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An IFR training aid that allows a student pilot to safely fly in simulated IFR conditions
INSTRUMENT FLYING TRAINING AID
Purpose:
This oral biopsy brush is a patent pending technology designed to be used in the oral mucosa to take samples from all over oral epithelium. Thanks to broom form of the main design of the brush, it provides that brush bristles fully contact with the oral epithelium.
System of supports and flower pots for vertical gardens made of recycled rubber chip. Production oriented -mainly- for use on balconies and small spaces. The pieces are characterized for being ecological, modular, resilient and adaptable to different measures, helping to bring nature into the home.
In general,
Air conditioner - exhaust heat storage in summer (sodium acetate)
Heat retrievement in winter.
basic idea : no air vent for elimination of heat for stand-alone air conditioner appliances but storage of heat in swappable cartridges.
Utilization of physical state changes in a chemical substance solving/melting for heat storage and crystallization for heat retrieval.
A digital camera adapter that is inserted into a standard 35 mm camera as you would a film canister. The adapter replaces film and stores images taken by the camera in a digital format for download.
The advent of digital camera’s have rendered many fine, quality film based 35 m/m cameras obsolete.
The amount of garbage produced by the world’s urban dwellers is growing at an astonishing clip. The World Bank has estimated that countries are generating 1.4 billion tons of municipal solid waste each year and forecasts that this number will double by 2025.
What is to be done with all of that stuff?
The VincS theorem states that the primorial (see note) of any natural number n (≥ 2) contains inside itself the information to determine if the natural number immediately greater x (= n +1) is a prime number or not.
My name is Ionel Mihailescu. I am Canadian, mechanical engineer, designer, P. Eng. I am located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
I invented a new and much more efficient internal combustion engine. I call it High Performance Continuous Internal Combustion Engine. I got the Patent Grant in USA, US 8,464,685 B2, June 18, 2013; Canada,
A new and better S.T.E.A.M. education program for elementary and middle school children where they learn how to complete a real electronic circuit on a real circuit board that can host almost any popular MCU chip or module,
ABSTRACT
Name of the Project : Digital Bus System
Objectives of the Project : The Ultimate motto of the project addresses all the problems that were faced by the existing MSRTC bus system .
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