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This Is How Your Car Steering Works In today’s automobiles, usually two types of steering types are prevalent: 1) Rack and pinion: Rack-and-pinion steering one of the most prevalent steering system used on cars and small trucks. Here’s how it works: A rack-and-pinion gear set is usually covered by a metal tube, with the rack sticking out from the tube at each end. A tie rod or axial rod is used to connect each end of the rack. Below is the diagram of the configuration of Rack and Pinion: Credits: auto-repair The pinion gear is attached to the steering shaft. When the steering wheel is turned, the gear spins, moving the rack. The tie rod at each end of the rack connects to the steering arm which is attached to the spindle. This type of gearing mechanism as two main purposes: 1) It converts steering wheel’s circular motion into linear motion. 2) It causes a gear reduction, making it easier to turn the wheels. Variable ratio steering This is actually a sub-type of the rack and pinion ...

Don’t you hate when you run out of your smartphone battery at the most critical moments? Traditionally, the smartphones battery life leaves a lot to be desired. While you may blame the excessive number of apps running in the background for fast battery drain, the problem might actually be lying elsewhere. A scientific study has revealed that the short battery life can be blamed on the way we charge our smartphones. Here’s how you should charge your phone. Because science! Unplug the Smartphone once it is 100% charged Leaving the smartphone plugged in, as we tend to do overnight, is the worst thing you could do to your smartphone battery. Once the battery of your smartphone is completely charged, the trickle charge flow begins to maintain the 100% charging. Thus, the battery endures a high-stress, high-tension state that may damage it. Think of it as exercising for hours on end, without stopping. You can imagine the stress that your muscles will feel. The same goes for the battery of yo...

This Device Prevents Molestation By Calling For Help         By The Engineer - July, 5th 2016 As per Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network organization, an American is assaulted sexually every 107 seconds. That’s about 293,066 persons aged 12 or more being victims annually. In light of these horrific statistics, it makes sense if people carried something for the sake of protection and that’s where ROAR for Good – a company whose sole purpose is to empower women reduce assaults – comes in with a gadget called Athena. It is a wearable gadget that is being touted as capable of helping in protecting women against assault. It is about the size of half a dollar and can be clipped easily to accessories or clothing. All that the user needs  to do is to push a button and Athena emits a loud alarm while sending messages to your loved ones along with user’s location. The gadget works by connecting to the ROAR mobile app. The app allows the user to set up a...