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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.
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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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“At COMSOL, we are very excited to recognize innovators and their important work this year. We are grateful for the opportunity to support the Create the Future Design Contest, which is an excellent platform for designers to showcase their ideas and products in front of a worldwide audience. Best of luck to all participants!”
— Bernt Nilsson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, COMSOL, Inc.
“From our beginnings, Mouser has supported engineers, innovators and students. We are proud of our longstanding support for the Create the Future Design Contest and the many innovations it has inspired.”
— Kevin Hess, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Mouser Electronics
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The following entries received the highest overall scores from the panel of judges.
They are listed in alphabetical order by title.
3D Precision Positioning for UAV Autonomous Landing on Moving Platforms
3D Printer to Aid Visually Impaired Consumers in Their Daily Life
A New Paradigm of Thin-Film Solar Electricity
A Novel Energy Regenerative Shock Absorber
A Novel Processor Architecture for the Internet of Things
A Novel Wireless Tracking System for Medical Equipment
A Proven System for Preventing Ground Collisions of Aircraft
A Truly Wearable Healthcare and Fitness Device Aimed at Making a Better Life
Active Pixel Sensor Design and Operations
Active Sound Insulation Window
An Automated Method For Fibrin Clot Permeability Assessment
Application of Battlefield Point of Injury & Trauma Medical Device System
Baxter(TM) Wagon Steering System
CEREBROS™ -- A Paradigm Shifting, Scalable Solution For Point-of-Care Brain Injury Monitoring
CHP System with Internal Waste Heat Recovery
Compact Long-Reach Robotic Arm
Creating Sensations Of Touch, Over-the-air, For True Immersion In Virtual Or Augmented Reality
CryoFOSS: Using Fiber Optic Technology for Liquid Level Sensing
Cyclic Pitch Vertical Axis Turbine Inspired By Birds
DAVID: Digital Anatomic Visual Informatics Device
Development of a Non-Surgical Circulatory Support Device for the Treatment of Chronic Heart Failure
Direct Methanol Feed Fuel Cell and System
ECHY: Solar Lighting With Fibre Optics
Explosive Material Identification from a Distance
Fabrication of Fiber-Metal Laminates with Non-Autoclave Processes
Fetal Welfare Monitoring Using Light And Sound
Firefly Rural Electrification System
Flexolar: Ecological Flashlight
Floating Piston, Isolation Valve
Game Changing Optics for the Future
Gemini Electric Motor & Generator
High Performance Shutter Valve
Hybrid Additive Manufacturing of High Throughput Microfluidic Devices for Cellular Processing
Integrated Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (iTMS)
Intelligent Hitch for Measuring Both Trailer Weight and Tongue Weight
Low Cost 3D Printed Linear Motion System
Low Cost, Ergonomic and Efficient Side-Fire Fiber
Low Frequency Portable Acoustic Measurement System
Magnetic Field Response Measurement Acquisition System
Method For Treating Cartilage Defects
MICHELIN X TWEEL TURF Airless Radial Tire
Micro interface to control robotic prosthesis, using the axons of motor nerves
Micro Turbine Personal Flight System for First Responders
Mobile Oximeter for Rural Child Pneumonia Diagnosis
Modular Jet Ski; No Trailer; Affordable; High Performance
Next Generation Armour “Plymetal” Manufactured by Metallic 3D Printing
Novel Chest Tube Design To Alleviate Clogging And Facilitate Video-assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery
Planot: Boxless, Full Range, Omnidirectional Speaker
Progressive Flow Turbo Compressor Recirculation Valve
Project Pyra: World's First 3D-Printed Oven
Real-Time Fiber Optic Sensing System
Real-Time Interactive Sonic Boom Display
Self Sustained Magnetic Refrigeration
Sensorless Angle of Attack Indicator
SFAAS - Smart Fetal ECG Acquisition and Analysis System
Simple Low Cost Design For Expanding Preventive Dental Sealant Delivery
Smart Coating for Corrosion Detection and Protection
SolePower Power-Generating Insoles
Solid State Regulated AC Transformer
Sorbent Polymer Extraction and Remediation System (SPEARS)
SPIN Remote -- The Simplest, Most Stylish Remote Ever
Super-Resolution X-ray Imaging System
Synthetic Vision System for Aeronautical Applications
Tailored Dielectric Materials With Metal and Metal Oxide Nanoparticles
Telecom Tower Structural & Radiation Inspection Using MUAV System
Total Actuation and Force Feedback on Robot Assisted Microsurgery
Water Conserving, Agriculture Pollutant Scavenging HydraMat™ by EcosPure
Wideband Metamaterial RF Absorber
For Information Contact:
Debbie Rothwell
Director of Marketing
Tech Briefs Media Group
212-490-3999, ext.5520
www.createthefuturecontest.com
October 1, 2014
3D Printer That Could Build a Home in 24 Hours
Wins Global Design Competition
Contest Draws over 1,000 Innovative Product Ideas from Engineers and Students in 61 Countries
New York, NY – Contour Crafting, a computerized construction method that rapidly 3D prints large-scale structures directly from architectural CAD models, has been awarded the grand prize of $20,000 in the 2014 "Create the Future" Design Contest.
