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}Patented DAMPS TM Technology utilizes opposing super magnets to reduce heel strike over 68%, as recorded with F-Scan pressure surface mapping testing for Special Operation Forces (SOF) in 2006.
SAIC (Science International Applications Corporation)in San Diego,
This design idea utilizes inexpensive webcams to add touch input and smart board features to ANY monitor.
The webcams are pointed at the screen from the left and right sides at a distance of about one foot.
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The verasense is an intelligent surgical device used during Total Knee Arthoplastic surgery to help the surgeon to balance and align the knee. The device uses a sensor to give the surgeon feedback on load on the knee as well as mechanical alignment of the patient's leg.
This system consists of using water pressure, which will light the home and provide power for the use of electrical appliances.
The system operates when the gears on the generator are moved by water pressure moving the pistons, to accumulate power in a battery.
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The University of Alabama in Huntsville is conducting pulsed fusion propulsion research with the Charger-1 device. The Charger-1 is a ~500 kJ pulsed power facility capable of 2 MA discharges at 3 TW of instantaneous power. For comparison,
Renewable Phenolic Compounds - Another Product of EnerSysNet's Mobile Energy Conversion Systems
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The wood products industry always manages waste and cost with an eye towards expanded profitability. For example,
The Arachnid Vigor works by attracting and repelling alternating positive and negative magnetic poles. Thus creating the apparatus to rotate. As the machine rotates; the rod in the center of the apparatus will be equipped with a gearing mechanism located on the bottom of the rod,
Many people use roller skates, skate boards or even ice skates. Traveling short distances with these devices is fun and good exercise. However, a simple device called WROOM BROOM would make longer distance travel with rolling foorwear a breeze.
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