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A Simple communicator for the speech impaired |
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Consumer |
| Robert Eisnaugle, Vancouver, WA US |
Votes: 4 |
10/17/2008 |
This is a small simple communication device for people who cannot use their voice to answer simple questions. When a doctor ask a question he is generally looking for a "yes or NO", e.g. "can you feel this?"
Two or three LEDs, green for YES,yellow (orange) for MAYBE, and red for NO. The device also needs some way to indicate HELP is needed. This could be a simple audio oscillator.
The schematic shows two circuits one with
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Connector with ESD Inhibiting Shield |
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Sustainable Technology |
| Robert Miller, Austin, TX US |
Votes: 10 |
10/09/2008 |
See http://www.emcesd.com/tt2008/tt100108.htm for complete verbiage.
Figure 1 shows two mating connectors in close proximity. Mating two system components can result in an ESD event with unwanted effects on the system including damaging sensitive components. There are two ways of handling such a scenario. One is to design the equipment to withstand the ESD event or, alternatively, prevent the ESD event from happening in the first place. The second approach is the subject of this Technical Tidbit.
There
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UV CLEAR EAR |
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Medical |
| Robert Eisnaugle, Vancouver, WA US |
Votes: 15 |
10/08/2008 |
This is a low cost device to induce 382NM, 650NM, and 860NM light to the inner ear. The device is housed at this time in a project box 5"X3"x1.6" and has a power,start,timer,and diode select switch. A green LED is used to show that power is on.
The 382NM and 650NM are run from the same driver, as each can use the same voltage and current. The infrared has a lower voltage and higher current
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REFRIGERATOR EFFICIENCY DUCT |
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Consumer |
| S. R. Snook, Chadron, NE US |
Votes: 6 |
10/07/2008 |
Although this concept bears some likeness to another entry, I gave considerable thought to the idea well before I read that entry.
I believe one should build an air-tight enclosure to seal off the condenser coils and the motor of the refrigerator from the kitchen and duct cold outside air through an under-floor vent to the enclosure, venting the warmed air to the attic after it has cooled the motor and the condenser of the
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Commoculars |
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Safety and Security |
| Daniel Garcia, Columbia, MS US |
Votes: 8 |
10/07/2008 |
Commoculars are a 'pair' of binoculars that have been modified by the addition of infrared emitters and detectors along with earphone and microphone and ancillary electronics powered by an external battery. These additions allow the original binoculars to operate as normal for visual light, but ALSO allow for clear, full duplex audio communications between the two users in line of sight. One mile or greater distances can be achieved with only 20-30 milliwatts of transmitted
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FUEL CELL MOTOR |
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Machinery/Equipment |
| S. R. Snook, Chadron, NE US |
Votes: 8 |
10/06/2008 |
This device is a fuel cell which forms its own motor, primarily to move air [oxygen] to the anode of the cell where it combines with hydrogen ions to form water. It is a motor of the homopolar type, which means it requires current rather than voltage as its operating energy. However, a number of cells can be stacked to increase the output voltage.
Primarily, the axle is a hollow pipe to convey hydrogen to the
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Neodyicwing |
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Transportation |
| Gary Henthorne, Vanzant, MO US |
Votes: 5 |
09/18/2008 |
The dream of unlimited transportation without the need of refueling will become a reality with the use of the Neodyic (patent pending) motor design. By using power, collected in a specialized battery compartment, from helium filled solar panel encased wings the operation of propellers driven by the Neodyic electric motors happens. Neodyic electric motors consist of a series of shaped, contrary neodymium permanent magnets. These motors, each containing precisely contoured propellers protruding from them, provide
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The (Fuel-Injected) Pulsed Turbine Rotor Engine Powers “Future” Thrust-Vectoring VTOL Jetcars and more... |
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Transportation |
| David Haskins, San Diego, CA US |
Votes: 8 |
09/16/2008 |
<< CLICK << PICTURE << FOR << ANIMATION << << << <<
Good News! The first practical lightweight jet-powered VTOL "car", "aircraft" is
finally within reach.
