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.
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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.
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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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A reactionless drive is a device that produces motion without the ejection of a propellant. This is supposedly in violation of Newton's third law of motion, which states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Reactionless Drives produce indefinite lifetimes for satellites, dependent on the lifetime of capacitors and solar panels.
One of the main factors affecting the cost of running broiler chicken farms is the labor cost. Automation systems can eliminate this cost helping farmers increase their profit margins. However, the currently existing system of using screw conveyors has a few disadvantages.
The module was proposed to stop incorrect fluid from entering the petrol tank and also to measure the proper quantity of the fuel filled. The module is planned to be in compact size that could fit in the tank. The sensors and the other electrical connections have dedicated sections to prevent any fire accidents.
DTECTIO, a cutting-edge AI-powered healthcare technology startup, is poised to revolutionize the way heart diseases are detected and managed. Our unique solution leverages advanced AI algorithms to deliver a more accurate, comprehensive and non-invasive approach to detecting and managing life-threatening heart diseases caused by silent, intermittent, or short-lived symptoms.
Current solutions,
Giant made-in-space telescopes with paraboloid primary mirrors made from solidified liquid precursors.
Mirrors are created by spinning a liquid precursor simultaneously in two orthogonal axes (one to generate artificial gravity and another to generate paraboloid surface) and subsequently solidifying the precursor by either letting it cool or polymerizing it.
As human life expectancy increases, the importance of health is increasingly recognized. Muscle deterioration due to aging not only reduces mobility but also harms mental health. Therefore, soft actuators have been studied to realize artificial muscles that support walking and standing, but none are lightweight yet easy to use.
Safety Sound System SSS | An Artificial Sound Generator for Electric Motorcycles
What problem does your design idea solve?
Electric motorcycles do have an inherent safety threat. These bikes do not have a conspicuous operation sound that allows motorists to increase their situational awareness like gas-powered motorcycles do.
The safety benefit of having an operation rumble is multiple,
Deep Water Generator: The deep water generator is simply a device to generate electricity (power) as the body of the device sinks in any body of water to depth. The deeper the better.
The sun visor in all of our vehicles was initially invented in 1931. No major design changes or improvements in over 90 years! According to NHTSA sun glare causes approximately 9,000 crashes a year.
Problem:
Current sun visors are a manual system unsuitable for safety, cumbersome to use, and don't cover all areas of the windshield or side windows.
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