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2017
Automotive/​Transportation

Pickup Truck Fuel Saver - DragShield

The DragShield is an aerodynamic device that is placed behind the pickup truck cab, where air flows over the cab and into the truck bed. The DragShield has been proven by both analysis and testing to reduce the fuel consumption of a pickup truck. It works by reducing the drag on the vehicle,

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Willem Anemaat
Lawrence, United States
Votes: 12
Views: 6983
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 30, 2017

PL4NO

Pl4NO is a neo futuristic shoe, made from one single material, mounted by the user, without differentiation between the left or the right foot. This minimalist shoe doesn't need glue, seam, or any other kind of fixation material whatsoever, being structured only by notch mechanisms.

Inspired by the visionary composer and architect Iánnis Xenákis and his graphic projects of composition,

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Ana Letícia Sabi
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Votes: 0
Views: 2000
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 30, 2017

Plasma Deposition of Metal in Composite Panels

NASA's Langley Research Center has developed a new technique to enable the preparation of metal/composite hybrid laminates, also known as fiber metal laminates (FML), by depositing metal directly onto fabric using a plasma deposition process. FMLs provide a useful combination of structural and functional properties for both aerospace and non-aerospace applications. Currently,

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Nasa Langley Research Center
Hampton, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 4030
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 16, 2017

Plug-in Hybrid Scooter

Environmental pollution is increasing day by day in India and the world. From one report 10% of total pollution is produced through automotive engines. And economy of engine will decreases day by day by increasing in its cc capacity for higher power output, it directly cause to higher pollution in air. To control that pollution increasing day by day 

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Vaibhav Chhatrala
Dhoraji, India
Votes: 7
Views: 2682
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 16, 2017

PNEUMOBIKE1

Pneumatically powered bicycle project:

This bike is driven through oppressing air pistons via pedals. Hence there is no chain mechanism. The operator oppresses pedals thus cylinders supply pressurized air power to the rear wheel air motor.

Air is first driven through a cyclone air filter to the cylinder.

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Mehmet Ayber Gurler
Istanbul, Turkey
Votes: 0
Views: 1832
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 27, 2017

Police Car Pursuing

Lots of times we have watched on TV police pursuing the suspect's car, It took hours to stop. It was dangerous - harmful to innocent people. I was worried about that. Then I made this product helping the police to stop a suspect's' car. I tried it in a safe place a couple of years ago. It worked great!

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Huong Pham
Westminster, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 2246
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 3, 2017

Progressive Rate Steel Vehicle Suspension

The invention (US 6851690, EP 1210236, PL 192322, HK 1049313) provides a purely mechanical, steel, progressive rate vehicle suspension system, with damping characteristic that can be adapted for any type of vehicle or working machine.

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Wieslaw Oledzki
Bialystok, Poland
Votes: 1
Views: 2401
Automotive/​Transportation
May 27, 2017

Quick Look Safety Drone

Police officer safety is at risk when approaching a vehicle during a traffic stop. A Quick Look safety drone system could be used to give police officers a heads up when making traffic stops. Many commercial quadcopter drones available on the market today are automated and user friendly.

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Anthony Trent
Raymond, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 2222
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 2, 2017

RADIALcvt (Continuously Variable Transmission)

Currently all commercial continuously variable transmissions (CVT’s) in the automotive industry function on a friction drive principle. This friction drive interface exists between two hardened smooth steel surfaces separated by a traction fluid film. Traction fluid has the unique property in that it solidifies under high pressure, typically between 1 to 4 GPa,

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Jan Naude
Johannesburg, South Africa
Votes: 15
Views: 10167
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 27, 2017

Radically New and Highly Aerodynamic LLNL Geometries for the Next-Generation of Heavy Vehicles

Introducing radically new, highly aerodynamic, and integrated Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) geometries for the design of the next-generation, class 8 heavy vehicles.

LLNL has a long history, since 1997, in developing and testing active and passive aerodynamic concepts for heavy vehicles (add-on devices) and more recently,

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Kambiz Salari
Livermore, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 2503
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 27, 2017

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