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Between work, study, and traveling, every so often, I come up
with an idea and start bringing it to life. These are some of those ideas. I
consider these prototypes as inventions because they are new and you cannot
find anything like these in the market. The sad thing is that they never made it beyond my garage! |
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Kickboxing Pad |
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Description: This product is very cool. It is an
excellent tool to improve your forms if you are into martial arts or boxing.
The Kickboxing Pad, which can be wrapped around any pole (or a
punching bag), allows you to practice your kicking and punching techniques. The
pad randomly turns on one of its indicators and tells the user which
technique to use and where to hit the pad. The pad has an audio chip which
can talk to user and tell him how fast and accurate his techniques are.
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The Kickboxing Pad measures how fast the target was hit
and, using its audio chip, it tells the user how fast they are.
The display screen monitors the over all activities for
five minutes and provides a final score.
This is an excellent tool to improve your techniques and
speed!
Technical Information: The basic components used for
designing the Kickboxing Pad are PIC16C55 micro-processor and ISD 1000AP audio chip
from TI.
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Status: Completed in 2002. |
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The Tracker |
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Description: The Tracker is a unique device with
multiple applications. It can remotely be connected to anything (mail boxes,
doors, gates, etc.) and when activated, it can call you on your cell phone
(or any other designated phone).
Imagine you are waiting for an important mail or package.
You can easily connect this device to your mail box and when the mail box is
opened it can immediately call you.
Let's say you run a small store and want to step out for a
few minutes. You can connect this device to the door and when a customer
enters, you are immediately notified. |
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Technical Information: This device is based on making
some modifications to a simple cordless phone.
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Status: Completed in 2004. |
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The Student Tracker (ST-1000) |
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Description: This device is designed to keep track of
students in class rooms - If you are interested to get more information
contact me (farid.farahmand@flash.net)
. This is an excellent project!
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In Progress
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Technical Information: Features include: Possibly an
LCD screen; 10KROM (memory); RS232 interface; software to interface with
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Status: In progress. Need some funding!
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The Distributed Cooling System
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Description: This system is ideal for homes which have
a single temperature controller. If you are interested to get more
information contact me (farid.farahmand@flash.net)
. This is an excellent project!
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Technical Information: Features include: An power
generator which stores energy using the air passing through the vent;
Wireless connection (can be radio frequency or Infrared); digital
temperature controller.
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Status: In progress. |
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Automated Testing System |
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Description: This can be used for automatically
grading tests sheets and directly entering the grades in a database.
Excellent for schools and colleges. If you are interested to get more
information contact me (farid.farahmand@flash.net)
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Status: In progress. |
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