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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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Wall-C is a wall climbing robot that will be capable of scaling vertical surfaces of different textures. A suction device (such as ones used in vacuum cleaners) of suitable capacity will be used to provide the necessary force for Wall-C to find traction onto the wall. Various designs for “wheel mechanisms”
Currently, CubeSats are launched into space using conventional rockets, which have to push through an extremely dense atmosphere and burn up a lot of fuel on the way up, subsequently raising the price on companies/organizations looking for a ride.
RALS, or Reduced Altitude Launch System,
Constant velocity joints are not a "sexy" technology. They don't elicit emotions as potential cancer cures do. Until now you've probably never heard of a CVJ but they serve an important role in our everyday lives. It enables all kind of vehicles and modes of transportation to operate efficiently. More effective future robots can be built.
CONCEPT:
Install a small high definition security camera (preferably 360° or 2x 180°) inside and high above close to where the rear view mirror is installed in automobiles (e.g. Cars, Trucks, Buses and SUVs). The camera should be able to monitor both the inside and outside movements or activities in the car.
In ring-yarn-spinning, the ring and traveler combination is the limiting factor for the maximum spindle speed.
The important factors in the design of ring-traveller are (1) the traveller stability during its high speed rotation while being clipped onto the ring flange and (2) the space for yarn passage between ring and traveller.
Objective
To Provide a Wheelchair :
-Which is manufactured using off the shelf parts (keeps costs low, parts available everywhere, serviceable anywhere ).
-Which reduces user’s dependency on others for his/ her day to day household activities to the maximum extent.
Our Product
Detergent is everywhere and used every day in life. Bath, dish and clothes washing, toilet flushing. But detergent providers care less about how to use the post detergent water after washing. To design a collection of detergents formula, adjusting the formula along with other factor changes can help us get other benefits besides washing; for instance, compound fertilizer.
THE-PUMA is innovative transportation that considers the welfare of people and the environment. In this transportation system capsules circulate through high and safe rails. The innovation is the displacement system for the capsules to be forwarded to the station or leaving without interrupting the movement of the capsules.
My Concept is a Hybrid Sailboat/Submersible that uses a combination of traditional sail technology, combined with the biologically inspired swimming of large animals such as whales and fish. Whether it's a speedboat or a cargo ship, almost all marine transportation uses propellers as the main means of propulsion. While they are remarkable efficient,
ValueGauge presents a paradigm shift in vehicle fuel measurement and driver behavior. ValueGauge enables operators to drive in ways that yield the most Value for their time.
The traditional measure of vehicle fuel consumption is miles per gallon (MPG).
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