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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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For those who want to participate, an add-on sensor to your PDA and/or Cell Phone that can sense the presents of volitile material can be designed. Once installed and activated, this information along with GPS coordinates could be feed into a Homeland security data warehouse for analysis.
Wind energy is becoming more prevalent in the world, and many advances are being made daily. My system would eliminate many problems people face because many communities do not allow or have great restrictions on wind turbines. This system would allow a duct system to collect air, speed it up,
All Electric Commuter Vehicle (AECV) practicality depends on recharging the battery. Current charge/density battery technology limits the commutation distance to around 100 miles.
The AECV that I envision will run on a roadway (interstate highways and primary roadways) that have implanted electromagnets, providing electric charge by magnetic induction.
The electromagnets are powered by wind turbine/solar cell combination pylons,
Opportunities exist in clean alternative/renewable energy technologies for the repowering of a power hungry world.
Advanced Alternative Energy Corp. (AAEC) has developed a novel clean alternative energy technology with tremendous potential as the United States and rest of the world begins embracing clean energy. The AAEC Sequential Grates ™ system can utilize direct combustion,
Road-Guard develops mobile and in-vehicle Driver Attention solutions focusing on Fuel Economy and Driver Safety applications. Road-Guard is a pioneer of eco-intelligent “Horizon Predictive” technology with sustainable competitive advantage that helps vehicle drivers save in average between 15 – 25% of fuel costs,
GEDAYC is a new concept of wind turbines with blades and Comets 50% more efficient than propeller models.
Thanks to its design and the wide range of wind that generates energy from weak tovery strong winds.
The idea is to create a logistics company that manages the design,
Power tools are a useful consumer product line, used widely throughout the world. One of the most common problems when using them, is how to keep the power cord connected securely to the tool.
The Snap and Lock is a power tool accessory which will keep the electrical cord attached.
This idea basically solve the transportation problem in todays era and traffic jam problems and main benifit of this wheel concept is to move in each and every direction on surface.in today's era simple conventional wheels are used which do not have 3 DOF.this concept can be applied in all vehicle.
The Altus manufacturing method utilizes a patented spool movement system (US #7132027) to braid and consolidate composite grid poles (see www.isotruss.com). While multiple grid pole designs are possible, they are all stronger than any conventional pole currently in the market such as wood, concrete, steel, composite, or other advanced materials.
The FireStorm Plasma iPlug is a new entry in the formerly mundane area of Spark Plugs. All Spark Plugs produce "sparks" to ignite the Air Fuel Mixture in the combustion Chambers. FireStorm is different, it produces "PLASMA". By doing that, it eliminates the Catalytic Converter and EGR Systems and can still pass future emission requirements in California.
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