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With over 50 years of development and literally tens of thousands of testers, roller coaster rail system technology has more than proven itself as a transportation technology. However, it has never been transitioned into use by a commercial or public sector transportation system.
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Thanks to a great marketing campaign, most TV watchers are now familiar with the fact that CSX trains can move a ton of freight 432 miles on a single gallon of fuel. But what if we could increase the efficiency of the train technology?
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Google images of “Trash Dump” and not one desirable image is returned. Yet, we continue to use this technology somehow believing that if we can bury our refuse it will no longer exist. Google Liquid Nitrogen and plenty of examples of science experiments will be returned, most detailing how room temperature solids become remarkably brittle.
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) has gained enormous popularity to access and transmit multimedia content for personal and commercial purposes. MMS is becoming increasingly important to cell phone communication applications, including personalized audios, videos, photographs, product advertisements, marketing, medical technology, and many others. However, there are various problems associated with existing MMS technologies. Currently,
Human Robotics is a small high tech company dedicated to Research & Development of new anthropomorphic robotic technologies for being applied on minimally invasive robotic surgery.
The company has developed a miniature anthropomorphic robotic torso which includes 2 arms, trunk and a miniature camera. Each arm has 7 Degrees of freedom. The invention has been entitled Robotic Surgical Device.
In a typical oil changing operation, the do-itself-mechanic will use a bucket to drain the dirty oil from their car and replace the oil filter. The oil is transferred from the bucket to another container such as a spent milk jug and stored until it can be recycled or properly disposed of.
It’s been a long time since anything really new has been developed that improves the way we operate our computers. Pretty colors and soft-touch surfaces hardly qualify as innovation. It’s time we moved beyond the old puck-style mouse.
A Specialized Vocational Training Center to provide the instruction to Upgrade Existing Auto Mechanics to Repair and Service the New Plug-In Electric Vehicles (E. V. Technicians)
• What problem does your design idea solve?
Major Automobile Manufacturers are adding Electric “Plug-In” Vehicles to their product line this year.
• What are the potential benefits?
In most air-cooled heat exchangers, the construction utilizes a tube, through which the fluid passes, and fins over which the air passes to remove the heat. Some present units use an aluminum tube and an aluminum fin which are bonded together through a high temperature brazing process.
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