2013
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There is a growing scientific consensus that the point of ‘peak oil’ passed around 2011 and that viable global oil reserves will be severely depleted from 2030. The long term future of terrestrial surface transport is electrification but the foreseeable future must involve a cost-effective compromise,
This weapon is a double barrel (slide pump) action shotgun that has the capability of holding fifty (50) rounds of 12 gauge shotgun shells in a side-by-side stagger single box magazine.
The primary feeding mechanisms in use today by shotguns are:
1. Under barrel tube or multiple tubes with a maximum capacity of 16 rounds.
Idea and process of coupling a photovoltaic cell to a super capacitor of Graphene to charge while the cell is illuminated and discharge during low or no light periods.
This approach is scalable, and provides a better impedance match to the cell, as well as allows for series and parallel connections at a much greater efficiency.
A novel flat pressure-sensitive array which underlies a display screen in a device, preferably having the dimensions of a smart phone. In an access control embodiment, the initial procedure would preferably take place in a secure environment: (1) an individual whose identity is known places preferably four fingertips of one hand upon the screen of the device,
It has been estimated that major amputations occur in one out of 300 individuals in the United States [1]. There were more than 1.7 million amputees in the US in the year 2000 [2]; that number is expected to increase to nearly 2.4 million amputees by 2020 [2].
Cancer is the second leading killer of Americans, claiming over half a million lives annually. The most powerful predictor of cancer mortality is its ability to metastasize to distant sites in the body. Much of this spread occurs in blood and lymphatic vessels yet effective methods for studying cells in these environments remain undeveloped.
An ordinary Edison base LED replacement bulb emulates an incandescent lamp in that it provides omnidirectional light. These are used in table lamps, desk lamps and ceiling fixtures. Purpose made LED lighting, such as strip lamps, provide light over a much smaller solid angle where the light is actually needed.
Blood pressure is a major indicator of a person’s health and one of the five vital signs to watch. However, unlike other vital signs, abnormal blood pressure can be evidence of a long term illness rather than an immediate one and can be used to predict a cardiovascular disease which is a leading cause of death worldwide.
A new class of heavily cold rolled and thermally processed (HCR-TP) sheet metals is proposed as a viable low cost alternative to producing light weight vehicles for the transportation industry. Presently, automobile and light truck manufacturers are adapting to rising fuel costs by lightweighting vehicles and making revolutionary changes to powertrains.
Well-known are Atkinson and Miller cycles. These are cycles with varying compression and expansion ratios. Application of these cycles makes it possible to use working gas energy to a fuller extent.
Suggested herein is a different operation mode of a Diesel engine with varying compression and expansion ratios,
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