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Colorful Encasement or “Skin” for Earpiece of Cochlear Implant |
Page Views: 144 |
Consumer |
| Rebecca Elie, Ypsilanti , MI US |
Votes: 7 |
10/17/2008 |
Colorful Encasement or “Skin” for Earpiece of Cochlear Implant
The words “Cochlear Implant” arouse many emotions in the hearing and Deaf world. Some say that a child born deaf should become part of the Deaf Culture, learning to communicate through American Sign Language and enjoying this chance to associate with others in this manner. Others say that a child should be given the opportunity to hear, and so a Cochlear implant is chosen. People today
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Whole Body Isokinetic Exercise System |
Page Views: 148 |
Medical |
| Steven Albrechtsen, Stoughton, WI US |
Votes: 16 |
10/17/2008 |
During prolonged space travel continuous exposure to zero gravity causes a wide range of physiological changes that reduce exercise capability and endanger physical well-being. These changes have particular consequences for the skeletal, muscular and cardiovascular systems. Weight-bearing exercise can prevent and/or reverse the changes, but is generally not possible in zero gravity. Isokinetic exercise (i.e., same speed exercise) is often used in rehabilitation and isokinetic equipment could be used in zero gravity. However, currently available
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The "Skeleton" Urban Mass Transit System |
Page Views: 114 |
Transportation |
| Wade Hoople, Barrie, ON CA |
Votes: 5 |
10/16/2008 |
What I suggest is to develop a new urban mass transit system based on monorail technology above ground and parallel to existing roads.
Granted, monorails have been tried before successfully and unsuccessfully and generally are not viewed as very cost effective.
After researching the various monorail systems I find the over 100 year old Schwebebahn Monorail system in Wuppertal Germany - closely matches what I have envisioned. (See attached photographs)
I see
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ANTIFOGGING PAPER TOWELS FOR BATHROOM MIRRORS |
Page Views: 94 |
Consumer |
| Graham Allan, Kenmore, WA US |
Votes: 4 |
10/16/2008 |
ANTIFOGGING PAPER TOWELS FOR BATHROOM MIRRORS
Men and women use the bathroom in quite different ways.
One important difference is that typically after showering, women apply make-up before leaving the bathroom. To do this the use of a mirror is required.
In many bathrooms the mirror becomes fogged by condensation while the shower is running. Bathroom fans generally do not prevent this fogging.
For working women or students, much more than men, this fogging is a delaying irritation because
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Boiling water shrinkage tester for textured yarn used in textile industry |
Page Views: 179 |
Machinery/Equipment |
| Dr.S.S. Bhattacharya, Mrs. T.N.Shaikh, D.J.Chudasama, BARODA, NA IN |
Votes: 6 |
09/27/2008 |
The natural fibres have crimp or convolutions and this characteristic gives bulkiness to the yarn. A new technique viz; texturing has been developed that modify long glass rod like structure of continuous filament yarn by introducing either permanent crimps, loops, coils or wrinkles, that makes filament bulkier and fuller in appearance without cutting them into staple fibres.
Texturing methods:
Several texturing techniques have been developed to impart bulk and stretch.False twist texturing is introduced into the commercial
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Innovation in Commingling Machine use for Producing Hybrid Yarns For Thermoplastic Composites |
Page Views: 161 |
Machinery/Equipment |
| Dr Hireni Mankodi, VADODARA, IN |
Votes: 11 |
09/22/2008 |
Innovation in Commingling Machine use for Producing Hybrid Yarns For Thermoplastic Composite
Basic idea
Advance technology creates a need for combinations of properties that no single material can provide.Today composites have become the material of choice. Composite can be defined as combinations of dissimilar materials to perform a task that neither of the constituent material can perform alone. A textile composite is made of textile reinforce and a matrix material in form of fibre, yarn or fabric.
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Pin Grinder |
Page Views: 233 |
Machinery/Equipment |
| Shrinivas Bhat, mysore, NA IN |
Votes: 7 |
09/08/2008 |
Product: This is a pin grinder for grinding the external diameter of pins ranging in diameter from 2.0 - 12 mm, pins without using cylindrical grininding machine.
Usage: This is suitable for small sacle industires (machine shop, metal stamping & injection moulding industries) who doesn't have cylindrical griniding machine & they need to grind samll pins in batchwise or for maintanence purpose.
Working Principle : The fixture is clamped on surface grinding machine & the
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Tablet dispenser |
Page Views: 187 |
Consumer |
| Shrinivas Bhat, mysore, NA IN |
Votes: 7 |
09/05/2008 |
This is to a soultion to avoid many numer of tablets falling out from a tablet bottle when the cap is removed. this is custom made to suit diabetes table, but can be used to other tablets also with slight modification in design.
In this the original cap is replaced with a innovative & very simple mechanisam by which a single tablet comes out for a turn of 90 degree. it is very easy to use,
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Amazing lawn sprinkler with adjustable coverage pattern! |
Page Views: 285 |
Consumer |
| Patrick Dennis, Oklahoma City, OK US |
Votes: 15 |
08/30/2008 |
An amazing lawn sprinkler that lets the user adjust the coverage area to the shape of the yard! Since I live in a cul-de-sac, I have a wedge shaped yard. I have tried sprinklers with circular or rectangular coverage areas and they waste water and time. If I use a rectangular coverage area on my wedge shaped yard, a large triangle section of the coverage area goes down the drain.
