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Hydrogen plays a major role in future fuel needs. There is not much difference between an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) that runs on hydrogen, compared to an ICE that runs on petrol/gasoline in terms of functioning. The main advantages would be better efficiency and low emission levels, provided,
The HVAC of a vehicle today plays a major role in energy consumption, being the second highest aggregate to consume the battery and power, thereby reducing the fuel efficiency and charge, in either petrol/ diesel or hybrid EV's.
Also it is a heavy unit, consuming a lot of space at the centre of the dashboard,
There are many female condoms designed till now. A basic need in the recent times of spreading diseases and more awareness among women. However, the designs have quite failed to capture the customer need and is uncomfortable to assemble and put it on. Also a penetrative kind of design is extremely unappealing to many women.
Problem:
Noise is sound that is loud, unpleasant, or undesired. It exists everywhere either at your home, or on a street. Imagine if noise could be transferred into useful energy such as electricity… What if energy created by noise could be stored for future use? We no longer need to have fuel to energize the vehicle.
Surprisingly, if you bring a pendulum to the side, it will start to oscillate in a plan that remains unchanged even though you rotate its base. This is how Foucault demonstrated the rotation of the Earth.
This counterintuitive behavior could be used as a free source of energy.
The baby-car, which based on an obstacle crossing chassis, is designed for babies and their parents.
It can be easily and smoothly pushed cross the curb onto pavement from asphalt and vice versa.
In the whole process,
I have developed a machine that aids stroke and head injuries patients to learn to walk and improve motor skills.
The design is for a segmented welding filler rod for use with oxy-acetylene or TIG welding in steel aluminium copper etc..
The idea behind segmenting the filler rod is to allow the operator to deposit a precise volume of metal in steps along the joint to achieve a so called "fish-scale" or "nickle stack" effect.
Today there are keyboard synthesizers in the market that come with built-in MIDI song libraries and light-up keys to teach you how to play basic songs, but currently there is no such device for string instruments. This is not only the very first guitar equivalent but it is also portable, adaptable to any popular guitar model,
Health benefit background:
Accupressure therapy involves pressing points on the body with fingers, hands or balls as in this case illustrated below, to alter the internal flow of a supposed vital force of energy called chi, strengthening it, calming it or removing a blockage of flow.
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