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Evacuated Tube Transport Technologies (ET3)™

WHY: Transportation is the master key to survival. A new mode of transportation (independent of diminishing fossil energy) is necessary to achieving an environmentally sustainable yet thriving economy in an urbanized world.

WHAT: ET3™ is literally ‘Space Travel on Earth,’ a global transportation system that is silent, low cost, fast, secure, safe, and environmentally friendly.

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Daryl Oster
Longmont, United States
Votes: 1252
Views: 56889
Transportation
Apr 8, 2012

Expandable Vehicle

A patent pending design that allows to expand a vehicle - trailer, van or a truck above 300% compared to the initial surface and volume.

Project's phase: a working prototype has been used in several fields - construction, racing, educational and entertaining. It is registered and has been on the road for thousands of miles.

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Rick Marintchev
Lunenburg, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4941
Transportation
Jun 29, 2012

Extending the Range of Electric Vehicles by Use of a Thermal Storage Battery

Even with the many recent advances in battery technologies, the limited un-recharged range of electric vehicles in comparison to their gasoline counterparts is a “deal breaker” for many potential purchasers. In extreme climates (hot or cold),

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Paul Tinari
Coquitlam, Canada
Votes: 0
Views: 7268
Transportation
Jul 2, 2012

Extinguishing a Tire Fire

In every country around the world used tires accumulate in piles. Every year, through carelessness, accident or lightning, some of those tire piles catch fire. Currently there are only three ways of dealing with these disasters. Allow the pile to burn itself out, smother the fire with dirt,

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Donald Longerbeam
Bend, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 21382
Safety and Security
Jun 28, 2012

Eyebrow Communication

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease which can begin from a small part of the body like a finger of the hand and start spreading to other parts. The muscle movement of such patients deteriorates continuously affecting the entire body. Hence gradually the patient loses the ability to talk and move.

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Swathi Kalvakala
Hyderabad, India
Votes: 40
Views: 6053
Medical
Jun 27, 2012

eyePad Stand

The eyePad Stand is a tool, which provides hands-free, touch-screen interaction with an iPad. The non-skid base pad in conjunction with the base cone/pole stem process delivers balance and stability. Whether a finger touches in the middle of the iPad or on its corner, interaction continues with little or no readjustment of the tablet position. Yet,

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Peter Nylund
Chantilly, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4467
Consumer Products
Jun 20, 2012

Fastest Cleaning

The idea is cleaning an entire house in 5 minutes without manpower.

Consists of surface cleaning liquid, one emitter, and 4 collectors. To clean a room the emitter is placed nearby the center of the room. The emitter will provide us the electromagnetic force for the motion of the material.

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Tolga Koca
Izmir, Turkey
Votes: 0
Views: 3757
Consumer Products
Jun 13, 2012

Fault Tolerant Power & Communications System

My entry to the Comsol/Nordson Contest would have to be my Hercules armored power and communications cabling system. I was approached by a BOMA executive asking for a design for an emergency communications system. I created a univeral system using an armored cable that could be installed in all tall commercial buildings. It won their and FEMAs approval.

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Calvin Woosnam
Coquitlam, Canada
Votes: 0
Views: 6661
Safety and Security
Mar 1, 2012

Faux Gravity Sleeping Bag

The problem as everyone knows is the longer you are in a zero-g environment the more your bones waste away and your muscles become less efficient. My idea is not an ideal solution but hopefully it would be enough to reduce the problem on long voyages or time in zero-g.

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James Drew
Colchester, England
Votes: 0
Views: 4709
Medical
Mar 16, 2012

Fiber Optically Enhanced Mass Transportation and Freight Services

Adding current fiber optic technologies to freight train flatcars, such as those by CSX, enable mass transportation for combined consumer vehicle traveling and cargo. Six major economic advantages arise. First, convenient loading of passenger vehicles allow use of locomotives and their fuel efficiency. As an example, tourists of Washington D.C landmarks traveling 850.1 miles to Disney World in Orlando,

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Jesus Chavez
Gainesville, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4316
Transportation
May 24, 2012

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