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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This submission presents practical Hyperloop / evacuated tube transport pod engineered for high-speed, near-vacuum transportation, with feasible design solutions across propulsion, levitation, control, power, and structural subsystems. It represents a significant advancement over conventional ground-based transit systems by eliminating friction, minimizing energy losses, and integrating fail-safe autonomous features in a scalable,
This work presents a contactless magnetic propulsion and braking system tailored for energy-efficient ground transportation, particularly Hyperloop systems. Traditional mechanical propulsion systems suffer from significant wear and energy loss due to friction. In contrast,
La Secrétaire is a voice-activated desktop software agent that streamlines email and calendar management through natural language commands. Designed for professionals who experience cognitive overload from constant context-switching, inbox clutter, and inefficient scheduling, the agent provides a futuristic yet feasible solution: it enables users to summarize emails, generate replies,
The proposed development will allow to increase the efficiency of using energy of compressed air in piston motors for generating energy to move a vehicle or a stationary engine (with daily fluctuations in electricity consumption). The considered technical solution will contribute to improving the environmental and techno-economic indicators of piston motors when using compressed air in them.
Q-NeuroPath: A Quantum-Inspired and Generative AI-Enhanced Simulation Platform for Personalized Neuro-Recovery
Q-NeuroPath is a software platform I plan to develop to support personalized recovery after stroke and brain injury. The idea came from noticing how rehabilitation today often depends on trial-and-error, where therapists follow standard routines and adjust over time.
This minibus project is based on a contemporary design approach, stylized to reflect the smooth, aerodynamic form of a capsule. Environmentally conscious by design, the vehicle is powered by solar panels and can also be charged via electric power stations when necessary. This dual-source energy system supports environmental sustainability and promotes the use of clean, renewable energy.
When a cargo ship arrives at port, it doesn’t just pull up and start unloading. It needs to secure a parking spot first. In the shipping world, we call this parking spot a berth.
For various shipping operations at harbor and ports such as loading and unloading cargoes,
This invention consists of a multifunctional integrated solar system that combines four sustainable functions into a single, compact unit: (1) photovoltaic electricity generation, (2) improved SODIS (Solar Water Disinfection) for clean water production, (3) daylight transmission using solar fiber optics, and now (4) thermoelectric generation by harnessing waste heat through a liquid cooling system.
Our goal is to modernize utility industry practices, enhancing efficiency, safety, and precision, while keeping the interest and wellbeing of utility workers in mind. As the world trends toward electrification, the grid must be able to keep up, demanding an increase in construction and demonstrating the need for a more resilient grid. Further, with the advent of climate change,
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