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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 Hexaviation Snowflake is a groundbreaking innovative design concept for an environmental friendly autonomous flying advanced passenger transportation system. The technology is based on a drone flyer using a double propeller vertical take-off and landing principle which is powered by hydrogen fuel cell units.
Concept:
Interactive headband with multi-spaced distancing sensors (optical & sound), attached to individual vibrating motors evenly spaced around the head to warn of impending side and rear impact. This product was developed for high school football and soccer players to warn of impending severe impact to lessen potential injuries. Can be worn under most football helmets.
Motivation:
Amidst the pandemic and economic concerns going back to office remains a critical decision. Here we propose a contactless access and monitoring system focused on corporate employees’ safety. The system comprises 3 stages (a) attendance management, (b) contactless access control, and (c) social distance monitoring.
System Flow:
The system flow can be thought of as follows.
VS infiltrator is an innovative component/module which may be used to increase the infiltration capacity of soil in areas where the infiltration capacity of soil is low or low permeability of the soil. This infiltrator may be made from steel, recycled PVC,
The objective of the present disclosure generally relates to the field of drainage management. More specifically, the present disclosure is related to a permeable drainage system for increasing the groundwater level in aquifers, reducing environmental pollution, and re-establishing the natural hydrological balance.
Future progress in AI and bitcoin may become paralyzed by enormous energy requirements.
Manufacturing of computer chips involves ion implantation via particle accelerators, which are generally expensive due to relatively large size and electric power requirements.
Also, for electronics, the unique magnetic, electrochemical and luminescent properties of rare earth elements are utilized, for example, in smart phones,
Self-Winding Generator™
Patent No. US 7,127,886 B2
An energy storage spring, similar in nature to a self-winding watch's mainspring and fabricated from spring steel, stores the rotational energy captured and transferred from the facility's turbines.
Patent No. US 7,348,686 B2
Buoyancy belts™ and their respective reservoirs offset some of the effects of gravity, while simultaneously reducing the vibration associated with the rotors found in electric generators and turbines. The use of special coatings, such as those used on ocean-going vessels, enhances the buoyancy effect.
The bearings are relegated to being place holders,
Hollow Generator™
Patent No. US 7,843,099 B2
For installations where flows are regulated, the Hollow Hydroelectric Generator™ provides a more efficient and compact means for generating electricity than do other designs. The Hollow Hydroelectric Generator™ itself is an extension of the previously introduced Hollow Turbine,™ and is suitable to replace the existing turbine / rotors in conventional hydroelectric power plants,
Patent No. US 8,080,913 B2
Constructed from stainless steel or composite carbon fibers with a titanium veneer, this award winning turbine design effectively captures the kinetic energy available off our coastlines and inland waterways. As seen in this partial diagram, debris may safely pass through the center of the turbine, as well as over the dull blades themselves,
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