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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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“Passive controls” of airflow over aircraft wings focus on airflow boundary layer effects, with benefits of drag reduction, lift to drag ratio enhancement, wing stall delay, better post-stall behavior and performance, reduced stalling at steep attack angles, shorter take off and landing distances and overall flight control performance, increased aircraft operating range, higher operating altitudes, improved roll rates,
The corona-resistant composite material in this proposal would form a coating or film over the electrical and electronic components and related equipment to be protected, having a thickness no greater than 50 microns (about 2 mils). It can withstand at least 20,000 hours of corona discharges, remaining flexible (70% or more elongation upon breaking),
Chitin is second only to cellulose as the most abundant naturally occurring polymer on Earth, a polysaccharide produced by living organisms, including crustaceans, insects, and, importantly, fungi. Chitin is a homopolymer of acetyl-glucosamine. Chitosan is a “de-acetylated” derivative of chitin, and is a very versatile a biopolymer, and has been found to be useful in many applications.
This is an energy-efficient means of transferring oxygen and methane from a gas phase into an aqueous solution using an array of 16 “U-Tubes” in a “Loop Reactor” for production of butanol automotive and aviation liquid fuel. One U-Tube consists of four 8 inch diameter inner pipes with an outer pipe diameter of 24 inches.
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Medella Health is a wearable technology start-up based out of Waterloo, Canada. We are developing contact lenses that continuously and non-invasively monitor health biomarkers and transmit the data to a mobile phone, so patients can better manage their health. We are starting with diabetes management, but can expand this to many other health indicators,
In 1995, engineers at the Michelin Technology Center in Greenville, S.C. envisioned a future where vehicles and machines would be able to be driven without experiencing a flat due to loss of air. When the engineers started working on this premise they were still designing a structure that looked like a regular pneumatic tire.
Early prototype model of 3D Tire Printing and Mounting Unit. With the ability of complicated 3-D Printed structures and light weight design, automotive tires will now be 3-D printed with specialized rubber compounds of carbon additives and mesh like forms.
Description of "Personal Viewer Eyewear Display":
The Personal Viewer is an eyewear display (i.e. worn on the face like sunglasses) that presents its user with an ultra-wide field of view and has a low profile on the user's face and has very low weight. Additionally, the display does not block the users' view of their surroundings in any way.
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