Abstract: A system for a stowable vehicle ramp including a vehicle assembly, a ramp assembly and a control assembly is disclosed. The ramp assembly includes a ramp that is automatically or manually extended out, and either stowed under or inlayed in the bed of a vehicle of the vehicle assembly such as a truck or pickup truck. It is possible to retrofit the ramp onto existing vehicles such as pickups or trucks. The stowable ramp aids in providing easy loading access to the bed of the vehicle for smaller vehicles needing transportation.

Abstract: An apparatus, modular devices, and methods are disclosed. One method comprises receiving electric power at a modular device from a vehicle battery, wherein the modular device has a housing and a circuit protection block accessible through a first opening in the housing; and transmitting the received electric power to one or more external devices via one or more of a plurality of ports accessible through a plurality of second openings formed in the housing.

Abstract: A waste processing method comprises shredding a batch of waste to produce shredded waste; grinding the shredded waste in a volume of water in a grinder to produce a mixture of ground waste particles and water; straining the mixture of ground waste particles and water; returning to the grinder the water and the ground waste particles having sizes larger than a extracting residual water from the ground waste particles having sizes smaller than the selected size; returning the residual water to the grinder; and drying the ground waste particles having sizes smaller than the selected size.