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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Valve leaks are one of industry’s most critical problems, impacting the environment, safety, and finances of end users. Valve leaks account for 60% of Fugitive Emissions, defined as rogue emissions not anticipated or routed through normal exhaust vents or smokestacks. 80% of valve leaks occur at the stem seal. The Oil & 
1st Picture: FIG 2 illustrates a side view of water waves 1 forcing a float 2 up and down reciprocating a Scotch Yoke mechanism 12 that is forced into motion by the water waves 1 moving under a floating structure 2 connected to the reciprocating motion mechanism comprised of:
A float 2, reciprocating rod 3, and slotted Scotch Yoke
1st Picture: Multiplying Hydroelectric Dam’s Water Forces Many Times To Generate Electricity
ZERO-Carbon Goals Of Governments Can Be Reached. Battery Replacement Option.
2nd Picture: Hydroelectric Dam Turbines (Left) divide water up into 16-Liquid-Units between 16-Blades, so MANY Liquid-Units have to pass through the turbine’s 16-Blades to rotate a turbine once in Prior Art.
Recuperation after surgery or any sickness is important. The rising cost of medical care is high. In ) it is found that wireless an continuous monitoring requires less attention by nurses. It also allows patient to recover without much intrusion.
Glaucoma is the second leading cause of blindness, affecting 80 million patients globally including 3 million patients in the USA. Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is an important risk factor in the pathogenesis and progression of glaucoma.
1st Picture: ALL H2O Absorbs Solar Energy Adding Proton Electric-Energy H3O+. Liquid WATER Is An Energy Source
Water (H3O) Molecule Charge:
The water molecule is neutral. Oxygen has a charge of minus two, while each of the hydrogen atoms has a plus one charge.
Hydronium Ion (H3O+): Protons latch onto water molecules to form H3O+.
Tip Path Inc.— FREEDOM To “GO” 10-Times Further
Rotating TIRES Generate Piezoelectricity By Providing Built-In Piezoelectric Transducers In An Array Of Flexible Load-Bearing Structures Made From Glass Fiber Reinforced Plastic (GFRP) Filled With Crystals, So Load-Bearing Structures Spring UP and DOWN As Tires Rotate Within FLAT-Zone Between Tire &
FlowIO is the world’s first fully integrated, miniature pneumatic development platform for actuation, sensing, and control of soft robotics and programmable materials. FlowIO was developed at MIT and deployed globally to democratize programmable matter; to make prototyping, innovation, and research with soft robotics incredibly quick and easy; and to enable researchers, designers, 
SENSOR Time-Released Buoyant Container-Sets EACH Fill With Hydrogen & Oxygen GAS From Electrolysis Of Water At Bottom Of Tower → Constantly Lifting UP Ropes (Cables) On Pulley-Blocks To Rotate Electric Generators To Electrolyze Water As A Constant Buoyant Gas Source.
1st Picture: View 1 Is A Closeup Of View 2’s Carbon Fiber BOND.
The problem:
We're not only solving for the current abysmal tractor-trailer 6.5 mpg mileage [$48,000 annual fuel expenditure per tractor using 2020 prices] but also enabling low cost, long distance transport, including cross country and high elevation routes, that are now impossible for e-trucks to traverse. The trucking industry spends $150B per year on fuel in the U.S.,
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