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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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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 urban greenhouse has three patents granted in Mexico, allowing for sustainable and efficient vegetable cultivation with a 500% plant density, a 95% water consumption, and a 95% carbon footprint, reducing the distance between production and consumption.
Growing more plants to produce more nutritious and safe food in cities, consuming fewer resources. This is the goal of the Urban Greenhouse,
The United States stands in stark contrast to other developed nations by the lack of affordable land travel. In the United States, 1 in 6 people has never left their home state, the cultural and political consequences of which are yet unrealized. Simultaneously,
Children with Type 1 diabetes need to constantly measure throughout the day and they often face challenges in monitoring their blood sugar levels. Current monitoring devices on the market usually contain single-use components. This both causes a high amount of waste and increases the cost for users. In terms of suitability for children,
This invention presents a hexapod robot designed for mobility in challenging terrains, integrating advanced mechanical, electronic, and software systems. It features six articulated legs with multi-gait capability, ensuring stability and adaptability. The robot is powered by a 32-channel servo controller, Raspberry Pi 4B, and Node-MCU, enabling precise motion control, real-time communication,
A satellite is a celestial body orbiting along a certain trajectory (orbit) around another object in outer space under the influence of gravity. Small satellites are a type of artificial Earth satellites with low weight and size. Satellites with a mass of less than 0.5– 1 ton are usually considered small.
This project relies on the desalination of Storm water drainage and Seawater by solar energy & inside power generation: Only require Five minutes power by (solar energy) to start the operation this device after that distribution this power from inside this device it will be automatically work without outside energy by Absorption Energy Self (Inside Round energy),
The majority of electric vehicles possess a charging indicator light that becomes illuminated when the vehicle is charging. This indicator is only useful at the moment of plugging in the vehicle, when observing it from outside, or as one departs from their residence. A remote charging indicator could bring that information into the home.
Most Fourier Transform FT spectrometers use 2D optical plane interferometry and produce an interferogram by either a moving mirror (Michelson) or a static curved mirror (Sagnac). However, these spectrometers only use 50% of incoming light and rest is redirected towards the source. We present a new 3D optical layout for a modified Sagnac interferometer using all incoming light.
Traffic Detection AI is an intelligent system that leverages computer vision and deep learning to automatically detect, analyze, and monitor vehicular and pedestrian traffic in real-time. Using video feeds from CCTV cameras, drones, or dashcams, the AI can accurately identify vehicles, classify them by type (car, truck, bike, etc.), track their movement,
Modern weapon systems often suffer from reduced accuracy due to barrel resonance — a condition where vibrations from repeated firing align with the barrel’s natural frequency. This can lead to unwanted oscillations, thermal fatigue, and instability in projectile trajectory. Most existing solutions to this issue are expensive, designed for large-scale systems,
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