Announcing Our 2024 Finalists
Congratulations to the seven finalists who will be competing for the Grand Prize during a live presentation round in November:
AstroAnt: A Miniature Symbiotic Robotic Serving on the Outside Surfaces of Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers for Inspection and Diagnostic Tasks
Cosmetic Silica Upcycled from Rice Husk as Natural Alternative to Microplastic Powders
Laser-Generated Anti-Icing and Anti-Fogging Transparent Materials
Multi-Modal Traffic Detection System
NETrolyze: A Novel Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
RHOBARR Barrier Dispersions Platform
Thin-Film Thermoelectric Cooling Device
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The IVT is a stepless speed variator using only toothed gears /sprockets, which can be used on any traditional engine (gasoline, diesel, CNG), electric motors, steam or wind turbines, bicycles (human power), as well as a large number of industrial or agriculutre applications, replacing the current transmission and clutch.
This preliminary design is based in our aim to irrigate the Peruvian coastal desert, via desalting sea/brackish/RH water captured in brines and/or preserving seasonal water were evapotranspiration is very high. All these are salty solutions that need to be convertedt to usable water.
PROBLEM-Space debris
The term space debris is the collection of defunct man-made objects in space. Their population increase in an exponential manner according to the Kessler syndrome. Eventually the increased space traffic will make it impossible to launch any space vehicle.
The hydrogen vehicle I am talking about will use hydrogen as a fuel to run the engine and as a result the vehicle will move. Hydrogen because of its high energy content and availability can be used efficiently as a fuel.
Our Portable Solar Generator is a 1.2kW solar array connected to a support structure (mast) with a battery box base that holds 3600Ah of stored energy. This is a Solar + Storage device that has many uses; for example, LMI housing, mobile surgical hospitals, disaster relief, the U.S. military,
The proposed idea is based on an intelligent bathroom mirror on which the health-related body parameters such as Blood Pressure, Heart Rate, SpO2 level, Weight, Height, Body Mass Index (BMI), Body Temperature, Room Temperature, Bathroom Tap Water Temperature etc. will be displayed in real time.
INTRODUCTION:
A dream it was for a man to fly before the invention of aircraft. In the esteemed domain of aircraft, landing is the most challenging part, where most of the accidents have happened.
PROBLEM DEFINITION - After some research,
This device would use a small camera such as used in cell phones, probably attached to an eyeglass frame to observe the anticipated path of a person of limited vision or blind. A computer would check the image for posts, stairs,
Every Drop Counts is an electronic system to measure the volume of water flowing through a mechanical meter using an audio sensor. It uses audio to enable much higher resolution than what is normally able to read by the inbuilt magnetic sensor.
The possibility to diagnose quality of motor oil by using the method of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) for comparison of optical refraction indexes inherent to the initial fresh oil and to that used for different exploitation terms.
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