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The objective will be the design and construction of an “Ambulatory Ice Cream Vending Machine, with integrated Refrigeration, moved by Human Power”. The project will be part of a student group of Mechanical Engineering, of the University UTESA, Dominican Republic. The team will be lead by Prof. Eduardo Sagredo.
With today's society basing all new advancements and technologies on renewable energy, clean energy and energy efficiency, "going green" is the new future.
Hydrogen is the most abundant resource on Earth so implementing this as a new fuel will greatly benefit our environment in numerous ways.
The designs provided herein are of a sound location detection device.
The purpose of this product is to identify the location of origin of a particular sound in any environment.
The primary usage of this product is in security purposes like identification of the direction from which a particular sound originated. The sound could be a gunshot, a scream,
Why struggle through the air when it can be swept out of your way in front of your vehicle? If you have ever driven in the slip stream of a truck you will know you don't need to be so heavy on the gas. About half the propulsion energy of a car is lost in air resistance.
Idea is based on gravitational force, water and buoyancy. These three natural forces are present all over the world and will never end. In this Idea power project these three forces are used for the production of electricity, Gravitational force. From any height if a weight falls on the earth,
This invention relates to 2° order biquad/universal continuous time IF analog active filters for telecommunications and active full self-compensation techniques to improve the frequency range, the stability and/or the selectivity of the filters with a very low, or as if zero, cost.
This aircraft runs on current bladeless fan available in market has propeller. Electric power from a fuel cell or battery is used to run the bladeless fan. Two bladeless fans are placed on either side of the wing and the impeller arrangement is kept inside the wing.
The Tooth Fairy™ is a patent-pending appliance (20040118427 Palfy et al., 2002) for use by the millions who wear retainers, dentures, plates and sports mouth guards and require improved oral hygiene. Hand brushing is messy and of limited utility, while effervescing tablet soaks are expensive, sanitize poorly and leave an unpleasant long-lasting aftertaste.
This idea provides two benefits simultaneously - it produces free electricity and reduces flooding and erosion.
The idea is to put large rain-storage tanks on the roofs of skyscrapers. Then hours or days after a rain storm, the water would flow to ground level through a pipe with a water turbine to generate electricity.
Many third world countries suffer from disease and death due to lack of clean water sources. Areas which are subject to high temperatures, dry weather, and semi-arrid conditions make storing clean water difficult.
This very simple device is a portable unit called a "water farm." Made of rugged polymers, it functions using condensation,
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