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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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My name is German Osorio Cortes from Buga-Colombia. I have an idea to change the old traffic light system. We don't need 3 lamps (Red, Yellow and Green) for the traffic lights. We only need 1 LED lamp with dual color LEDS (Red and Green).
Molten salt solar water purification plant is an idea to utilize untreated water available, to convert it into drinking water.
In the developing countries many villages are not connected to central water distribution plant and people living there rely on local water body.
According to the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), repetitive strain injuries, also called Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorders (WMSDs), are the nation’s most common and costly occupational health problem. They represent 50% of all lost workdays and cost U.S.
This machine was researched, designed, and built to evaluate an NEV concept.
The availability of inexpensive E-Scooter components encouraged a baseline approach to designing a 3 wheeler E-Trike (2F1R) configuration for the purposes of evaluating an NEV in Canada's extreme climate.
In 2013 it was reported that approximately $1 billion was spent on fighting wild fires in the US (Fox News) and $10 million worth of damage in Australia (ABC News).
“ARGONAUT JASON”
A Proposed Wind and Renewables Machine Model.
This Proposed Wind Machine Energizes its Rotation by Wind Force, applied on its two Sails [ Photo 1 ].
The Sails assimilate the machine to a “sailboat,” and its name “Argonaut Jason”
Electrical Junction Box Wire Router
This paper proposes to improve the electrical junction box installation. A new method of putting a printed circuit board (PCB) with Terminal block called “Electrical Junction Box Wire Router” is placed inside the Electrical Junction Box.
PEUGEOT BOXER is a diesel engine 2500 cc with maximum 80 hp with max speed of 120 km/hr which is building in an ambulance car with power steering. This model was produced in 1998, this car is front drive axis with engine in transverse position.
THE ULTIMATE ADVANCED ACV (HOVERCRAFT)
This machine encompasses advanced technology in all aspects of Hovercraft Technology.
1...The Lift System utilizes a Skirt Finger Design which reduces surface contact and provides for surface following attributes which simultaneously reduces the power required to sustain the air cushion and lowers frictional resistance.
Extreme Power Free-Piston Engine
6.0 hp/lb - Highest efficiency - Small & Robust
The pistons of free-piston engines transfer the combustion pressure directly into hydraulic pressure, without a crankshaft mechanism. They are therefore inherently very simple, robust, light and efficient.
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