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The goal is to produce an electronic programmable disabled or Handicapped Placard, which cannot be forged, altered or compromised to insure credibility in the program.The final placard will be designed to enable law enforcement and parking enforcement to observe from a distance, if the placard is valid. By use of LEDs, one facing the front, one facing the rear, it permits and easy and quick visua ...

IOS and the University of Arkansas propose to design a novel and compact platform consisting of Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems (MEMS) devices designed to 1) automatically sense and control tire pressure, 2) generate and store power from tire vibration, 3) telemeter data to the driver cabin or road side service analyzers, and 4) be installed by the factory on new cars or retrofitted onto existing ...

Sidewalks provide pedestrians with critical transportation routes to public areas and services such as schools, businesses, and recreation facilities. Unfortunately, many sidewalks do not adequately meet the needs of people with disabilities, who make up nearly one-fifth of the American population. The American with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 prohibits public entities from designing new faci ...

There is a growing trend towards the use of ¿Car-Less¿ technology, where a rail-car is not needed to transport road-haul trailers over rail: Trailers operate in the usual manner over highways, drive up to a rail yard and transform to ¿rail-mode¿ with relative ease. In rail mode, many ¿Car-Less¿ units use slightly modified 3-piece, 70-ton freight car trucks. These trucks are no ...