The solution is a sprinkler that
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The Next Generation Super Terminal - The ECSTC System |
Page Views: 187 |
Transportation |
| Samuel Alba, Montebello , CA US |
Votes: 7 |
08/29/2008 |
The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach combine for the largest inter-modal gateway in the Western Hemisphere. Combined, they move nearly 15 million container units (TEUs) equaling 40% of all containers moved via U.S. Ocean Ports of Entry.
Today, billions of dollars are spent at these two port terminal complexes in the transfer of container cargo to and from ships, trains, and trucks. With respect to redundant operations at multiple complexes, an opportunity to
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Electrical Generation from a Static Source Machine |
Page Views: 314 |
Sustainable Technology |
| Harold Graham, Shawnee, OK US |
Votes: 9 |
08/21/2008 |
A NEW METHOD OF GENERATING ELECTRICITY
Present electricity generation methods can be compared to sumo wrestling. As magnets spin past coils of wire, the magnetic fields bump electrons causing them to flow. This flow produces a backward resistance against the dynamo. Steam and water are now made to always win over the dynamo, but in the end, they are inefficient and “panting from exertion”.
A NEW PARADIGM: Why not generate electric energy in a method similar to
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Inductive Coupling of Pulses to Implanted Electrodes for Deep Brain Stimulation |
Page Views: 256 |
Medical |
| Jie Wu, Knoxville, TN US |
Votes: 17 |
08/17/2008 |
The cause of Parkinson’s disease (PD) is not clear, and there is still no known cure. The treatments for PD, both medicinal and surgical, are used to minimize disability, and help the patient maintain the highest possible quality of life. Deep brain stimulation (DBS), e.g. Medtronics Activa system, is a surgical procedure for patients whose symptoms cannot be adequately controlled with medications. DBS uses a battery-operated medical device called a neurostimulator, surgically implanted subcutaneously in
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Miniaturised Multi-frequency Printed Circuit Antenna for Wireless Applications |
Page Views: 12,762 |
Consumer |
| Shaileshachandra Pandey, Ahmedabad, NA IN |
Votes: 45 |
08/13/2008 |
A miniaturized printed circuit antenna Wireless-communication. Thus, reduction of antenna size is required for practical use. Several methods for size reduction have already been examined. But all these techniques are able to reduce the antenna size more or less by 50%. Since the resonant frequency of a patch antenna is inversely proportional to ??r, it is possible to reduce the resonant frequency by using a substrate with high dielectric constant. However, high-permittivity material entraps the
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Artificial Intervertebral Disc |
Page Views: 430 |
Medical |
| Eugene Rivin, West Bloomfield, MI US |
Votes: 27 |
07/31/2008 |
The spinal column is a part of human body which is prone to development of malfunctions. A troublesome malfunction is breakage or rupture of intervertebral discs which have to perform a contradictory task –accommodate high vertical forceswhile providing for easy mobilities in horizontal/angular directions.
One conventional treatment includes fusing of vertebraes connected by the ruptured disc, which limits mobility of the spinal column. Another treatment involves implanting of a spherical joint between the vertebraes. It is
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Thor’s Shotgun – Large-area Mine and Cluster Ordnance Clearance. |
Page Views: 469 |
Safety and Security |
| Mark Langford, Beccles, Suffolk, NA GB |
Votes: 4 |
07/27/2008 |
Mines, whether lain by hand or scattered by cluster-bombs, are an ongoing hazard to life and limb around the world.
They are also expensive and difficult to remove, with minefields taking hundreds or thousands of man-hours to clear, plus specialised training and equipment for the de-miners. This is often an expense that cannot be afforded because the minefield is in an economically-deprived area.
“Thor’s Shotgun” is a proposal for a mine-clearance system suitable for clearing large areas
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The Cuttlefish Drive: a low-budget ROV propulsion system. |
Page Views: 1,297 |
Machinery/Equipment |
| Mark Langford, Beccles, Suffolk, NA GB |
Votes: 10 |
07/13/2008 |
Every submersible remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) has weaknesses. Everything that pierces the hull (door, cable) is a potential leak, and if something must both pierce the hull and move at the same time, the potential for leakage is multiplied.
This entry is a drive system that eliminates the need for drive-shafts to pierce the hull of an ROV, and also removes the very real possibility of rotating impellers getting tangled or jammed by underwater plants or hanging
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A FUEL-LESS ENGINE |
Page Views: 682 |
Transportation |
| sanjeev kumar, MUZAFFARPUR, NA IN |
Votes: 5 |
07/10/2008 |
Name of the project:A fuel less Engine,
Principle :Spring energy generates power to rotate crank shaft.
Working :Piston compresses the spring, due to compression of Spring coil, energy generates and this energy forces the Piston to move upward and again due to inertia of piston. Piston moves downward and compress the spring.Thus Reciprocation of Piston is maintained .
Initial forced movement of Piston to compress the
Spring and afterwrad motion of Piston is regulated by 12v Battery
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