Month of January 2001

A conventional wheelchair brake consists of a single rod or bar that is pressed against the tire of a wheelchair. Typically one brake is provided for each large wheel. In one common design, a system of links and levers provides a locking action that holds the braking element against the tire. The user of the...

This invention provides an easily made and simple design for providing control or an alert over the temperature of the liquid in a coffee style mug. This invention can be used with virtually any open-ended liquid container or receptacle to provide feedback on the temperature.

This invention provides an easily made and simple design for providing control or an alert over the temperature of the liquid in a container. This invention can be used with virtually any liquid container or receptacle to provide feedback on the temperature.

This invention provides an easily made and simple design for providing control or an alert over the temperature of the liquid in a coffee style mug. This invention can be used with virtually any open-ended liquid container or receptacle to provide feedback on the temperature.

This invention provides an easily made and simple design for providing control or an alert over the temperature of the liquid in a container. This invention can be used with virtually any liquid container or receptacle to provide feedback on the temperature.

This article of manufacture is directed to rotating workstations, more specifically to rotating workstations for physically challenged employees. Additionally, a rotating workstation allows a physically challenged employee the ability to work in an office environment with freedom of movement in a circular fashion. The...

The present invention is a television remote control locator, which allows a would-be television viewer to push a button on the television and follow an audible beeping noise emitted by the remote control to locate it. The beeping ceases when the user pushes the button a second time.

Hardware and software reviewers often dismiss the idea of testing across a live Internet connection because of the inherent lack of reproducibility. This is an ideal opportunity to use statistical experimental design, as is done routinely in the physical sciences. For example, one might test two different browsers at...

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