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This is the weirdest engine I have ever seen. They also said that about the Wankel.

This is the weirdest engine I have ever seen

I'm not holding my breath. The wankel sucks because they fall apart / fail to seal after a relatively short time. This uses standard pistons in a typical cylinder, so the rings / sealing are fundamentally identical to a standard engine. Oh I suggest you do! I hold my breath when "testing" my Wankel; the payoff is more enjoyable, and the "testing" takes only 3/4 of the normal time. It's a bit more recent development than the Wankel and it's been already tested in cars. It looks like they split the necessary sealing so the pistons seal against their cylinders in the normal way (which has thus far passed the test of time as the "best" way for longevity, cost, and oil consumption, more or less) and the tops of the cylinders are part of a big spinning seal that goes past the intake, exhaust, and spark entrances.

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PED F035 – Circuit Bent – LoFi electronic

This album has no distinct author. Sure, like all other albums, it was composed and recorded and mixed and edited like any other. But, with one clear difference – the machines, in most cases, were doing their own thing. So thanks to the machines? Sure. So thanks to the people who bent them? Remote Tripwire Alarm. How A Foot-Powered Washing Machine Could Change Millions Of Lives. About a year ago, two design students named Alex Cabunoc and Ji A You traveled from their homes in Los Angeles to Cerro Verde, a 30,000 person slum outside of Lima.

How A Foot-Powered Washing Machine Could Change Millions Of Lives

As students in the celebrated Design Matters program at Art Center College of Design, which focuses on social innovation, they had come to Cerro Verde as part of a special studio called Safe Agua Peru . Their goal? Develop a commercial product that alleviates issues related to water poverty, targeted at people who earn between $4 and $10 a day. The students spent two weeks in Cerro Verde, working closely with inhabitants to prototype "co-created" products at a break-neck speed. Since returning, nearly half of the students have won International Design Excellence Awards , and a student-made documentary about the trip called has been shortlisted for a Young Directors Award at Cannes.

The duo knew they had uncovered a huge opportunity for innovation by design. Interesting objects - Google-Suche.

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Machines. Tag Archive for "Military" - THE EDGE OBSERVER. The Police III and Police EVO are the latest multi-tool offerings from Extrema Ratio Knives.

Tag Archive for "Military" - THE EDGE OBSERVER

Extrema Ratio has made a name in the consumer market making well built tools with recognizable, stylish designs. They also collaborate with, and supply divisions of the Italian military and police force. Their largest folder, the R.A.O. is probably the most well known of these models. The Police III and EVO, as the name may imply also fall into this category. (left) Police EVO (right) Police III Extrema tends to generate iterations of their folding knife designs, classified in categories such as BF (Basic Folders), MF (Medium Folders), Heavy and Heaviest.

The Police III and EVO fill a gap in the line-up for a larger Swiss Army Knife like tool. Both the III and EVO have four main tools : a marlin spike, emergency rescue cutter, carbide tungsten glass breaker and a blade. Iris Diaphragm Prototype Workshop. Magnetically Actuated Micro-Robots Cooperate to Build Structures. Tentsile tree tents: floating treehouses mimic spider webs. Facebook. Slow motion jump. Eclipse Pneumatic Launchers. Specifications: All 40mm pneumatic launchers in development Variable velocity 100-600fps Non-Pyrotechnic No muzzle flash Low acoustic signature Semiautomatic action 120 Rounds per minute cycle rate Operating pressure 150-1200psi Interchangeable Barrels 400 meter Range / 20 foot radius 40 meter Range / 1 foot radius Low power setting allows for operating distance of under 1 meter Source of air can be SCUBA or Paintball type tanks of 3000 to 4500psi.

Eclipse Pneumatic Launchers

Approx. 1 shot per cubic inch from 3000psi source tank at 200psi operating pressure Stationary or portable/mobile compressors with reservoirs may also be used 6 round revolving cylinder Break forward breech Polycarbonate bore sight Semiautomatic action / No winding necessary Gas piston operation Detachable 40mm magazine well Blow forward bolt Quick release air supply Unified air option for magazine Narrow profile 2.25” Accumulators content from Hydraulics & Pneumatics.

The most common use for accumulators is to supplement pump flow.

Accumulators content from Hydraulics & Pneumatics

Some circuits require high-volume flow for a short time and then use little or no fluid for an extended period. Generally speaking, when half or more of the machine cycle is not using pump flow, the application is a likely candidate for an accumulator circuit. The circuit shown uses several accumulators to supplement pump flow because the dwell time is 45 sec out of the 57.5-sec cycle time. This circuit’s 22-gpm fixed-volume pump operates on pressure during most of the cycle to fill the cylinder and the accumulators.

Without the accumulators, this circuit would require a 100-gpm pump driven by a 125-hp motor. One drawback of using accumulators to supplement pump flow is that the circuit must operate at a pressure higher than needed to perform the work. Dragon Runner Robot. Sand Flea Jumping Robot. [Tutorial] Como construir Motor Stirling caseiro passo a passo explicativo - Stirling engine. Various Life-Hacks. Professor Hunter- Epic Chemistry Teacher. The Best Inventions of 2013. Hands-On with Sixense STEM VR Motion-Tracking System. Quick Release Latches. Large Trips Large quick release - 7in. x 2in. x 7/8in. 2200# working load capacity, squib or manual operated.

Quick Release Latches

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