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This concept is actually two concepts; my modified light-field array 3-D Pixel Unit and my concept of the Light-Interface, both working together to send light through an object to render it invisible while producing a holodeck within the inner Light-Interface itself as a by-product of sending light through an object in the first place.
From California, South Africa to Sydney all cities have water supply problems. With climate change water is a future issue. Washing machines use lot of water. City water use for washers is huge. Front loaders are costly to maintain, buy, run with high detergents that pollute water bodies. Top loaders are cheaper, easy to use.
Moving home ? Tired of your lamps ? One of the most cumbersome tasks is to fix a new lamp to the wall or the ceiling. Instead of holding the lamp with one hand, fiddling the cable into the terminal, holding the terminal and tightening the screw all at the same time,
The world is striving towards making things a lot better and efficient. Similarly, this project also aims towards the same. This is an aerial vehicle, where the major aim is to make the surveillance purpose better. And hence,
This project is to improve the lives of people with lack of vision or hearing and carefree characters who are constantly connected to the internet. It is also a backpack that can respond to extreme sports that other backpacks cannot. It is also distinguished for its durability under adverse conditions.
Our inspiration comes from the broken pieces of stone,
I'm working on an older technology used in early nuclear submarines. They had to break salt water (abandon of it in the oceans) to feed the crew with fresh O2 for months without surfacing. I use this technology to re-fuel marine engines saving them some money.
During exercise on any gym equipment, all the human power is lost into the environment. The Human to Nanogrid (H2N) model utilizes human muscle power to produce electricity and then transmit this power to energy storage systems like a battery or a bank of supercapacitors or a hybrid storage system. Further, when several of such machines are connected,
Ecopot is a planter with built-in composting.
Urban organic wastes is a toxic polluting problem globally. Landfills don't accept organics now. Composting is slow, needing time, labor & cost. Why not grow vegetable plants directly from organic wastes, increase food, O2, save the environment?
There are many baby monitoring devices available in the market. We want to extend the concept to include a pacifier also. The device will monitor baby activities like sounds (and movements as an extension). Depending on the preprogrammed sound patterns and activity, the device can play a lullaby.
Drone Air’s UAV is the perfect flying solution to any delivery challenge. Drone Air Delivery (DaD) is manufactured using the latest modern manufacturing method to keep costs down. The DaD is made out of direct metal printing with a laser sintering method. The hollow frame is unique to the market, offering complete flexibility to future designs.
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