Garbage disposals are machines that grind food wastes into pulp. They are mostly used in the United States of America and are rarely seen anywhere else in the world (maybe Canada). It basically consists of a motor, an impeller, a grinding ring and cutters (usually swivel type) attached to the impeller. It doesn’t use any […]
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Don’t mistake the title, Rope chainsaw and easy lift harness are two different project ideas. I came across these when looking for a project idea to help people with disabilities. My last post was about Freedom Wheelchair, so I thought why not add some more ideas which can improve the life of disabled people! Rope […]
Continue readingWe see lots of cars everyday, different brands, different designs, wide ranges of power delivery. We also see wheel chairs, but they all look the same, and actually they are all the same. Wheel chair design 20 years ago was the same as today. Maybe nobody bothered to design a better wheel chair, so some […]
Continue readingHyperloop is the latest hot fascination of the PayPal, Tesla, Space-X founder Elon Musk. The concept of hyper loop revolves around transportation at ultra high speeds through near vacuum tubes or tunnels. But the idea is nothing new, transportation through near vacuum tubes were proposed in the 18th century and one was even patented in 1799 […]
Continue readingWaste disposal is a huge problem around the world. With more and more urbanization the government is finding it difficult to properly dispose wastes, both industrial and household. While household wastes can be composted in rural areas that is not option for the urban community. Most homes depend on municipal/city garbage collectors, and all these […]
Continue readingEverybody is interested in rumors. Rumors are interesting especially if there is some bit of truth in it. I was always fancied by UFO sightings. Hundreds of sightings are reported each year across the world. Theoretically in this broad, never ending universe aliens should exist, that gives some strength to our hope of seeing a […]
Continue readingWe have seen cars running on LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas). But can bikes and scooters run on them? Why not, though it is not much popular there are LPG gas converter kits available everywhere. Using LPG instead of petrol is not only economical but also better for the environment. There are lots of advantages in converting […]
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Ever heard of pedal assisted cycles? I first heard it when one of my senior at college, Jacob Thekkekkara, developed a pedal assisted rickshaw in Chennai IIT. He founded a company PI Labs and later raised venture capital and is now an entrepreneur, great guy. But pedal assist technology is nothing new. eBikes, ordinary bikes […]
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A group researchers in MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) recently developed an approach to use liquid droplets to connect two moving parts without any solid contacts. This is a breakthrough innovation which makes many things possible in the field of MEMS (Micorelectromechanical Systems). For those not familiar with MEMS, they are tiny machines developed for […]
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Gutter cleaning robot is an interesting topic I came across yesterday. Funnily gutter cleaning is a first world problem, as we Indians do not have such roof construction methods here. The only gutters we know are on road, just to clarify for us here, this is what a ‘gutter’ that we talk about in this […]
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