Congratulations to Our 2025 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
Imersiv, a breakthrough technology that improves audio performance by 100X compared to today’s very best audio equipment for applications ranging from sound engineering to space missions to medical imaging, was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 7 in New York. Click here for the full list of winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries. Special thanks to our esteemed panel of judges.
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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 16,000 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 in our 2026 contest opening March 1.
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.
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Remote and imaging Photoplethysmographic imaging (rPPG or iPPG) is a major advance in noncontact cardiac monitoring. Using camera technology, rPPG measures blood flow in the superficial layers of the skin by detecting fluctuations in light absorption caused by changes in blood volume. This method is used in medical monitoring, lifestyle products and security technology.
In the future, this type of defense weapon may be utilized by your local police department and/or military infantry units, however, the bullet-less electromagnetic field pistol will first be marketed to enthusiast and collectors. Modeled after the blaster pistol used by the fictional ‘Star Wars’ character, Han Solo,
K-Optics, the optics department of Kilim Plastics Ltd, manufactures and supplies optical educational kits for high school and university students. With optics being a growing field in both daily life and industry, the educational sector is investing more in the science of optics. Our kits, practical and affordable, provide students with limitless capabilities to conduct experiments,
This is a project titled X1. The prime focus of this project is to ensure minimum amount of air resistance while having a required amount of downforce.
RETROEX PROPS (Retractable/Extendable props)
Designed to prevent the occurrence of quadbike rollovers and related machinery such as golf buggies, mobility scooters, and forklifts.
There is a risk of serious injuries and sadly deaths because of users being pinned under the machinery when it rolls over. It costs a lot to rehabilitate the injured,
My idea is to increase the usability of solar panels when they are covered by shadow ( for instance from another building, a tree or a post that is inconveniently placed.
The unit clips onto the side of a solar panel with the LEDs directed to the area where the shadow falls, and they light up the area,
Starton’s proprietary continuous delivery technology can increase efficacy of approved drugs, make them more tolerable, and expand their potential use. We are advancing the following candidates in our continuous delivery platform:
STAR-LLD: Transdermal and continuous subcutaneous formulations of lenalidomide for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), multiple myeloma (MM), and other cancers.
PyrAmes is a digital health company focused on fundamentally transforming health care delivery through continuous blood pressure (BP) monitoring that is accurate, wireless and non-invasive. Our wearable devices’ comfort and ease-of-use will enable better BP management for patients from newborns to seniors.
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