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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Ionic Mineral Technologies (Ionic MT) has developed Ionisil™, a nano-silicon anode drop-in technology for lithium-ion batteries. The product is designed to replace graphite (the current mainstream anode material) in the anode of the battery, both partially and completely, to significantly boost energy density and therefore the range of the battery.
The illustrated row-guidance hitch is a simple mechanism that combines articulation and side shift to provide adjustable on-the-go variable draft and position of tools for in-row fieldwork. The hitch adjustments also provide a way to couple with field implements automatically.
Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) uses heliostat mirrors to direct sunlight onto a central collector where heat is converted to electric power. CSP has a significant potential cost advantage over photovoltaics, mirror area being less expensive than photocells.
However, this advantage is offset by the sturdy heliostat construction required for maintaining alignment during daily temperature changes, wind forcing, etc.
This design idea solves the problems of heavy weight and costs in aircraft and vehicle systems design and manufacturing by eliminating thousands of feet of copper wire that power and connect various systems, most EMI, and time and costs with less additive steps of manufacturing. An additional benefit is safety redundancy built in and reduced maintenance.
The project will allow converting thermal energy into mechanical energy and then using mechanical energy to convert it into electrical energy. Heat can be obtained from geothermal sources, direct solar heating, wind or any other source.
There are numerous sources’ of salt water and very limited of fresh water in the world. A lot of different distillers work everywhere but most of them are very expensive and require a lot of energy. We suggest a very cheap distiller with very low consumption of energy. It is cheap because: using very simple technology;
The illustrated drone is a simple mechanism that combines articulation and side shift to provide adjustable, on-the-go, variable roll, pitch, and yaw.
Past drones have been controlled in several ways, with multi-engine, and counter-rotating blades, for example. Imagine, however,
The illustrated airplane tail surface combines articulation and side shift, providing adjustable, on-the-go variable longitudinal control for straight in-runway landings. There is no more correction from flight configuration to ground travel.
Pilots must exercise greater skill and caution in crosswind landings to transition from flight to a landing configuration. Imagine, however,
TriboDyn® GREASES are patented ceramic lubricants engineered to form a lubricating ceramic film under extreme heat & pressure conditions. TriboDyn Greases perform under extreme temperatures & extreme pressure while reducing operating temperatures, fiction & wear. Are specially formulated lithium complex greases for heavy-duty service where high shock loads are common. It provides excellent adhesion, water wash-out resistance,
The illustrated rock crawler axle is a simple mechanism that combines articulation and side shift to provide adjustable on-the-go variable caster and camber angles throughout the range of steering.
Rock crawling/bouncing introduces significant forces on the tires of a vehicle. Independent wheel braking has been used to control tire contact forces. Imagine, however,
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