Congratulations to Our 2024 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
NETrolyze, a novel immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 15 in New York. The first-in-class therapeutic injectable gel prevents the spread of TNBC, one of the most aggressive cancer types, enabling patients to avoid toxic chemotherapy and expensive treatments – potentially transforming their lives. Click here for the full list of 2024 winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries.
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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 15,000 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 today.
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Special Report spotlights the eight top entries in 2023 as well as past winners whose ideas are now in the market, making a difference in the world.
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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In the contemporary world, the demand for contactless, fast, and automated systems has surged, especially due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This discription explores the design, implementation, and functionality of a Contactless IoT Doorbell with an integrated security system,
Master Bond UV15RCL is a low viscosity, cationic type UV curing system with a special color changing feature. The originally red material changes to clear once exposed to UV light; indicating that there is UV light access across the adhesive material.
I propose a simple means for reducing emissions from many internal-combustion engines. These engines will eventually phase out, but not for a number of years. Meanwhile, it is beneficial to reduce emissions during this transition.
Included in this technology are hybrid vehicles. Another is engines of large aircraft,
During REM (Rapid Eye Movement), dreams are formed. In the amazing neurological phenomena of sleep, the brain combines sensory information to create vivid, sometimes strange stories. This thesis explores the complex processes behind this process, with particular attention to the dynamic interactions across brain areas connected to emotions, senses,
In recent years, precision agriculture has become an increasingly popular method for improving crop yields and reducing costs. The use of drones in agriculture is one of the most promising applications of this technology. Crop and livestock monitoring is a crucial aspect of modern farming,
The Smart Charging Scheduler is an innovative software solution designed to optimize the charging process for electronic devices and electric vehicles (EVs).
Key Features
User Habit Analysis:
The Smart Charging Scheduler monitors and learns from users' charging patterns and daily routines.
Noncontact cardio metrology utilizing mid-infrared (MIR) technology represents a significant advancement over traditional contact monitoring systems. MIR videogrammetry enables comprehensive physiological assessment of vital signs, including cardiac, respiratory, plus core and skin temperatures. This approach offers enhanced efficiency, patient comfort,
Bioplastic is a product that is free of chemical substances or plastic polymers and is produced based on natural materials. Nowadays,bioplastic is mainly produced from potato and corn raw materials around the world. Nevertheless,the bioplastic industry accounts for only 3 percent of the plastic industry. In our project,
Motorcycles are a source of public health issues that can be avoided or at least improved with this project.
This project started from a personal need: how to navigate in the city without getting distracted looking at the smartphone routing my destination?
Sunatori's Effect refers to Anisotropic Electromagnetic Force Phenomena which were recently discovered by Simon Sunatori, P.Eng./ing., M.Eng. (Engineering Physics/Génie physique), DTech.c, RD.c, FEC.c, FNA, IEEE-LSM, WFS-LM, BNR/NT (MSS).
Anisotropy manifests itself in dramatic fashion as unexpected physical phenomena of magnetic attraction-repulsion,
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