Congratulations to Our 2024 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
NETrolyze, a novel immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 15 in New York. The first-in-class therapeutic injectable gel prevents the spread of TNBC, one of the most aggressive cancer types, enabling patients to avoid toxic chemotherapy and expensive treatments – potentially transforming their lives. Click here for the full list of 2024 winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries.
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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 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 today.
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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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Playing in musical groups as both a bass player and electric guitarist I realized a need to have an instrument which possessed more versatility to support the song at hand.
Spring assisted Knee Brace Technology undergoing testing by the Canadian Armed Forces suggests a range enhancement for E-Trikes. Human rider assist to the electrics of an E-Trike significantly extends the range and only rider fatigue cuts the rider assist advantage short.
EMP suction rounds are designed as cylindrically shaped pods that utilize suction adhesion and electromagnetic energy pulse/wavelengths range "short." EMP suction rounds are primarily designed to suction lock to law-breaking criminalized vehicles rendering the vehicle unresponsive, halting further violations if pursuit by law enforcement is required.
A small group of scientists in Fairfax, Virginia has combined the best scientific principles from its study of cold fusion over the last 25 years into a unique design for the prototype cold fusion generator discussed below.
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Title: Electric Roads and Electric Charging Mobile Pods for continuous charging for EV’s
Objective: To help accelerate sustainable transportation by building an infrastructure for continuous on road charging for all EV’s.
Description:
The human crave for technological development is a never-ending process and so does the pollution.
There is a major problem on the planet with air pollution from vehicles. This problem is causing major health problems with people in cities where the air pollution is prevalent. We are spending billions of dollars to try and fix the problem with the air pollution from vehicles,
I’m from Egypt at Africa. I have two inventions implemented to develop the night lighting system, patents No, 26771 year 2011 (Extra Spotlights through Xenon, Laser or LED Bulb) and patent No,
BRAILLE II implements a cheap, simple and portable multi-line Braille display compatible with any touch screen device, allowing low-income blind users to get access to education, public services and work opportunities easier than ever.
We live in a world that needs more electric power. This increase in power must be produced by a source that produces no carbon dioxide. This new energy must also be present in large quantities and must be able to be extracted cheaply.
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