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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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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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As a young amateur engineer, I considered the traditional internal combustion engines too large after comparing its combustion volume and the total volume it demands inside a car. It is approximately 1:25-50, which means we need a space of 40 to 70 liters under a hood for a common 1.5 liter engine itself.
Our integrated solution comprises a biomass gasifier and TMSG-DC on a single skid which will be a portable gas based generator works on biodegradable waste. It is a renewable based cleantech product suitable for household applications.
Over the last few years, online education has advanced rapidly. During the pandemic, almost all educational institutions have been forced to transition to an online education form. Colleges started taking classes and tests online, for courses in all fields. The COVID-19 Pandemic also affected entrance exams and the hiring process,
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Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a medical procedure that has increased in use in recent years for new medical applications exponentially. Some examples of RFA procedures are elimination of cardiac arrhythmias, destruction of cancerous tumors, pain management, dysfunctional tissue diseases and many more.
Desktop Design Toolkit (DT2) is a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tool in the Computer-aided Engineering (CAE) arena. It caters to aerodynamic analysis of a system and/or its components in various engineering fields. It addresses entire spectrum of design & analysis cycle right from preliminary phase till final/detailed phase. DT2, on one hand,
The Infrared (IR) Sourced Heat Pump configures state of the art directional infrared technology incorporated into the heat pump cycle to directly add trim heat to the system refrigerant in-cycle. Proprietary IR configurations and control & defrost strategies deliver necessary energy transfer at upwards of 99.7%.
The main goal of the project is to produce useful and natural products for humans. To further strengthen the health of our people. Creating a convenient drug for efficient consumption, free from unnecessary substances that are convenient for our people and useful for the human body and have a faster effect.
Present technology for cooling a piston throughout the entire engine operating range is to supply crankcase oil for cooling through the piston oil nozzle assembly explicitly to satisfy the worst case engine operating conditions. Unnecessary high pumping power is required to circulate the engine oil used for cooling.
DOWSIL™ TC-6015 Thermal Encapsulant is preferred 1.5 W/mK Thermal Conductive Encapsulant for Energy Storage Systems (ESS), Inverters, High-power units, etc. 1.5W/mK encapsulant is suitable for use in advanced applications including inverters, power modules, power supply, and electric vehicles (EV). TC-6015 offers breakthrough combination of low viscosity, no filler sedimentation, room temperature cure with primerless adhesion, 
Today there are only two solutions to energy storage for discharge times between two hours and twelve hours – lead-acid and lithium-based batteries. Lead-acid batteries have been used for over 150 years. Though dependable, they have very low energy and cycle life leading installations to be heavy and costly.
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