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Automotive/​Transportation

Modified Hovercraft and Small Automobile

Large trucks produce excessive greenhouse gasses due to inefficient reciprocating engines and complicated gearboxes. This hovercraft would be much better because it eliminates friction with the road surface due to flexing tyres and suspension. It can also run on alcohol, a non fossil fuel, which can be produced from corn.

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David Brown
Stafford, United Kingdom
Votes: 0
Views: 850
Automotive/​Transportation
May 11, 2024

Carry-on Baggage Verifier

The purpose of a carry-on baggage "verifier" would solve the common action of oversized and overweight baggage being brought on board, taking up precious space that could be utilized by all passengers. It would also allow air carriers to collect the fees of baggage that would normally be checked in at the counter.

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David Byram
Palm Coast, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 813
Automotive/​Transportation
May 20, 2024

Fast, Non-Ringing Dynamic System Transients

A novel control law prevents sinusoidal free response ringing caused by energization transients in an underdamped dynamic system. Designs need no longer endure deleterious ringing. Vintage control law techniques or computerized trial-and-error only partially suppresses ringing. In complete contrast,

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Charlie Bright
Boone, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 796
Automotive/​Transportation
May 30, 2024

Infant Left in Car Passive Warning System

The tragic hot-car death of the child in the “illustration photo” happened near my hometown. This simple concept could have easily prevented this and the many similar unintentional “child left in car” deaths that continue to occur. There are many “systems” to help prevent this, but it continues to happen. Obviously, this safety issue is NOT resolved!

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Zachary Merrill
Greenville, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 785
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 24, 2024

Engine for Sustainable Personal Air Mobility… NOW

NFTG is developing a simple, ultra-quiet, personal air vehicle, capable of rapid door-to-door mobility without requiring any operator license.

It will be powered by one of our patented rotary engine designs or ultra-efficient and ultra-power-dense turbo-engines of my own design.

Background:

Current modes of transportation are slow and tedious.

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Milan Krupa
Lake Elsinore, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 757
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 1, 2024

EV Trailer

Despite advances in electric vehicle (EV) and autonomous driving technology, a meaningful improvement to individual automotive mobility remains elusive. While the humble wagon has been around since the horse and buggy, there’s not been improvements to the design that take advantage of 21st century automotive technology.

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Geoffrey Beech
Madison, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 750
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 1, 2024

SMS Warning to Nearby Hospitals, Ambulance and Neighbors After Vehicle Crash

In the event of a vehicle crash, a series of SMS warnings are dispatched to nearby hospitals, ambulance services, and neighbors to ensure swift response and assistance. These messages are designed to convey critical information effectively, alerting hospitals and ambulances to prepare for potential casualties and incoming patients.

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Archana S
Sathyamangalam, India
Votes: 0
Views: 739
Automotive/​Transportation
Jul 2, 2024

Improving Electric Vehicles

An improvement of Electric Vehicle (EV) driving distance can be achieved by using a built in internal combustion engine (ICE) powered generator and two battery units (1&2).

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Anthony Davidson
Hamilton, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 737
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 27, 2024

Common Issue Recorder During Travel

In today's world, we find many issues and requirements at many places during our travel from Source to Destination. However, we would like to see continuous improvements in those places. Many of the times, it is not an individual problem, but it belongs to the entire society. For example, Slippery Road, Mud Road, Uneven Hump, Pothole, Water Overflow, Mist,

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Kumaraswamy Hollav
Bangalore, India
Votes: 0
Views: 735
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 28, 2024

CabiBUS Sustainable Mobility

Now, when Waymo and other companies has shown that autonomous cars can offer lower cost door-to-door passenger transportation, it is time to produce the best autonomous car for this purpose. Cities all over the world have problems with traffic congestions and pollution, mainly because of too many cars on the streets.

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Kenneth Palmestal
Vastra Frolunda, Sweden
Votes: 0
Views: 729
Automotive/​Transportation
Jun 29, 2024

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