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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.
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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.
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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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I want to reduce airplane loss of control accidents. While most general aviation accidents have lessened in recent decades, loss of control has not improved. Some accidents happen because the flyer's imagination does not match reality. Since the air is invisible, our imaginations could be wrong. I have seen the air made visible by sparse, oversize and buoyant snowflakes.
Whatever the reason for departing one's immediate environment for an area less frequented, as a vacation or escape from unfortunate events, a truly standalone habitat is most desirable. Welcome the MOG solar boat (Marine Off Grid)tm.
Autonomous is a word that describes the Totally Electric Powered Solar (TEPS)tm MOG boat.
Acoustic Guitar Amplification is a very big industry right now. Many country singers, as-well-as Rock Star Electric Guitarists are coming back to the acoustic--for that pure and natural acoustic guitar sound. But the quest for that 'Pure Sound' has hit a wall--they can't find it-- the sound they are looking for,
Hydrogen Peroxide (H2O2) is widely used in areal hygiene as in hospitals, schools and other indoor spaces. Also, sanitizing several equipments with H2O2 vapor brings cost efficiency compared to UltraViolet-C (UVC) lamp or LED systems.
We produced a hydrophobic non-woven carbon fiber fabric, decorated with graphene quantum dots.
PROBLEM: Current instruments for sorting cells are time-consuming, expensive, bulky, and most cells are recovered dead. The similarity of tumor cell clusters combined with the inability to separate live cells makes oncology a difficult area of research.
SOLUTION: Cyto R1 sorts and recovers live cells in less than 20 minutes, is 10X less expensive than flow cytometer counterparts,
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Hydropower is one of the most important renewable resources for energy. There are, however, drawbacks. Firstly, there is an ethical problem. Fish are hindered to migrate upstream and are stressed, wounded or killed migrating downstream. All over the world plans are made to mitigate this, e.g. in Europe via The Water Framework Directive .
Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA) and Aquaculture are industries growing exponentially, accelerated by the pandemic. Increased food security, continuous (24/7) all-weather production, reduced water/land/CO2/Greenhouse-Gas footprint/fertiliser-or-pesticidal requirements and provision of better taste, with accelerated growth of produce ensuring 6-8 fold increased yield against conventional agricultural systems.
The concept presented will be able to prevent snow from the trunk of the car, in the trunk cargo space. As soon as the trunk opens, the settled snow, either on the rear window or on the trunk lid, will slide into the trunk area.
Vision X is a voice-based smart glass for people with complete blindness. The glass uses a set of high-definition cameras for image processing and a LIDAR sensor for distance measurement. It uses a custom Soc processor optimized for faster image detection. The smart glass is connected to smartphones but it can work independently with limited features.
Long String Authentication (LSA)
For IoT devices and sensors, no existing authentication can provide security in the context of their use requirements and their resource limitations.
Fixed passwords are inadequate. Managing numerous communications devices/systems with different and changing passwords is complex and costly.
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