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Communication between human brain-brain without using any apparent physical communication is a field that needs intensive research. But this communication should be controlled as one does not want to communicate all the messages to be sent to the other brain.
Design Brief:
To Design a product for children that can help strengthen their communication and interaction skills with family and friends
Target Persona:
Children ages 8-10 that are into outdoor activities and learning about nature but get sucked in at home by video games, tablets, and computers, losing physical interactions with friends and family members.
The peculiarities of the product are flexibility of the design, reduced fixturing
downtime, decreased cost and the fact that differently shaped objects can be
clamped without any manual adjustments. The fixture with clamps are arranged
radially around its work space; they are all independently controlled by lead
screw mechanisms powered by DC motors.
This is an inexpensive, lightweight, completely dexterous Prosthetic Hand / Robotic end effector. Originally designed to use high density card board for the skeletal support material. Card board was selected to support NASA's finding that it held up best to micro meters. However the design is ideal for 3D printing.
A Nichrome wire is tightly pulled by two supports. This arrangement is mounted on the outside of the airplane such that airflow is at right angles to the axis of the wire.
At speed, the wire is pulled along by the airflow and exerts force on the supports.
The Wizard of Brewz is a keg-sized single-vessel beer brewing system that has the capability of handling large grain bills for Stouts or Porters or smaller ones for lagers and ales.
“One of the greatest challenges of the past half century for aerodynamics engineers has been how to increase the top speeds of aircraft that take off and land vertically without compromising the aircraft's lift to power in hover or its efficiency during long-range flight.”
Goal:
Provide unique technology for car makers who must include in their manufacturing some related VIN-GPS embedded code control to be used by the police force when they are in pursuit and be able to stop, track routes, and get info for the car.
Since the early 1950s electric utilities have installed millions of miles of low-voltage underground cables to improve the reliability and resilience of secondary power distribution. Early cable technology included butyl rubber insulated conductors and paper insulated lead coated cables. Over the decades,
This novel electricity generator is capable of supplying all our power requirements, thus solving one of the earth's critical needs.
This electricity generator functions using known electromagnetic principles that simply have not been applied previously. They do not function in the manner of all current-art electricity generators, which move wires through a magnetic field to generate electricity,
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