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Take a walk around the edge of your garden, and with each step you trim the edge of your lawn.
Easily attachable to your boots/gardening shoes, every time you step down closes the clipper and cuts the grass. When you lift your feet, a spring under your boots opens clipper while the other foot does the clipping.
Many moon missions are being carried out by various countries but the end result is not yet known. Temperature on moon surface varies approx. from +130 to -150 degree c. So growing plants is difficult. But plants have an ability to adapt and adjust with extreme environmental changes.
Background:
Carbon dioxide emissions are costing the world economy every year. It is likely to suffer highest economic damage from climate change after the US. The country-level SCC for India alone is estimated to be about $86 per ton of CO2. For US, the cost is about $50 billion per ton.
The cranes that are used in hydrotherapy, most of all in swimming pools, are used to move up and down patients with some disabilities. Many of these cranes are hydraulic and maneuvered manually; only a few are semi-automatic and use an electric actuator. The problem is that its use is very rudimentary and not very precise;
Blindsight
Wouldn't it be great if blind people could be warned of obstructions and or dangerous areas ahead. With this device they could. It is envisioned to start with a normal looking eyeglass frame upon the sides of which are tiny cameras such as are used in many cell phones.
This device is a dispenser for a measured amount of liquid, bleach, water softener, etc., into a toilet tank with each flush. The valve works on the principal of differential densities between water and the valve shuttle. The volume dispensed is the volume of the cavity formed by the valve shuttle and the base of the unit.
The project proposes a model of variable rate automatic microcontroller based irrigation system. Solar power as known is used as a clean source of energy that can be used in any system and also it is used in this system.
Motion Sensing Delineator
Traffic Delineator Tubes are used in the construction industry to act as a visual barrier between workers and a safety hazard. They are typically a construction orange color, stand 4 feet tall, 6 inches in diameter, and are made of a heavy plastic.
The two main problems with conventional delineators are:
1. Over time, workers grow complacent.
“ Electro Magnetic Wave capture and controlling device. ”
Most people would have heard of Nikola Tesla’s experiments in providing the world with wireless electrical power, unfortunately he did not show any practical way of achieving it.
He may have been inspired by the Crystal Radio, first discovered in 1874 though it wasn’
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