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Whether you have acute back pain, a sports injury or the most common chronic condition, arthritis, you are almost guaranteed to develop some kind of musculoskeletal condition at some stage of your lives. In the case of the arthritis sufferers, a life-long sentence awaits them relieved only by pain-killers, steroids and infrequent and poorly accessible physiotherapy.
Problem Description (Explain the technical and business problems you are addressing) :-
Making a device for Complete utilization of the energy being generated by the rotation of the wheel on use of cycling machine either at gym or home.
Resonant cyclic energy flow systems (RCEFS) are designed for resonant generation of mechanical or electromagnetic vibratory or oscillatory energy through excitation of not standing but the traveling, namely – revolving, natural waves within a distributed parameter system.
FUELING INTERGALACTIC PROPULSION SYSTEMS
Don Hill
Propelling spaceships through deep space requires ships to carry huge amounts of fuel to escape the gravitational pull on the ship. Once a space ship escapes the pulls of gravity within a solar system, the energy required to control the velocity of the ship becomes extremely small. With no added force,
Wind and solar energy are the two most abundant renewable energy sources on the planet. Current state of the art solar panels and wind generators are bulky, expensive and difficult to transport and deploy.
Wind2Go is the first portable wind generator on the market capable of delivering electricity where and when is needed most.
The Interlocking Electrical Test Probes affords an electrician or electrical technician the choice of joined test probes, operable with one hand or two separate un-joined test probes, operable with one probe in each hand. This versatility is accomplished by means of interlocking ends on each test probe.
The thin cross-section reciprocating cutting blade may help to reduce operator fatigue by reducing cutting tool vibration.
A reciprocating cutting tool comes to a stop when reversing direction. However, the cutting force generally remains. Consequently, the cutting tips are firnly forced against the material and must start-up in a binding condition.
The invention is meant to replace the optical zoom.
PROBLEM:
Optical zoom is an expensive, heavy and complicated device with over 100 parts. Some other drawbacks are: long development times, very complex optical calculations, the large number of the lenses and it can't be miniaturized. Compared to the high costs, the optical quality is rather poor,
“Sound in a Can” is in keeping with Einstein’s “If at first the idea is not absurd there is no hope for it.”
The basic idea was conceived a few years ago after an excruciating evening in a deafeningly loud night club.
It is a relatively simple concept to understand,
My idea is self explanatory, I believe that buiding on what has come along so far and incorporating these things into 1 tool is exactly what the parenting world needs. I am working on a multifunctional pacifier for babies. Anyone who is a parent knows that parenting is a job that requires multitasking. My invention would save time, space,
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