Congratulations to Our 2024 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
NETrolyze, a novel immunotherapy for triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC), was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 15 in New York. The first-in-class therapeutic injectable gel prevents the spread of TNBC, one of the most aggressive cancer types, enabling patients to avoid toxic chemotherapy and expensive treatments – potentially transforming their lives. Click here for the full list of 2024 winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries.
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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 some point in their lives almost everyone has wanted to fly. The draw of the open sky can be very compelling, but for most it is out of reach. Airplanes are expensive and require specialized facilities to operate from.
There is an easy, inexpensive way to locate aircraft like flight 370 in the future. Install an automotive type air bag in the tail or other parts of the plane with an automotive type crash sensor. The air bag would detach from the craft and float.
This device uses manufactured containers which are connected via a modular connecter to heat fluids with solar energy. In essence, you reuse containers, connect them in series, and utilize the sun to provide heated fluids. There is energy saved by reusing normally discarded containers,
YSATÎ at a glance (YSATÎ means pure water in Guarani language - the people who lived in Brazil prior America discovery).
Workstation for Cardiothoracic Surgery
The present invention relates to a Workstation for cardiothoracic surgery, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an improved sternal retractor having various attachments there on for assisting a surgeon during a cardiothoracic surgery.
Z.E.R.O ( Zero Energy Re Emitting Object ) works on the principle of magnetic force repulsion.
This concept can be used were we see scarcity of electric power.
The mechanism inside the box provides energy without any source or manual work done.
The objective of this project is to determine and analyze the flow through a V4 IC engine carburetor for single throttle opening condition (100% opening). The modeling of the product is done by Catia V5 R20. The model is developed with a throttle opening and closing mechanism.
The use of fossil fuels raises serious environmental concerns. The burning of fossil fuels produces approximately 21 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) per year. The emissions from these fossil fuels contribute to global warming and also result in adverse effects on human health.
Our aim is to create Relief Vehicles for developing countries like India. Most of the cities in India have very narrow roads or lanes that cannot be easily accessed in times of emergency. We want to create a modification that is much cheaper,
An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), colloquially known as a drone, is an aircraft without a human pilot on board having flight controlled either autonomously by computers in the vehicle, or under the remote control of a pilot on the ground or in another vehicle.
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