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Special Report spotlights the eight top entries in 2023 as well as past winners whose ideas are now in the market, making a difference in the world.
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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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It is seen at the time of a cyclone that the wave of sea is crossing the guard wall and creating a flood. To prevent a flood from this reason the height of the sea guard wall must be increased.
As a valuable contribution to decarbonize land transportation, Project ev-motion.com presents novel concepts of electric vehicles (Patent US8256553-revival filed) for the masses, affordable, desirable and connected to a unique infrastructure providing them with unlimited range of operation.
In the new world business model, it has become not very profitable to produce a product in a single business. For this reason, no matter how many parts a product consists of,
Prop It! Doorstop is a game changing doorstop that can be placed anywhere between the door and doorjamb (in the door) to keep a door propped open at 90 degrees. It does not require placement on top of the door hinge, like many other doorstops. Prop It!
Every year, more and more new technologies appear and make life easier for a person, without forcing him to spend his time or effort on work. My project is called "Smart Table." I decided to create a multifunctional table.
Requirements for the Mo
The Mo was designed specifically as a lightweight yet sturdy solution to give people with a disability “Mo”-re enhanced ability to access area’s they have not been able to previously.
Requirements for the Avatar
The Avatar was designed specifically as a lightweight holiday or island vehicle with no CO2 output.
Create a returnable plastics lottery system where reverse vending machines are used as "slot machines" (https://youtu.be/I2C7GjP1fGs) and where any (authorized) plastic item could be deposited and where only very occasionally would the depositor win a (relatively) large dollar amount prize.
[Problem this design idea solves...]
The amount of time to presently charge a battery electric vehicle (EV) at home is numerous hours. Using a public, high-powered, fast charger takes much more time compared to filling up the tank with gasoline or diesel. For example,
A record of successful treatments for illnesses as reference for medical professionals and the public, in general, this universal document is accessible by the public at no cost with information uploaded by physicians and or patients themselves describing their symptoms and the successful treatment for the condition.
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