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The system is an alteration of the Oscillating Water Column principle (OWC). Many companies have constructed and tested at sea OWC systems and the system has been accepted
as a credible design philosophy for sea wave energy capture and deployed in shoreline, fixed installations, and in deep water.
An injection with pre loaded medicaments . Doctors can just use this directly by just opening the cap, injecting, and then discarding to the dust bin. In drawing medicines from glass vials, the doctor has to break the glass, which in turn results in microscopic glass powder getting mixed up with the medicaments in the vial,
Most of the small flashlights available on the market produce a focused beam of light suitable of pointing it in one direction and illuminating very small area. While camping or working in dark places like basement or attic it is more beneficial to have portable ambient light source.
Our formula team has spent the past year designing, building, testing and optimizing a race car for the weekend Autocross enthusiast. We have focused on increasing speed and maneuverability while maintaining an easy to maintain, safe car. Our car features a steel space frame chassis designed to fit the 95th percentile male driver,
What problem does your design idea solve?
·Typical Hybrid cars run on gas and batteries; two fuel sources. Now they carry the heavy loads of an internal combustible engine, gasoline fuel, alternator and storage batteries.
·Solar cars have the same problems; the weight of solar panels, alternator / battery charger and storage batteries.
There are two main types of incubators in common use today: Still Air and Forced Air Incubators. Both incubate eggs in an enclosed environment such as a styrofoam cooler, carefully controlling heat and humidity. Forced Air incubators are similar to Still Air incubators except they use a fan to keep the temperature uniform.
The Bardo Airway (Patent Pending) is a revolutionary oropharyngeal airway that establishes and maintains an open airway and also prevents dental and soft tissue damage.
The Problem:
•Dental injury is the most common medicolegal complaint against anesthesia, accounting for greater than 33% of all complaints.
The Salsabol is the obvious solution to a problem almost universally faced by anybody who is a fan of chips and dips. When scooping salsa in traditional bowls, it’s a common occurrence for the dip to get pushed above the rim and spill over the side of the bowl and onto the table.
Many people have jobs that require copious amounts of typing. Standard keyboards facilitate disorders such as Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, and repetitive stress injuries. The reoccurring motion involved in typing puts strain on the nerves and tendons in the hands, leaving many unable to do their jobs.
Space flight, satellite communication, and global navigation have become ubiquitous parts of our lives. The uses for space technology grow with each passing day, and there is a pressing need to continuously innovate the ways in which we access space. Typically orbit is reached using solid or liquid rocket motors; however, a combination of these two technologies,
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