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Introduction: Mobile technology, including everything from inventive applications for smart phones to simple text messaging, is increasingly ubiquitous in the world and holds great potential for impact in areas such as health. The potential of the mobile phone to transform healthcare in the world has been sparking enthusiasm.
Problems we solve: Improve collaboration and communication between healthcare workers and patients,
Product: Water Hammer Power Generator
Idea: Generate power from water pressure supplied by a government or other source and not waste the water.
Challenge:Take the force of pressure from water and add air to allow it to be compressed.
Granular inorganic foam particles made from recycled glass absorb water and can improve water retention in arid irrigated soils used for agricultural crops. This will reduce the amount of and/or frequency of irrigation water demand.
The purpose of this design is to replace the current valve arrangement on today's internal combustion engines with one that is much more efficient. Current designs employ a rocker arm, spring, and valve-stem to create the up-and-down motion of the intake and exhaust valves, and as a result,
A compressed air car is an alternative fuel car. We can create the new world which does not pollute the surrounding by vehicle emissions. This can be achieved by making the compressed air engine that operates under dual operation. That is simultaneously power the car and run a compressor without any external energy.
Title: The Safety Mailbox
America has a long history of the roadside mailbox dating back to the RFD inception in 1896. This new mail service provided for a way for rural and suburban homes to send and receive inexpensive mail. Now 584 million pieces of mail are delivered daily.
As wonderful as roadside mail is,
Utilize a multi-layered medium to high pressure hose to reline and repair damaged distribution system. Oil Vent stack, sanitary sewers, meduim to high pressure water and chemical distribution system.
Parker Hannifin has the technology to build multi-layer hose.
Problem: heat load increases and temperature uniformity decreases in the area of process openings for both indexing (Fig. 1) and continuous equipment (Fig. 2)
Causes: Equipment typically maintained with slight negative to contain process fumes and POC from direct fired heating systems.
Solution: Cross between non-recirculating and recirculating air curtain.
This machine's concept is one of the non-traditional machining concepts, machining technique based on electrolysis in which metal is tooled in an anodic way and locally dissolved.
Introducing the Chariot
Chariot Electric Vehicles has combined the best attributes of the scooter, bicycle and the electric utility/golf cart to create a unique electric three-wheeled vehicle that provides a natural stability unequaled in its class. The Chariot has an exciting functional design that is safe, cost effective and environmentally friendly.
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