InvenTeam
2015-2016
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Fluid Measuring Nozzle
- A device that attatches to the end of a pouring spout such as a gas can, milk jug, bottle of oil, or even liquid medicine. The device will be able to calculate how much water has been poured from the bottle/can/jug into the desired location and will be able to shut off at a preset amount determined by the user. Ex: this device can be attached to a gas can and set to allow 5 gallons of water to be poured before automatically stopping in order to precicely fill a 5 gallon gas tank for a lawn mower without spilling or wasting gas.
Impractical
Automatic Guitar Tuner
Exists
- This device will attach to the neck of a guitar and will be able to read the pitch of each string and then physically adjust the tuners to create the desired note for each string.
Rain Collection / Hydroelectric Power / Irrigation System
- This sytem would preform multiple funtions. The first would be a method of collection rain water from gutter systems and storing it in a small tank in order to fuel timed irrigation systems to water certain plants. The second function would be to impliment small hydroelectric turbines inside of vertical gutters in order to harness that energy and convert it into usable energy capable of powering the irrigation process. This would allow the system to be self efficient. This system would accopmlish 3 main goals: 1. effectively using rain water that would typically go to waste, in order to water plants, 2. produce energy from the water that falls in gutter systems, and 3. water plants on a preset timing system.
Too Broad
GPS Student IDs
Impractical
- A tracking system where each student ID is implimented with a GPS chip that notifies administration when a student enters or exists a room. This allows attendance to be quickly taken in emergencies such as fire or tornado drills. It can also help disciplinary aspects by being able to tell when and how long a student is absent from a classroom. Daily attendance can easily be taken by teachers rather then spending time taking role. Possible extensions could be adding a discipline/reward system to be kept on the IDs technology.
Pop-up Greenhouse
Exists
Automatic Door Lock
Exists
- A portable greenhouse that can be easily assembled around various individual plants or small areas. This invetion would help prevent weaker plants dying in the winter. Creating a greenhouse that is affordable, effective, and portable would eliminate having to repurchase plants that die each winter.
- Similar to the newest car key's, this device would automatically unlock and lock house doors simply by having the "key" within a certain radius of the door. This would help convienience but most importantly it would add security because it would eliminate people forgetting to lock their doors, they would lock automatically.
- A very small scale GPS transmitter that sends its current location to a user's mobile device. This device would be able to stick onto any small item such as sungalsses, earbuds, dog collars, keys, wallet, phone, etc. It would be a universal chip that could be attached to any object to record its position using GPS signals.
Micro GPS Chip
Exists
- This lawnmower would be equipped with a highly sensitive GPS that would allow the user to mow his lawn once with it and remember the pattern the user took on his lawn. Then, the user would just have to place the mower in the same initial spot and hit "run" in order for the lawnmower to retrace the previous path over the yard.
GPS Lawnmower
Impractical
Energy Harnessing Weight Machine
Impractical
- This idea combines a popular everyday activity, working out, and energy efficiency. Millions of people use gyms as a part of their daily routine. In order to excersize, one must give off lots of energy to burn calories. There are certain elipticals and exersize bikes that exist that can harness the pedal power and turn the mechanical energy into usable electrical energy. This idea extends this to weight lifting machines. This idea would allow the user to select the amount of recistance equivilent to a certain weight, and then use the pully system to pull on the two chordes that would be attached to gears rather than weights. This process would cause the gears to rotate, thus allowing usto convert the mechanical energy into usable electrical energy.
Health Band
Impractical
- Wristband that uses sensors to calculate one's heart rate, blood pressure, and other medical information and can notify emergency assistance services if health conditions get critical. Also, the user would be able to enter personal information such as symptoms and medical records to send to a local doctor for a suggested diagnosis.
Detection Device for Blind
Impractical
- This small device would be able to be clipped onto a blind person's ear such as a bluetooth piece, it could be worn as a watch, or it could be implimented into their glasses. It would be able to sense near by obstacles and alert the user by vibration or noise if he or she is approching a certain object that could be harmful for the user to run in to.
Collapsible Basketball Wheelchair
Approved
- This idea enables the large community of wheelchair basketball players to be able to adjust the wheels on their chiars so that they are more mobile and can fit through doors.