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2013
Transportation & Automotive

Pressurised Foils for Ultra-Lightweight Automotive Panels

Meeting the tough CAFÉ standards for 2025 (54.5 mpg) is quite possibly the most daunting challenge for automotive manufacturers across the globe, especially with the ever growing consumer demand for safe, low-priced highly-equipped vehicles. Among the different research and development strategies to tackle this issue,

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Fadi Abu Farha
Greenville, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 3783
Transportation & Automotive
Jul 1, 2013

Preventing Rear End Collisions

The use of the "Brake light" system should be expanded to protect drivers in more situations. The term "Brake Lights" is a misnomer as the true intentions of the system is "please don't run into the back of me lights.

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Anthony Gray
Fairfax, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 3027
Transportation & Automotive
Apr 16, 2013

Programmable Color-Changing Interior Fabric

This invention consists of machine embedded PMMA optical fibers in a matrix pattern throughout the plush interior of an automotive vehicle that eliminates the need for installing or running any metallic wires or thousands of LEDs which can serve several purposes.

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Harry Wainwright
Pittsburgh, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 6304
Transportation & Automotive
Jun 30, 2013

Project MACRO- The Foldable Electric Car

The recent boom in the sale of automobiles in India has resulted in two primary concerns:

1. The after effects of the rampant green house gas emissions.

2. The lack of adequate parking facilities leading to bottle-necking of the roads.

Since this trend is expected to rise steadily, it would be wise to think of a solution on similar lines.

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Vaisakh R Sarma
Bangalore, India
Votes: 1
Views: 3800
Transportation & Automotive
Apr 18, 2013

Protective Trim System for Vehicle Doors, Panels and Bumpers

A transparent, protective shock-absorbent thermoplastic trim that is easily applied, and which can conform to the shapes and lengths of the panels and bumpers of any vehicle. Today's autos no longer have any protective side trim and their bumpers are better shsock-absorbers, are now and integral part of the cara's body.

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Harold Goldbaum
Vero Beach, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 3248
Transportation & Automotive
Jun 26, 2013

PRT-Centered Green Community

The Personal Rapid Transit (PRT) system is not a brand new concept. One of a few cases in United States is the one in Morgantown, West Virginia serving West Virginia University students on campus. Another one is in Masdar City in Abu Dhabi as a showcase of car-free city. There are also several cases serving in Europe.

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Peng Cao
Greenville, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 3364
Transportation & Automotive
Jun 23, 2013

Rail Bus System

The Rail Bus system provides intermodal mass transit with a single-vehicle system. Current intermodal passenger transportation involves locating infrastructure where different forms of transportation share common (often large) facilities, where passengers must switch vehicles in order to access another mode.

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Steve Spata
Farmington Hills, United States
Votes: 2
Views: 4208
Transportation & Automotive
Jul 1, 2013

Ratchet Wheels

Problem Description:

Whenever we start our cars on a gradient, there is always the possibility of it moving down the slope while accelerating and leaving the clutch pedal.

Solution/Idea:

I have designed a wheel hub in which an additional ratchet wheel will be attached which can be engaged or disengaged with the main wheel hub,

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Yogesh Nalam
Bhubaneshwar, India
Votes: 0
Views: 3552
Transportation & Automotive
Jul 1, 2013

RE-PLY Electric Scooter

RE-PLY electric scooter is designed as a last-mile transport solution. It's a suitable companion in the city environment due to its weight, dimensions and auxiliary electric drive.

This is a completely different philosophy, compared to the existing solutions. Instead of using a heavy powertrain, there is a light LiPo battery placed inside the neck of the scooter.

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Josef Ludvík Bohm
Klášterec Nad Oh?í, Czech Republic
Votes: 0
Views: 3774
Transportation & Automotive
Jun 29, 2013

Reduce Red Light Running

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about red light runners and the cameras used to catch them. It seems that years ago, the discussion was about those who ran the light in the middle of the cycle. But now, the discussion is about those who are entering the intersection just as the light is changing.

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Richard Kreisel
Bradenton, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 3284
Transportation & Automotive
Mar 15, 2013

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