Congratulations to Our 2025 Finalists!
Meet the seven finalists who will be competing for the $25,000 grand prize in New York City on November 7:
100X Audio Digital-to-Analog Performance Improvement
Blood Viscosity: The Next Vital Sign — a Wearable Breakthrough in Trauma, Sepsis, and Vascular Health
DESWAI — Revolutionary Electrochemical Brine Treatment System
Making Diesel Engines Nearly Emission-Free
REACT®: Automated Capsule Recycling Technology for a Circular Coffee Industry
Silent Sentry: A Software-Defined Passive Sensor for Counter-Stealth and Battlefield Survivability
Woodpeckr
Watch this space for announcement of the grand prize and first place winners, as well as the Top 100 highest scoring entries and Top 10 Most Popular entries.
Help build a better tomorrow
Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 design ideas have been submitted by engineers, students, and entrepreneurs in more than 100 countries. Join the innovators who dared to dream big by entering your ideas today.
Read About All the 2024 Winning Inventions
Special Report spotlights the eight amazing winners in 2024 as well as honorable mentions in each category, plus the top ten most popular entries as voted by our community.
Click here to read moreA ‘Create the Future’ Winner Featured on ‘Here’s an Idea’
Spinal cord injury affects 17,000 Americans and 700,000 people worldwide each year. A research team at NeuroPair, Inc. won the Grand Prize in the 2023 Create the Future Design Contest for a revolutionary approach to spinal cord repair. In this Here’s an Idea podcast episode, Dr. Johannes Dapprich, NeuroPair’s CEO and founder, discusses their groundbreaking approach that addresses a critical need in the medical field, offering a fast and minimally invasive solution to a long-standing problem.
Listen nowThank you from our Sponsors
“At COMSOL, we are very excited to recognize innovators and their important work this year. We are grateful for the opportunity to support the Create the Future Design Contest, which is an excellent platform for designers to showcase their ideas and products in front of a worldwide audience. Best of luck to all participants!”
— Bernt Nilsson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, COMSOL, Inc.
“From our beginnings, Mouser has supported engineers, innovators and students. We are proud of our longstanding support for the Create the Future Design Contest and the many innovations it has inspired.”
— Kevin Hess, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Mouser Electronics
