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The Acetabular cup is the component which is placed into the acetabulum (hip socket). Cartilage and bone are removed from the acetabulum and the acetabular cup is attached using friction or cement. Some acetabular cups are one piece, while others are modular.
Problem: Current gas and electric hybrid vehicles only recover 4% of the kinetic energy with regenerative braking. There are ideas based on capturing wind energy by mounting a wind turbine on the roof of hybrid vehicles.
This new Invention is a Fence Identification (Warning) Device to mitigate the dire consequences, of Harm and Death, to those who otherwise would IMPACT an un-detected wire fence barrier.
This "Patent Pending" invention uses a software routine in a smart phone such as on the Android or I-Phone that controls a remote lighted animated display using LEDs, Fiber Optics, EL, or other lighted means positioned in the surface of a sign, clock,
Ixnamiki Ome is a rescue robot that aims to take action in disaster areas, which may be those who were shaken by a Tsunami, a mudslide, flood zone, armed conflict, fire etc.,
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) are aircraft without a human pilot aboard. Flight is controlled autonomously by on-board computers or manually by remote control in a ground station.
It is a simple Nokia phone (Model-6822) which has been aesthetically modified by me by combining parts of 20 dead phones,
Our revolutionary 3 IN 1 MINI COFFEE TUBE—AS A CONTAINER, A FILTER AND A STIRRING TOOL ALL IN ONE, filled with fresh ground coffee for making better singe coffee in a simpler way without a specific coffee machine.
If you want to cut out a shape from a piece of paper, scissors or very fine hand cutter are your only friend. But if you have fine work to be cut out from a piece of paper, these would hardly help.
The BriteDim™ system consists of smart light switches and smart bulbs. Both the bulbs and switches are backward compatible with existing equipment, but when used together they allow the power electronics built into most modern light bulbs to control the bulb's brightness within the bulb,
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