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Low Tire Pressure Monitor |
Page Views: 63 |
Transportation |
| Kevin Prodromides, Tucson, AZ US |
Votes: 6 |
10/14/2008 |
By: Kevin Prodromides – 10/13/2008
Title: Low Tire Pressure Monitor
Category: Transportation
Background:
The number one cause of tire failure is due to under inflated tires. These failures can be costly in terms of the cost for the tire and damage failed tires cause to the vehicle. The typical way to avoids tire failure is to ensure that they are property inflated. Typically, to ensure proper tire inflation requires one to measure the pressure of the tires periodically.
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Remote Monitoring Apparatus and Method for Children/Toddlers |
Page Views: 63 |
Consumer |
| Marty Urquhart, King of Prussia, PA US |
Votes: 7 |
10/15/2008 |
Like many new parents, my wife and I depend on baby monitors for a sense of security and peace of mind. Existing monitoring methods have a range limited to generally in and around the house. I have a new utility patent issued for a small monitor worn throughout the day that automatically activates the hands-free speakerphone when dialed like a cell phone.
The monitor is a simple sturdy tag, key-fob or pendent-like device housing the
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Eco Friendly Icon |
Page Views: 65 |
Consumer |
| David Veldkamp, Grand Rapids , MI US |
Votes: 1 |
10/17/2008 |
Food production accounts of over 17% of all fossil fuels used in the United States. But that can be changed. There are alternatives available that require little to no change in diet, but use substantially less fossil fuel. Unfortunately few are aware of the environmental impact of their dietary choices. The Eco-Friendly Icon (EFI) is the solution to this problem. Using a small packaging graphic, EFI identifies food choices with a reduced environmental impact. This
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Customize your Play Experience |
Page Views: 66 |
Consumer |
| Matthew Dierkes, Mount Sinai, NY US |
Votes: 2 |
10/16/2008 |
This concept examines a modular bounce toy for children featuring first and foremost a safe experience that can be customized to fulfill the infinite desires and insatiable detail capable of a young child’s mind. The research employed, directly leading to the inspiration for this toy examines the act of play in children ages seven to ten years old, specifically focusing on the act of jumping and bouncing.
The toy is inspired by other modular toys, specifically
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Basin overflow prevention system |
Page Views: 67 |
Consumer |
| Stephen Levy, Wilton, CT US |
Votes: 4 |
10/17/2008 |
Invention- Basin overflow prevention system Patent Pending.
The basin overflow prevention system is designed to prevent overflow of any basin such as a toilet bowl, sink, bathtub shower stall, bidet or other fluid processing basins. Let's face it- with standard toilets overflow is one of the unspoken anxieties of modern plumbing and remains a frequent problem in both residential and commercial buildings. Not only is the clean-up unpleasant, but water damage to the building can
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Make-up Matcher |
Page Views: 67 |
Consumer |
| Shasta Palmer, Atascadero, CA UM |
Votes: 5 |
10/10/2008 |
The above device would be a scanner for make-up and hair color instead of paint and the dye would probably be dispensed as a powder and measured on a scale instead of as shown. But this gets across the basic idea. Here the person could pick the desired color on the left, or bring in a color and have it matched (similar to the paint set-up shown above)
Idea: A color scanning device like the ones
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Visual Child Monitor |
Page Views: 68 |
Safety and Security |
| Adam Weisgerber, Bellevue, WA US |
Votes: 5 |
10/15/2008 |
Parents wear these sunglasses to locate their children in a crowd. The child wears a clip that transmits its location to the glasses, which display an indicator in the parent’s field of view exactly where the child is. This would help spot out a lost child at a crowded place like an amusement park, fireworks show, pumpkin patch, festival, playground, park, or beach. Or, with multiple children to watch at a crowded playground, the guardian
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ejector system wings |
Page Views: 68 |
Safety and Security |
| Daniel Hernández Martín, Granada, NA ES |
Votes: 8 |
10/16/2008 |
ejector system wings
All aircraft carrying passengers today have their fuel tanks in the wings.
In many commercial aviation accidents the vast majority of victims are due to burns and drowning caused by the burning of fuel.
The proposed system is very simple, it is to get rid of the wings when the plane is about to crash to the ground, never when it is in full flight.
This system would be automatic like the
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TELESCOPIC/COLLAPSIBLE READING AID |
Page Views: 69 |
Consumer |
| Michael Drage, Shrewsbury, NA GB |
Votes: 7 |
10/16/2008 |
A Reading Aid Page retainer that keeps books open therefor removes any hand strain allowing hands free reading and increase reading pleasure, yet pages are easily turned, that can cope with virtually all book sizes from size A paperbacks to demi size hardbacks (due to it's telescopic feature) with spine thicknesses up to 50mm yet is light weight, collapsible.
The telescopic feature mechanism works in such a way as to give a tactile feel with accurate
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thread's plasma |
Page Views: 69 |
Machinery/Equipment |
| hamoon fathi, leoben, NA AT |
Votes: 6 |
10/14/2008 |
Thread's plasma
Description of project and designing are the first part of each project and the best way
for finding partners and customers.
