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The future will be an exciting place. The SM-150 will enhance the excitement. A Sport Aircraft for a new era, the SM-150 looks like an aircraft of tomorrow because it is. It’s a stylish, next generation sportplane that will be affordable to the general public.
In this project, load cell is used as a weight sensor. This sensor will be placed below the LPG gas cylinder. GSM module is to send SMS to owner as to inform about weight and leakage of cylinder and to gas agency for booking of the cylinder.
Ammonia air conditioning uses the exhaust heat to run air conditioning in automotive applications. This is old tech that isn't used enough, and would not waste any power but save it by not using compressors,
I always had a wish to upgrade and accelerate the figth against a fire. In my country every summer we have many fires that burn large areas specially in windy days. Many times these fires are close to the sea and can be to areas difficult to approach.
In cases of natural disasters and lack of resources there is a huge gap in communication. It generates problems like:
- No power or electricity to charge your phone.
- No internet connections.
- Scarcity of food.
Digi-Gift – The future of digital gifts
Traditionally 4 of 5 the most popular gifts have been Music, Movies, Books and Games. However as people have moved away from physical media to digital media it is getting far more and more difficult to buy people presents.
In 1923 Professor Paul Biefeld and his student Thomas Townsend Brown discovered this effect during the test of a new type of capacitor. Basically the Biefeld Brown effect is electro gravitation.
Fluid dynamic generator -- same as an air conditioner except cold plates replace using a condenser and evaporator and many peltiers sandwiched between plates and a 12-24v,
Problem – Misdiagnosis or lengthy delay in test results can make an illness worse or even fatal. The expense of health care continues to increase, including the cost of lab test operations and results analysis. Many lab test can only identify a single microbe type or a limited family of microbe types.
Multi-Mode Hybrid Subsonic/Supersonic/Pulse Detonation Combustion Engine System:
This engine functions as an Expansion-Cycle Turbojet for takeoffs and landings (for noise reasons). Then transitions through Pulse-Detonation Turbojet, Pulse-Detonation Ramjet, Supersonic-Combustion Ramjet, and Pulse-Detonation Rocket as it accelerates into earth orbit.
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