Contour Crafting automates the construction of whole structures and radically reduces the time and cost of construction. The large-scale 3D printing technology is revolutionary to the construction industry and could lead to affordable building of high quality, low-income housing; the rapid construction of emergency shelters; and on-demand housing in response to disasters. NASA is looking at the technology for building moon and Mars bases.
Behrokh Khoshnevis, a professor at University of Southern California, who invented Contour Crafting, views this invention as a proven concept. “Bringing 3D printing to construction is bringing a concept to a proven application. For many years, building has been done in layers – concrete foundation blocks, brick laying, structural framing, etc.”
“I am very happy to receive this award and find it to be very timely as I am in the process of fund raising and I think this recognition will help me greatly in furthering the project,” said Khoshnevis.
Contour Crafting was among the 1,074 new product ideas submitted in the 12th annual design contest, which was established in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovations that benefit humanity, the environment, and the economy. This year’s design contest was co-sponsored by COMSOL (www.comsol.com)and Mouser Electronics (www.mouser.com). Analog Devices and Intel were supporting sponsors.
"This year's contest really knocked it out of the park with a record number of entries and tons of truly forward- thinking product ideas,” said Bernt Nilsson, Senior VP of Marketing at COMSOL. “All these creative designs are a testament to the power of engineering innovation for building a better tomorrow. COMSOL is grateful for the opportunity to support the Create the Future Design Contest that does such a phenomenal job in promoting and recognizing simulation-driven product design. Kudos to all the entrants for sharing their amazing ideas and congratulations to this year's winners.”
Kevin Hess, Vice President of Technical Marketing at Mouser Electronics added, "We'd like to congratulate this year's winners for their ingenuity, and commend all of the entrants for taking part in this exciting program that fosters technological innovation. As a distributor of leading technologies, ‘Creating the Future’ is very much at the heart of what we support here at Mouser, and we are excited to help design engineers and want to thank them for their important contributions. Engineers really deserve the credit for the amazing ingenuity we are seeing today in electronic design."
In addition to the grand prize of $20,000, first-place winners (of Hewlett-Packard workstations) were named in seven categories:
Aerospace & Defense
The Polariton Interferometer - a Novel Inertial Navigation System
Frederick Moxley
A stealth navigation system that provides precise course-plotting while operating independently from GPS.
Automotive/Transportation
Continuously Variable Displacement Enginem
Steve Arnold
A continuously variable stroke engine that operates at 30% better fuel efficiency than conventional thick stroke engine designs.
Consumer Products
NanoFab Lab...in a Box!
Jonathan Moritz (Team Leader)
An educational kit that brings nanomanufacturing out of the cleanroom and into the classroom.
Electronics
A Paradigm Shift for SMT Electronics
Jim Hester (Team Leader)
Micro-coil springs that provide flexible electrical interconnections for integrated circuit packages, preventing connection breaks due to heat and vibration.
Machinery/Automation/Robotics – sponsored by Maplesoft
Automatic Eye Finder & Tracking System
Rikki Razdan (Team Leader)
Real-time point-of-gaze eye tracking system that allows users to control computer input through "Look and Click" applications.
