, 2011

Swimming Pool Pump Controller

The swimming pool is an American icon for summer fun. Leaving the house and the pool unattended can sometimes lead to unpleasant surprises. I have had a few myself, which led me to develop the swimming pool pump controller. Based on my own experiences,

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Jason Kascenska
Poughkeepsie, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 4547
Consumer Products
Jun 30, 2011

Synergy of a Car’s Computer and a Cell Phone

In recent times, cars are manufactured with an inbuilt computer which keeps a check on the working of the car with the help of sensors. Our idea is to club the cell phone of the driver and the car’s computer. This increases the overall safety of the car and the driver in addition to providing several amazing features.

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Akash Chigurupati
Hyderabad, India
Votes: 36
Views: 9326
Consumer Products
Jun 30, 2011

Tactile Touchscreen

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.

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Af Barghouty
Madison, United States
Votes: 20
Views: 5635
Consumer Products
Jun 30, 2011

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.

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Burt Miller
Springfield, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 6731
Consumer Products
Jun 30, 2011

The Verbal Internet

Texting and reading a web-page are not comfortable paradigms for accessing information, especially when mobile. The Verbal Internet changes this radically. Using the heavy compute power that will become available via the ‘cloud,’ a smart phone can couple a speaker to voice recognition software, interpret queries or actions, and respond verbally. The technology is mostly available,

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James O'reilly
Riverside,, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4381
Consumer Products
Jun 30, 2011

The Walking Charger™

Overview

The Walking Charger™ from Energy Harvesters LLC incorporates an innovative approach to collecting energy from human motion, using the pressure of the human footfall to drive a Faraday generator. This elegant design increases the power output, decreases the complexity, and improves reliability over existing designs.

Opportunity

Consumers are increasingly using mobile devices, and becoming dependent on them.

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Lawrence Grumer
Boston, United States
Votes: 10
Views: 7041
Consumer Products
Jun 29, 2011

The World's First GMD 3-D Arcade

Virtual Assault Gaming System is a, patent pending, PC based Arcade Machine. It is compatible with most major gaming titles and numerous online games that are first person shooter games such as Medal of Honor, Doom, Black Ops, Combat Arms, etc.

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Daniel Kerber
Port Angeles, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 4503
Consumer Products
May 18, 2011

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