Imaging and painting 3DV (three dimensions view) is the nice and clear introduction
for a project.
Simulation with Computer is an easy way but usually projects need models. (Picture 1)
This combined polymer is including special plastic and metals.
This plastic can transfer temperature like metal
and can be flexible like plastics and of curs the polymer's shape change
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Home Security Water Filter |
Page Views: 69 |
Safety and Security |
| Rick Seville, West Palm Beach, FL US |
Votes: 12 |
10/10/2008 |
The Harmsco® Home Security Water Filter is a fresh water purification device that combines several filtration technologies with Ultra Violet (UV) sterilization. There are three housing models; HS-4, HS-8, and HS-12, and corresponding cartridge models: HSC-4, HSC-8, & HSC-12.
The Harmsco® Home Security Water Filter is designed as a fail-safe unit that continuously improves the water supply* by acting as a multi-layer filter, adsorber, and sterilizer of drinking water.
The filter consists of two chambers: a cartridge
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Multiple Optical Spotting System |
Page Views: 70 |
Safety and Security |
| Robert Wintergerst, Missooula, MT US |
Votes: 11 |
10/14/2008 |
The purpose of the Multiple Optical Spotting System is to allow multiple people using separate optical devices, such as binoculars or spotting scopes, to quickly and accurately view a common object or target once that object has been spotted by one of the devices within the system. The process would involve using triangulation calculations generated from positioning and directional data provided by the various optical devices comprising the system to determine the location of the
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Soothe |
Page Views: 71 |
Safety and Security |
| Xeng Vang, Kitchener, ON CA |
Votes: 6 |
10/10/2008 |
Soothe – Forest Fire Fighting System
Imagine if a raging forest fire, ravaging acres upon acres of land can be contained, minimized and eventually snuffed out. Not only that, but accelerate the growth of the land with its own native vegetation life. This system is called Soothe. At the heart of this system is a product inspired by three leafed maple tree seed-leaves.
Pre-organized and stacked inside an airplane, these structures can be dropped by the
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UV CLEAR EAR |
Page Views: 72 |
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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Reducing the Energy Consumption of Refrigerators in Northern Climates |
Page Views: 72 |
Sustainable Technology |
| Paul Tinari, Coquitlam, BC CA |
Votes: 13 |
10/14/2008 |
Problem: The modern refrigerator operates as if the external environment does not exist. Electrical power is continuously consumed to refrigerate an internal space to less than 4 C even when the temperature of the external environment is cold enough to provide this refrigeration for free. It is wasteful to use energy to heat the inside of a house to 20 C when the ambient temperature is 4 C, while at the same time using additional
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LIGHTENING ROD FOR FOREST WILDFIRES |
Page Views: 72 |
Safety and Security |
| Karolton Sefcik, Frisco, TX US |
Votes: 5 |
10/16/2008 |
LIGHTENING ROD FOR FOREST WILDFIRES
My idea is to build a tall tower (antenna) that will support a lightening rod, so that heat lightening will not start a forest fire, but will be conducted straight to ground. I have not worked out all the engineering details, but what I am proposing may just save a lot of wildfires from ever being started, and that would save lives, resources and forests.
My Design
In a clear area,
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i-Dash |
Page Views: 72 |
Consumer |
| Devavrat Madhavi, Bangalore, NA IN |
Votes: 5 |
10/17/2008 |
i-Dash is complete replacement for the conventional dashboard. Not only replacement for the dashboard it’s much more. It’s your mobile, your keys for card, your credit card for refueling your car… and so on.
Basically i-Dash is a mobile phone enabled with various other features, like displaying speedometer of your car, displaying fuel gauge, displaying temperature. Any kind of display that you may find on a conventional dashboard of a car can be displayed on ‘i-dash.’
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Computer Aided REstoration: CARE |
Page Views: 73 |
Sustainable Technology |
| Rinaldo Sperotto, SCHIO (VI), IT |
Votes: 2 |
10/17/2008 |
Computer Aided REstoration: CARE
This application provides to use a set of tools for digital mapping of a pictorial image, its analysis and storage, its processing and, finally, the execution of the pictorial recovery, decided by the restorer.
It can be applied both to movable (table or canvas) and fixed (frescoes) paintings.
Even though it is easier to operate on horizontal flat surfaces, the application to vertical or variously oriented surfaces is evident: it needs only an adjustable
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Automotive Evaporation Air Cooler Eliminates Air Conditioner Energy Hog |
Page Views: 73 |
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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Tidal Power Piston |
Page Views: 74 |
Sustainable Technology |
| Michael Furr, Arlington, WA US |
Votes: 8 |
10/13/2008 |
Current design of tidal power generators adapts hydropower concepts. Let’s look at the tide not as simply moving water but as a moving mass.
First consider a floating, donut-shaped piston wrapped around a rigid, upright pole anchored in the seabed. The piston has positive buoyancy and drives a generator by means of hydraulic fluid located within the pole. It locks to the pole at low tide, then at highest tide, the piston is released, rises and
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