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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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There is proposed information technology, software and results of research of 4790 arterial oscillograms of 1190 healthy individuals and patients (14 nosology), 56 simultaneously recorded ECGs and arterial oscillograms of healthy individuals, justifying the proposed solutions.
Arterial oscillograms are obtained using the monitoring of blood pressure and the frequency of heart rate,
My Hovercraft has the capability to operate over almost any flat surface including shallow water, ice, vegetation, mud, logs and debris, rapids and flood plains. Hovercraft are marine vessels which operate by creating a cushion of air between the hull of the vessel and the surface below.
The Ergo Spout is the world's first ergonomic spout and handle for Mason jars transforming a common household item into a comfortable and useful pouring pitcher. The Ergo Spout prevents slippery jars by providing a firm place to grip and pour without touching the glass.
In situ treatment of dense nonaqueous phase liquids
NASA seeks to license the NASA-developed technology Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron (EZVI) for use in commercial applications. Developed at the John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC), this process provides for the in situ treatment of dense nonaqueous phase liquids, or DNAPLs.
TEN COMMANDMENTS OF US PATENT #5,431,606:
I. Two worm gears are series mounted.
II. The worm wheel is mounted in bearings. not rigidly mounted!
III. The input drive worm gear provides a point of locus & inital inertia.
IV. The two gear set is 94% efficient statically & dynamically it is 98%+
An earlier entry described an ambitious Advanced ACV (Hovercraft).
Design iterations around the XFlo Blower arrangement showed problems which are taking longer than anticipated to resolve.
This interim Design shows the Main Intent of the Concept and incorporates known technologies that are going mainstream via Griffon Hoverwork in the United Kingdom.
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Closed loop system for recovering ammonia from wastewater
NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) seeks to license its Ammonia Recover System for Wastewater to industry. The Ammonia Recovery System for Wastewater was developed for potential use as part of the Environmental Control and Life Support Systems (ECLSSs) on the International Space Station.
GREAT PLAINS DIESEL TECHNOLOGIES, L.C. (GPDT)GPDT offers continuous direct control of diesel fuel injector needle lift, to control fuel injection flow rate. This is but one application of a robust, durable mechatronic actuator technology.
Origins
In the early 2000s, increasing the speed at which a fuel injector could open and close helped reduce emissions.
NASA's Langley Research Center has developed an inexpensive, long endurance vertical takeoff and landing UAV. It is capable of flying for 24 hours, landing in a 50 x 50 zone, and can be loaded into the back of a cargo van for easy transport. In addition, it can land in an either horizontal or vertical flight configuration.
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