Medical
HemeChip for Early Diagnosis of Sickle Cell Disease
Yunus Alapan (Team Leader)
A biochip that can rapidly, easily, and conclusively identify the hemoglobin type in blood to diagnose Sickle Cell Disease in newborns.
Sustainable Technologies
Ecovent Systems - Making Every Room the Right Temperature
Dipul Patel (Team Leader)
A system of wireless vents and sensors that makes any forced air heating and cooling system smarter by directing conditioned air where it’s needed most.
Finalists were selected by senior editors at Tech Briefs Media Group and judged by an independent panel of design engineers. Visitors to the contest Web site could vote on entries, with the 10 most popular designs awarded a Sphero mobile game system by Orbotix. For more information, visit
www.createthefuturecontest.com.
About COMSOL
COMSOL provides simulation software for product design and research to technical enterprises, research labs, and universities through 21 offices and a distributor network throughout the world. Its flagship product, COMSOL Multiphysics®, is a software environment for modeling and simulating any physics-based system and building specialized applications. A particular strength is its ability to account for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. Add-on products expand the simulation platform for electrical, mechanical, fluid flow, and chemical applications. Interfacing tools enable the integration of COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation with all major technical computing and CAD tools on the CAE market.
www.comsol.com
About Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 400,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas.
www.mouser.com
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For Information Contact:
Debbie Rothwell
Director of Marketing
Tech Briefs Media Group
212-490-3999, ext.5520
www.createthefuturecontest.com
September 29, 2015
Design Contest Winner Gives New Hope to Millions of Chronic Heart Failure Patients
Contest Draws over 1,100 Innovative Product Ideas from Engineers and Students in 60 Countries
New York, NY - Procyrion, Inc. of Houston, TX. developer of the first catheter-deployed heart pump intended for long-term treatment of chronic heart failure, has been awarded the grand prize of $20,000 in the 2015 "Create the Future" Design Contest. The AortixTM device -- thinner than a #2 pencil and only 6 cm long -- features a powerful micro-pump designed to rest and heal the heart without surgery and with minimal risk.
Aortix was among the record 1,159 new product ideas submitted in the 13th annual design contest, which was established in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovations that benefit humanity, the environment, and the economy. This year’s design contest was co-sponsored by COMSOL (www.comsol.com) and Mouser Electronics (www.mouser.com). Analog Devices and Intel were supporting sponsors.
“Procyrion is honored to be selected as this year’s Grand Prize winner of the Create the Future Design Contest. When we look at the other entrants in the contest, we are extremely impressed by the breadth of opportunities being pursued and the novelty and ingenuity of those approaches. We feel that being selected from among so many strong competitors is attributable to the global impact of heart failure and the potential of the AortixTM system to benefit millions of patients worldwide,” said Ben Hertzog, CEO of Procyrion.
“Innovation is front and center in the development of new and competitive products,” said Bernt Nilsson, Senior VP of Marketing with COMSOL, Inc. “The Create the Future Design Contest is doing a wonderful job in recognizing many great product ideas and helping innovators bring them to market. As a returning sponsor, we are delighted by the record number of submissions and the amazing entries from this year's winners.”
"We congratulate all of the winners for their ingenuity, and commend all of the entrants for taking part in this exciting program that fosters technological innovation,” said Kevin Hess, Vice President of Technical Marketing at Mouser Electronics. “As a distributor of leading technologies, ‘Creating the Future’ is very much at the heart of what we support here at Mouser, and we are excited to help design engineers and want to thank them for their important contributions. Engineers really deserve the credit for the amazing ingenuity we are seeing today in electronic design."
In addition to the grand prize of $20,000, first-place winners (of Hewlett-Packard workstations) were named in seven categories:
Automotive/Transportation - sponsored by KAMAN Precision Products (www.kamansensors.com)
Smart Coating for Corrosion Detection and Prevention
Luz Marina Calle
An environmentally friendly coating system for early detection and inhibition of corrosion and self-healing of mechanical damage.
Electronics - sponsored by Imagineering, Inc. (www.pcbnet.com)
Real-Time Fiber Optic Sensing System
Lance Richards (Team Leader)
Game-changing technology deploys thousands of sensors on a single fiber to monitor the structural health of aircraft, buildings, and dams in real time.
