Congratulations to Our 2025 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
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.
Read About All the 2024 Winning Inventions
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.
Click here to read moreA ‘Create the Future’ Winner Featured on ‘Here’s an Idea’
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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Our initiative, the Thermoelectric-Based (Vaccine) Storage System, aims to deliver a dependable and portable solution for preserving the ideal storage temperature necessary for vaccines through the use of a Peltier module, an Arduino microcontroller, and a rechargeable battery.
I am applying for a grant to further develop the Detachable Motor System (DMS) for Skateboards—a project that began as my senior design at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. My team has agreed I may continue this work, recognizing its strong potential for urban mobility and green energy advancement.
Project Description and Importance
The DMS is a pioneering,
The transition from intercalation-type anodes to metallic anodes represents a significant paradigm shift in energy storage technology. The energy density of alkali metal batteries to withstand repeated charge and discharge cycles depends on the efficiency of metal deposition and stripping.
We have developed a microwave reactor.
Our proposal is a multi-emitter microwave device that captures gases, CO2 from engines, and reforms them into calcium carbonates, And The Calcium Carbonate is of high value for gas and oil drilling. Since it saves money by preventing drilling fluids from being lost in cracks, when trepanning.
This project introduces SmartRaman, a portable, AI-powered Raman spectroscopic device designed to rapidly detect and quantify bioactive compounds in medicinal plants. Targeting researchers, pharmaceutical developers, and clinicians, SmartRaman aims to simplify field-level chemical diagnostics for plants such as Aloe vera, Brassica oleracea (red cabbage), and Haloxylon ammodendron.
The device integrates a compact Raman laser scanner,
Market penetration of Battery Electric Vehicles is still very low (~3 to 4% in India, ~ 8% in the US). Factors responsible include resistance arising from a fear of unavailability of charging stations in long trips or charging station not working properly. Also, charging grid electricity is most often obtained from coal and fossil fuel plants,
Overview:
Inspired by the adaptive and highly efficient flight of birds, BioMorph Wings is a revolutionary UAV wing design that mimics avian feather articulation to optimise aerodynamic performance across varying flight regimes. The system features modular, morphing wing surfaces composed of interlocking, bio-inspired, feather-like elements made of shape-memory alloys (SMAs) and ultra-light composite materials.
This is an emergency water packet that can provide chilled drinking water to soldiers, fire fighters, athletes, hikers, cyclists, campers, scouts, Red Cross, and commuters stuck in traffic.
The water packet uses evaporative cooling to chill the water before being opened. The hotter and dryer the climate, the more effective the cooling.
This entry explains clearly how poor understanding is resulting in incorrect arrangement of propellers, causing serous VTOL Flight safety issues, and shows the solution to the problem.
I am going to discuss V–22 Osprey aircraft as the most prominent case pertaining to the issues above.
Overall V–22 Osprey is an outstanding engineering achievement, given the humble means,
Project Overview: NATIONWIDE TRANSIT SERVICE (NTS)
The NTS is a proposed high-speed, nationwide, privately funded transportation system that leverages autonomous electric vehicles powered by solar energy. This transformative concept aims to decarbonize transportation while offering a safer, faster, and more accessible alternative to traditional travel methods. Imagine traveling from Manhattan, NY, to Boston, MA,
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