I'm presenting to all of you, an opportunity for one corporation or investor to make aviation history by capturing the elusive practical flying car that has been sought after for many decades.
I am writing to you not as a professional engineer, designer or manufacturer. I am a total amateur, a hobbyist
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The Informational Individual |
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Sustainable Technology |
| Gheorghe Matei, Iedera, NA RO |
Votes: 2 |
09/14/2008 |
Today, at the beginning of the third millennium, the discussions in the software world are about the new forms of the old things.
My project is about a fundamental invention in the informational models area – the Informational Individual. This is the informational entity that can virtually model any problem of the informational space.
My project comes with key notions and terms (Informational Individual; Universal Programming Language of the Informational Space; Methodology of Analysis and Design; Individual-Oriented
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Improved Mallory Engine |
Page Views: 206 |
Transportation |
| S. R. Snook, Chadron, NE US |
Votes: 6 |
09/08/2008 |
Besides my work on the Stoichiometric DuoFanTM [jet] and helicopter powerplant, I have also worked on the design of two smaller engines. One is a “Crankless Diesel” and the other is a variation on the Mallory, a vane-type rotary patented in 1967 (US Pat 3,301,233) and described in Aviation Week and Space Technology about 13 March 1967. The Mallory was very small and light for its horsepower and exhibited a specific fuel consumption of almost
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Solar Canyon |
Page Views: 194 |
Sustainable Technology |
| S. R. Snook, Chadron, NE US |
Votes: 11 |
09/08/2008 |
I have enclosed my patent for the “Solar CanyonTM.” I have located a couple of possible sites for such an installation in Ventura County, CA. The first site was about 2000 meters long, with a trapezoidal mouth about 800 meters wide by 100 meters high, and the rise between the mouth and the exit about 400 meters. I estimated this site would produce about 50MW peak power at about the same time as electricity demand
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Rescue Balloon |
Page Views: 218 |
Safety and Security |
| S. R. Snook, Chadron, NE US |
Votes: 11 |
08/29/2008 |
RESCUE BALLOON
This balloon is for use after the crash of a small plane, or in the case of a person lost in the woods, or the desert, when it is reasonable to expect a search effort to be taking place. The balloon, roughly a meter cubed, is constructed of Mylar, or a similar plastic, with the bottom three faces vacuum-coated with aluminum on both sides. This forms a capacitor of the bottom faces of
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"Segway Single" Wheelchair |
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Medical |
| S. R. Snook, Chadron, NE US |
Votes: 10 |
08/29/2008 |
“SEGWAY SINGLE”TM WHEELCHAIR
Powered wheelchairs are MASSIVE! And manual chairs are quite wide and their narrow wheels made them very difficult to propel over a soft surface, such as grass. This design is extremely compact, being only as wide as the shoulders of the occupant, and it has a very low-pressure footprint, on the order of 15 to 20 psi.
This chair is based upon the electronics package of the SEGWAY. The bulk of the mass of
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Ulimited Energy |
Page Views: 257 |
Sustainable Technology |
| Michael Sarabia, Bay Point, CA US |
Votes: 10 |
08/21/2008 |
1. There is far more wind energy over the oceans to produce energy than will be needed for centuries. One problem is to get the energy from the ocean to where it is needed.
2. The initial cost of a windmill group, and loan interest to build them, will produce energy cheaper than any other source, except for geothermal and solar steam engines which rival this idea. Geothermal energy is unavailable for some nations; in Colorado
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An answer to the uncertainties of wind speed on wind generators |
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Sustainable Technology |
| Robert Paulley, Gosport, NA GB |
Votes: 5 |
08/07/2008 |
The problem with wind generation for single homes is that viable wind speeds tend to be only available for 30% of the year (except in certain windy spots, which tend to be too far from urban conurbations, to be useful. Offshore windfarms are too expensive and too unreliable for widespread implementation.
