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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URise Products designed, and is bringing to market, the StandUp Walker (www.StandUpWalker.com), a 2-in-1 stand-assist device that helps users independently rise from a seated position then easily transforms into a medical walker for mobility support.
For many with mobility issues, standing up safely can be the biggest challenge. With the StandUp Walker,
Luso Labs LLC is developing the cerVIA system, which integrates a custom camera scope with a unique cervical cancer lesion detection algorithm in a point-of-care device. Fitted for speculums and operated with any Android smartphone, the cerVIA system will offer automated, accurate and accessible cervical cancer screening for women in low and middle-income countries (LMICs) worldwide. 
AED has a revolutionary solution to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions in the near future. Many small electric vehicles (motorcycles, autos, and ATV’s) are focusing on extending their range with new battery technology. An alternative solution is a vehicle (e.g.,
The problem:
Dams block fish on their way to spawn.
Fish ladders are ineffective for fish like sturgeon.
The result is costly fisheries that have to raise millions of fish each year.
Upstream ecosystems are severely damaged by the lack of fish that used to breed there.
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It is comprised of two main systems.
This idea solves the problem of hardening steel surfaces. It is applied to flat surfaces or cylindrical surfaces ready to be hardened by thermal methods. These areas are found in the automotive industry, aerospace, rolling stock sub-assemblies and other sectors that require hardening on thin surfaces.
The transport sector in many developing nations is one of randomness and unpredictability while also being dynamic and innovative. Public transport in most developing nations is comprised of buses, minivans and rickshaws. The fares for these vehicles vary based on a lot of factors but there is a large component that is due to the whims of the driver and conductor.
The invention consists of converting at least one of the interior ventilation grills to use solar power to power a fan to draw heat from the vehicle in the effort to lower the internal passenger compartment temperature as well as create airflow. Using solar power separates the energy required so there is no concern of draining a car battery.
Electric, solar and renewable energy transportation systems are clean and green. The innovation shows Futuristic Smart vehicles in Smart cities. These Vehicles are fully automated and controlled via computers from stations. The vehicles required lightweight structure, low investments and have luxury ride.
These transportation systems are featured with flexible path, vacant seats, secured, lowest cost, luxurious look, less dense,
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