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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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Due to concern surrounding plastic waste, it has become increasingly important to find creative solutions that can minimize its negative impact on the environment. In response, a pyrolysis furnace which utilizes intensified sunlight's heat within a glass reactor to transform plastic waste into valuable fuel resources.
This design is primarily to be used to spark interest in younger generations in underwater exploration by making a vessel capable of shallow water exploration more available.
Diseases of the central nervous system (CNS) in humans are still very complex and remain a vastly unsolved challenge for medical and pharmacological research. Even in today’s world, a lot of pathological research for CNS diseases are conducted on laboratory animals.
EarMem is an innovative application aimed at improving the auditory perception of people who have suffered from diseases such as encephalitis, meningitis, malignant and benign neoplasms. Patients after the disease suffer from brain disorders, one of which is memory impairment.
To solve this problem,
Discover Alpaway, the revolution in busway monitoring that will enhance your investments in power systems! Busways play a crucial role in providing reliable and efficient distribution of electricity in various sectors, from industrial facilities to residential complexes. However, regular maintenance is required to overcome challenges such as corrosion,
Development of the world's first carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) composites door marks a pioneering achievement in the field of automotive manufacturing and composite materials. The ultra-lightweight CFRTP door structure, developed as a lightweight alternative for the closures of the 2016 Acura MDX,
Agriculture is a livelihood for a majority of the population in the world and can never be underestimated. Increasing population, increasing average income and globalisation effects will increase demand for quantity, quality and nutritious food, and variety of food. Therefore,
Phenolic resins as base materials for automotive friction materials manufacturing shall be replaced by inorganic binders. Due to a casting process in manufacturing versus todays pressing process this will allow significant energy reductions, up to 80% compared to the standard process in manufacturing processes today.
PCB debugging can be tricky. For example, if we want to use an oscilloscope to measure signals of interest in the PCB, we need to locate them in the schematic and select the appropriate pad for each signal on the PCB layout to put the oscilloscope probes.
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