The issue revolves around the threshold windspeed, required to provide a rateable output. This, currently, stands at about 3m/sec for serious products.
Collation of wind speed
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Automotive Evaporation Air Cooler Eliminates Air Conditioner Energy Hog |
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Transportation |
| Frederick Gillham, Magnolia, TX US |
Votes: 9 |
08/05/2008 |
Background
"The latest results from an ongoing evaluation of hybrid cars indicate the use of air conditioning has a dramatic effect on hybrid's fuel economy. "The hybrids we tested got 15 to 27 percent lower fuel economy with the air conditioning on," said Jim Francfort, principal investigator at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, which is operated for the Department of Energy." (http://www.hybridcars.com/gas-mileage-factors/airconditioning.html)
Not surprisingly, similar results have been found on all air conditioned vehicles.
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Automotive Evaporation Air Cooler Eliminates Air Conditioner Energy Hog |
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Sustainable Technology |
| Frederick Gillham, Magnolia, TX US |
Votes: 10 |
08/05/2008 |
Background
"The latest results from an ongoing evaluation of hybrid cars indicate the use of air conditioning has a dramatic effect on hybrid's fuel economy. "The hybrids we tested got 15 to 27 percent lower fuel economy with the air conditioning on," said Jim Francfort, principal investigator at the Idaho National Laboratory in Idaho Falls, which is operated for the Department of Energy." (http://www.hybridcars.com/gas-mileage-factors/airconditioning.html)
Not surprisingly, similar results have been found on all air conditioned vehicles.
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AluSette Formula One racer performance @ alfa romeo money,..penny,.. |
Page Views: 398 |
Transportation |
| Sörrren eS. Ghislamberti LeRingque Bismati, Copenhagen, VALBY, NA DK |
Votes: 2 |
07/19/2008 |
A formula One racer, made from 6 inch/152,8 mm diameter aluminium tubing, and 1200-1300 bHP turbo methanol ALFA Alfetta TWIN-SPARK '75 America-Turbo' mechanicals,.. 465 kgs vehicle weight, 400 grammes per horsepower laden weight, F1 front tires all around, hard compound, aerodynamics un-solved//disregarded, so far ,.. la carrozzeria 'bellezza neccessaira'h' come il faut,. ,. the last quest for alfetta class mechanicals and mechanics/drivers,.. Sincerely, Sörren eS. ALGREEN-USSING . soerenau / Soerenau / eS.
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Bloodhound |
Page Views: 301 |
Safety and Security |
| Larry Lueder, Mantua, NJ US |
Votes: 7 |
07/18/2008 |
The Bloodhound
My idea is to use existing unmanned flying vehicles such as the Military Predator to sniff out high value targeted criminals such as Bin Laden.
In the past and somewhat these days canines were and are still used to hunt down criminals or lost people. It is a known fact that some vultures can smell a dead carcass from several thousand feet above a jungle canapé.
Utilizing existing chemical analysis technologies, there shouldn’t be any
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A.T.E.A.M. (ANTI-TERRORIST ECM-AUDIO MECHANISM) |
Page Views: 311 |
Safety and Security |
| Byron Willner, Hot Springs, VA US |
Votes: 9 |
07/17/2008 |
METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR DETECTING AND NEUTRALIZING
REMOTELY ACTIVATED EXPLOSIVES
Patent Pending
By Byron J Willner, 7/17/2008
SCOPE
The scope of this paper is to facilitate electronic and audio countermeasures for use in a wartime environment. More specifically, the apparatuses concerns a device which can use both electronic and audio countermeasures to explode or deactivate various types of remotely controlled or condition responsive explosive devices such as IEDs and land mines.
PURPOSE
The present invention concerns a system and apparatus for detecting
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