Machinery/Automation/Robotics - sponsored by Maplesoft (www.maplesoft.com)
Compact Long-Reach Robotic Arm
William R. Doggett
A long-reach robotic arm with lightweight joints that provide a wide range of motion.
Aerospace & Defense
The N5 FILO: An Ultra-Small, Low-Cost Hazardous Gas Detector Using Novel Chip-Scale Chemical Sensor Technology
Nichole Sullivan (Team Leader)
Will enable industrial workers, first responders, and soldiers to quickly detect multiple types of dangerous gases using a mobile device.
Consumer Products
Modular Jet Ski; No Trailer; Affordable; High Performance
Anders Stubkjaer (Team Leader)
High performance jet board/jet ski transportable in the back of a car.
Medical
Smart X-ray Source
Mark Eaton (Team Leader)
Combines flat panel technology with classic x-ray physics to provide portable, inexpensive CT systems using open software sources to underserved populations around the world.
Sustainable Technologies
ECHY: Solar Lighting with Fiber Optics
Stephanie Le Beuze (Team Leader)
High-quality, low-cost lighting technology that captures, transports, and diffuses daylight for indoor use.
Finalists were selected by senior editors at Tech Briefs Media Group and judged by an independent panel of design engineers. Visitors to the contest Web site could vote on entries, with the 10 most popular designs awarded an Ollie robotic gaming device provided by Sphero (www.sphero.com). For more information, visit
www.createthefuturecontest.com.
About COMSOL
COMSOL provides simulation software for product design and research to technical enterprises, research labs, and universities through 22 offices and a distributor network throughout the world. Its flagship product, COMSOL Multiphysics®, is a software environment for modeling and simulating any physics-based system and building specialized applications. A particular strength is its ability to account for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. Add-on products expand the simulation platform for electrical, mechanical, fluid flow, and chemical applications. Interfacing tools enable the integration of COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation with all major technical computing and CAD tools on the CAE market. For more information, visit www.comsol.com
About Mouser Electronics
Mouser Electronics, a subsidiary of TTI, Inc., is part of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway family of companies. Mouser is an award-winning, authorized semiconductor and electronic component distributor, focused on the rapid introduction of new products and technologies to electronic design engineers and buyers. Mouser.com features more than 4 million products online from more than 500 manufacturers. Mouser publishes multiple catalogs per year providing designers with up-to-date data on the components now available for the next generation of electronic devices. Mouser ships globally to over 500,000 customers in 170 countries from its 492,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility south of Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit www.mouser.com
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HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ A FANCY BOOK A FICTION OR A NOVEL , SITTING OR SLEEPING ?
IF SLEEPING HAVE YOU EVER FELT THE ACHE IN YOUR ARMS WHILE HOLDING THE BOOK ?
Linac-MR systems are poised to revolutionize radiation cancer therapy in the very near future. These systems will allow real-time 3D tracking during radiation therapy in order to optimize the radiation delivery to the cancer tumor, while the patient moves and breathes (something not possible with current technologies).
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• What problem does your design idea solve?
I'm a seventy four year old veteran. I use a walking cane. I see a lot of vets that use a walking device and I ask them why they need it. Most, myself included, complain about joint pain,
Our defacto hardware tool to interact with computers is the mouse. Be it a mousepad or a handheld mouse, it is the one and only tool – along with the keyboard - we all use to make our daily work in computers.
DrRho is a medical tele-presence robot under development at Vyas Labs. It provides a robotic base with human environment maneuverability and a set of robotic manipulators, together with telemedicine modalities of electronic stethoscope, blood pressure, temperature, ECG and pulse-oximetry. It also provides the doctors’
PERSONAL*IZ EDITION (pronounced Personal-Eyes)
CONTEST CATEGORY: CONSUMER PRODUCTS
CONTEST ENTRY: Augmented Reality for Consumers - The BROWZ*A/R (Personal*IZ Edition)
ENTRY SLOGAN: “The KEY to What You SEE”
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Augmented-Reality to display consumer PRODUCT archives;
This is a conceptual design for a nanomotor driven attachment used in low flow shunts. The motor itself is driven from natural proteins found in the body,
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