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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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Electric vehicle charging stations are very low in quantities and locations all over the USA. Many of these charging stations are only for specific vehicles such as Tesla Vehicles. However, other non- Tesla electric vehicles could not have access to these charging stations because of the inlet plugs and the outlet cables being different.
Disease State: High blood pressure affects 1 billion individuals globally and more than 80 million in the US. Hypertension is the leading risk factor for coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Nearly 70% of all healthcare expenditures ($170 B) in the US are spent managing complications resulting from uncontrolled blood pressure. Notably,
I have taken the Self Rotating Wing & Applied Today's Tech. to the Concept! Not Only have I Improved it by Replacing Blades with Elec. Self,Propelled,Full Size Wings! I have a Neck Injury which Limited Me to Building an R/C Version as a Demonstrator. Only Tested 3 Times with Pitch problems on 1 & 2. But,
Our Sirena Autonomous Underwater Vehicles - AUV / marine robot offer the ultimate in autonomous remote subsea survey capability. These free-swimming autonomous underwater vehicles are characterized by great maneuverability and high accuracy of stabilization. Hydrodynamic shape, accurate instruments and excellent battery capacity makes these AUV's ideal choices.
Sirena is available in several configurations and depth ratings.
Natural Fibers such as Bamboo, Banana Trees, Coconut Husks, Coconut splinter and other such fibrous vegetation systems have the advantages of ready availability, are renewable, and have excellent strength-to-weight ratio. By combining with appropriate Polymers and other ingredients,as well as by hybridizing with glass fiber systems,
The consumption of electricity has skyrocketed in recent years,
Our research and personal experiences in rural India gave a common insight; where all the underserved area in India are facing poor road condition and connectivity issues. Hence no medical accessibility during emergency. These lead to other social issues. The underserved region majorly consists of the farmers.
The rudimentary basis for understanding any air conditioning, dehumidification and evaporative cooling is psychrometrics. Psychrometry consists of the interactions between heat, moisture and air. It is basically the study of air-water mixtures and is an essential foundation for understanding how to change air from one condition to another. As air temperature rises,
Physically challenged people are often treated as an outcast of the society. They face a number of physical, psychological, social, emotional and economic problems. Apart from the social problems they face from the world that has turned apathetic and hostile towards them, the problems due to their disability is also of great concern.
The idea is to use energy stored in rocks at very deep levels in the ground minimum 30,000'. Water will at this level pick up the heat by passing fine cavities from one hole going down to one hole going up. The new shale oil drilling technique will provide efficient methods also for water instead of oil.
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