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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“At COMSOL, we are very excited to recognize innovators and their important work this year. We are grateful for the opportunity to support the Create the Future Design Contest, which is an excellent platform for designers to showcase their ideas and products in front of a worldwide audience. Best of luck to all participants!”
— Bernt Nilsson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, COMSOL, Inc.
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More than 30 years of careful comparative analysis confirms that QUASITURBINE is an optimal engine concept, perfecting both Piston and Wankel without their specific constraints (with substantial efficiency, environmental and mechanical advantages), while the old intuitive concepts hardly provide new solutions to modern challenges (despite major peripheral improvements?). In brief,
This project presents an anatomically accurate mannequin designed to enhance the practice of cardiac auscultation in medical education. The mannequin allows students to identify and differentiate heart sounds through a realistic and interactive experience, addressing the limited accessibility and high costs of commercial simulators.
Cardiac auscultation is a fundamental clinical skill,
Product Concept/Innovation: Video camera is incorporated inside microwave oven to provide high-definition view/monitoring/control of food being cooked/heated. Viewing screen and touch screen microwave are married to provide both internal HD viewing and microwave functional control.
Wise Doctor AI: Revolutionizing Personalized Healthcare
In a world where health is a priority, Wise Doctor AI, the innovative medical ecosystem, is emerging as a groundbreaking solution that transforms the way diseases are diagnosed and managed. This smartphone-sized portable device combines automated biological analysis with advanced artificial intelligence, offering personalized, real-time medical care.
Rural villagers face several challenges when relying on hand pumps for water access as pumping water can be physically demanding, requiring significant effort, especially for women who may already be burdened with household chores and other work.
When water is withdrawn faster than it's replenished, the water table lowers, potentially causing wells to dry up.
This project explores piezoelectric and thermoelectric technologies to design a self-sustaining mobile power bank that harnesses wasted thermal and kinetic energy.
To provide a clean energy source without interfering with phone usage, the power bank should be placed on the back of the smartphone rather than the screen.
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My company is attempting to build a mobile robotic EV charging solution, using small robots that will collect energy from existing power distribution or from new solar generation collocated with the robots. Our goal is to make EV charging available everywhere to encourage EV adoption,
Green Launch has just successfully completed development of extended capabilities for our light-gas kinetic launch system. As proposed by Jules Verne we have found the fastest way to space is a hypersonic space launch tube. In our case we have substituted 3x faster hydrogen for gunpowder. We have launched projectiles horizontally to hypersonic velocities,
A cutting-edge all-in-one recycling system that optimizes waste separation, compaction, and transport efficiency, designed to reduce environmental impact while maximizing convenience, to lead in eco-friendly innovation.
Why Smart Ecobin Matters:
Multi-stream recycling
Compaction & shredding technology
Sustainability impact
The mPancreas is a wearable bio-artificial pancreas that replicates real-time endocrine function, ensuring precise glycemic control for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) patients. It integrates AI-driven adaptation, biomimetic microfluidic design, and immunoisolated islets, providing continuous insulin and glucagon regulation to prevent hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia.
Unlike traditional treatments, mPancreas eliminates injections,
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