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Method to reduce gyroscopic drag in automobiles.
Remember the spinning "tops" we played with as children? The type that, if you set it spinning (at perhaps a few hundred rpm)it would stand on it's end as if by magic.
In the current situation, transportation is very essential for human life. Everyone needs to move around the Earth for their daily needs. And they expect fastest and cheapest transportation. Among transportation methods, air way is the very fastest. We can round the Earth within a day.
It is in a form of a wristwatch which is tied over the wrist of all passengers individually at the security check. It is locked on the wrist and can be opened using a password only at disembarkation point. This system contains an injectable tranquilizer inside it.
SourcePoint
A consumer food tracking tool and database
In today's society, food quality and recalls have been a sore point with the general public and has brought into question our nation's ability to protect our food supply. Our current food regulations are outdated,
This concept is not necessarily a new invention, but rather bringing together several existing technologies to serve a specific purpose. That purpose is the creation and distribution of music. Music and the sounds that it is comprised of is a universal language that people enjoy every day.
Adhesive bandages are available in standard sizes only and therefore may not be suited for different wound sizes. In Tape type Band Aid we can cut the Band Aid to required length. The adhesive is along either side of the tape and the center portion consists of the chemical solutions.
I was walking through a street one late evening when I noticed a tailor in the street. The mechanical energy available at the machine can be converted into electrical energy without disturbing the regular work of the tailor and also with the minor modification in the existing machine.
A system for displaying multiple video/audio programs from at least one database of stored video/audio segments such that the program displayed is a non-repeating permutation of such stored segments each time the program is run. That is, each time the system is operated,
A number of technologies are available that allow hydrophilic drugs to be absorbed through the skin rather than the GI tract. Transdermal delivery through the skin has a number of advantages over oral delivery, including better absorption,
Currently available, state-of-the-art, Flame Detectors are too large, too heavy, too power hungry, too slow to respond, and completely unsuitable for many applications requiring: low weight and smaller size, operations on next-to-no power,
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