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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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The technological world of today, progressing toward artificial intelligence and automated processes, calls for smarter ships running with minimum crew or none (autonomous ships), and this trend has even attracted the International Maritime Organization (IMO) into the field, in order to develop and approve the required regulations and standards. Along this movement toward smart and/or autonomous ships,
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Narbis smart glasses use neurofeedback at home to train your brain to focus, and eventually learn to concentrate on demand. Sensors in the Narbis glasses and a NASA-patented algorithm track how relaxed, distracted, and focused you are to help the brain practice focus and attention.
How it works: With Narbis,
Wildfires cause billions of dollars in property damage and loss of life in the United Stares, Europe and worldwide. Many people all over the world are building their homes in woodland settings and rural areas to enjoy the beauty of Nature. Unfortunately, these areas are also wildfire-prone. Often,
HyPoint's NASA award-winning fuel cell technology, developed by an international team of scientists and engineers, delivers an unprecedented combination of specific power and energy density. Testing has shown that HyPoint's turbo air-cooled hydrogen fuel cell system will be able to achieve up to 2,000 watts per kilogram of specific power,
The 21st century is the future. And this future must be better than the past. The car was invented in the 19th century, the helicopter at the beginning of the 20th. The 21st century should give us the means to drive on the roads without problems and fly like a bird.
This project represents the aircar,
An urban noise and building envelope with built-in roof drainage system and with a low carbon footprint.
Green Screen solves both the problem of traffic noise and flooding in the event of cloudbursts. The core of the Green Screen consists of noise-absorbing mineral wool,
The Lok Box is designed to eliminate porch package theft by securing itself to any residence or building with just two anchor screws on inside the bottom of its base. The Lok Box is two structures in one. The outer structure can be made to resemble the house or building it rests on.
Located in the tropical waters of the Atlantic would be a vast field of floating solar collectors, providing power for electrodes submerged in the seawater. At the cathodes, hydrogen is collected and piped to compressors and liquified for shipping. The compressors are also powered by the solar collectors.
This cooler target is to utilize a renewable energy technology that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to improving the food, medicine, and vaccine supply chains in Africa. Our product can freeze liquids and maintain the freshness of fruits, vegetables, medicines, and vaccines. It’s powered by solar photovoltaic (PV), wheel electricity, vehicle engine,
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To select target specifications, SHSSP22 participants reviewed literature in space applications (engineering), management and business (human performance), science (humanities), policy (ethics), and law (law and ethics). The research uses AI and ML to define an application's functional requirements and make system design recommendations.
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