Traffic jams affect the environment, and the quality of life and productivity of commuters worldwide. In the US, people spend in aggregate 3.7 billion hours and 2.3 billion gallons of fuel every year sitting...
Many people choose not to ride a bike to work because doing so may mess up their clothes, with sweat, wrinkles, rain, dirt, and in some cases oil spills from the bike chain.
Carpooling or ride-sharing allows commuters to avoid using several under-occupied vehicles, thus effectively reducing the number of vehicles on the road. It helps alleviate traffic congestion, thus reduce...
With access to information about real-time traffic conditions on alternative routes, a car navigation system or mobile app could make automatic adjustments to the suggested route to reduce the Estimated Time...
As of June 2014, public bikesharing systems are available on five continents, 712 cities, and operate approximately 806,200 bicycles at 37,500 stations. They offer affordable access to bicycles for...
Bike locks that connect to a system that enables unlocking/locking of bikes for authorized users only, would enable bicycle sharing systems without expensive docking stations (eliminating the need for...
Technologies such as Bluetooth 4 or Bluetooth Low Energy, which are supported across many iOS and Android mobile devices, can be used to communicate a lock/unlock key to a bike lock.
Diarroeal diseases is the second leading cause of death in children below age five. Each year diarrhea kills 760 000 children under five (World Health Organization stats). Key ways to reduce incidence of...
Filters that can be easily carried by a person traveling by foot, to enable filtering water from sources along the way or at various destinations, for personal consumption.
The presence of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is one of the primary causes of the greenhouse effect. CO2 emissions come from a variety of natural sources; however, human-related emissions are...
As of 2003, only an estimated 47% of the programmable thermostats installed (in USA), were being used in the program mode. The other 53% were being used in manual. The difficulty that many users find to...
The heat absorbed from sunlight through a building's roof may be used to increase indoor temperature, thus lowering the requirements for a heating system in cold weather. However, one must notice that there...
