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2012
Transportation

Virtual Paint

You will be able to change the color or color design on your car by using a computer in your car. An LCD screen will be on the outside of the car displaying the color/design underneath the safety of plexiglass. You will also be able to display advertisements. Wow! What a thought!

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Richard Ray Ratliff "tre"
Ft.hood, United States
Votes: 101
Views: 10316
Transportation
Mar 4, 2012

Vision Intelligence Traffic Automated Lights

Vision Intelligence Traffic Automated Lights

The VITAL system will controls traffic lights based on vision sensors and analysis of information. Will help to make traffic more fluid, generating savings to drivers and reducing unnecessary pollution by reducing gas consumption.

The system will be based on “Intelligent” nodes. A node on each street intersection, “an Intelligent traffic control officer,

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Hector Vega Rodriguez
Aguascalientes, Mexico
Votes: 0
Views: 4014
Transportation
Jun 28, 2012

VTOL Aircraft with Efficient High Speed Cruise

A new passenger-carrying aircraft design is proposed which will be able to efficiently move people at a speed of 300 MPH for typical distances of 10 to 150 miles. An aircraft of this type might be used to provide rapid transportation from numerous points in a metropolitan area to the local airport,

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John Lawrence
Palm Harbor, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 5432
Transportation
Jul 2, 2012

VTOL/STOL Commuter Aircraft

I am submitting a design for a 40-passenger commuter aircraft. It is powered by two turbo-props.

The take-off video shows the aircraft taking off from a parking lot.

The aircraft flies @340 knots/hr, has a range of 500 miles.

Thank you for allowing me to participate.

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Munawar Karim
Fairport, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 5868
Transportation
Jun 18, 2012

What Will You Do?

LA to San Francisco in 160 minutes—GREAT! But ironically, as the size of cities and the speed in which we are able to travel great distances increases, we are increasingly more sedentary. In fact, we are sitting down more than ever before—9.3 hours per day, which is more time than we spend sleeping.

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Ronald Rael
Oakland, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 3750
Transportation
Jun 12, 2012

Wheel Speed Synchronization for Landing Aircraft

You’re watching one of the hundreds of movies you have watched over the years where friends and families anxiously await the arrival of their loved-ones at an airport. There’s the mandatory shot of the airplane approaching from the distance, it hangs momentarily over the runway and then finally touches down,

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Devin Kollmorgen
Wind Gap, United States
Votes: 26
Views: 6462
Transportation
Jul 1, 2012

Zip Bridge

Modular panel truss bridges are used worldwide to bridge gaps in the road network. Often based on the WWII “Bailey Bridge” design, these structures are deployable in weeks. These structures can be “launched” (installed) from one bank across a gap. This feature is especially useful in establishing new or emergency replacement spans.

With modifications,

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David Sharkey
Pasadena, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 5036
Transportation
Jun 30, 2012

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