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SafeDrive is a smart widget that detects if a car driver is sleeping at the wheel by computing the blinking frequency and face orientation.
The widget has to be placed on the sun visor of the driver by means of a clip and point the camera to the driver's face.
To date, no complete cure for cancer exists, despite enormous sources of funding. I hereby propose that an alternative conceptual approach on how to understand cancer may help to design new strategies that may be more effective and successful in its treatment.
This is based on new evidence that points that cancerous cells, according to my theory,
Arguably, the strongest structures in nature have to be the webs spun by spiders.
These super lightweight structures can support massive loads, they can span vast distances (anyone who has walked into a web spun across a garden path can testify).
Yet this construction method has not been exploited to the fullest. Analogies can be made between man-made structures,
We all know the disasters generated by nuclear power plants like the Chernobyl Disaster or Fukushima recently.
Yet people stress the fact the plants are safe but by recent standards they are not 100% fault proof.
What I propose then is to build a nuclear power plant under water!
Small OS for various mobile equipment including medical.
Reliable, fast, simple and clear.
Launches user programs from micro SD/SD cards.
Includes the users' API.
Permits low-lever hardware devices access.
SkyAuto:
My VTOL [Vertical Take Off & Landing Aircraft] prototype model is SkyAuto, which will be a two-seater VTOL. Having three small jet engines mounted at three sides of the VTOL, it will fly at an altitude of 30 feet. My aim is to make it for urban transportation with enhanced security and advanced navigation.
Digital photography gives people many benefits, but still has some things lacking. One of them is inability to take pictures in insufficient light exposure conditions. In such situations the voltage of a photoelectric signal produced by a cell of a matrix is low in comparison with thermal noise.
Almost all producers of drinks, perfumes and other various liquids packed into bottles, flacons, etc. take great care about the design of the exterior view. Otherwise it’s difficult or impossible to sell products in the modern market.
To improve looks and give designers new opportunities, I suggest applying such technologies as hologram to label development.
Low-cost, high efficient, precision electro-mechanical device. Proceeds amount and direction of mechanical movement into electric impulses with high resolution.
For providing synchronous movement on technological lines, transporters, labeling equipment, for printing on moving objects.
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The Idea is to implement optical sensor of computer mouse to the rotation disk,
Momentary Parachute unit with extremely low opened time (about 30 ms).
Combines two in one: parachute and big air bag.
Saves life of people when jumps from low altitude, for example, skyscrapers - tall buildings, aero plans, aero balloons and other low flying crafts.
In such cases ordinary devices are not suitable because of their long time to get ready.
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