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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 Past Winners’ Success Stories

Special Report spotlights the eight top entries in 2023 as well as past winners whose ideas are now in the market, making a difference in the world.

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A ‘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.

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Thank 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

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Chira Deka

R&D Manager II
IDEXX Laboratories
Westbrook, ME

Innovator and R&D leader in medical device industry, specializing in in-vitro diagnostics and life sciences research technologies.

Areas of interest and expertise include biomedical engineering, biophotonics, and instrumentation and method development for cellular analysis, molecular biology, genomics, hematology, clinical chemistry and immunoassay.

Holds 8 issued patents in biomedical instrumentation, chemistry and assays.  

Ph.D. in Optics and Laser Physics from CREOL UCF (1992), Technical Staff Member at Los Alamos National Laboratory (Life Sciences Division) 1993-1996, Systems Engineering positions at Beckman Coulter Inc. (1996 -2001), Sr. Director at Peoples Genetics Inc. (2001 -2004), R&D Manager II at IDEXX Laboratories (2005 - present).