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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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Engine cooling method which is implemented by alternating it with the thermodynamic cycle. When the control unit deems it appropriate, the engine changes its operating mode for several engine revolutions, interrupting its thermodynamic cycle and activating this cooling method.
An unmanned aerial system (UAS) that is worn on a person and can collect intelligence through video and other mounted sensors while projecting power through lethal or less than lethal means.
Perhaps you or someone you know uses a cart, a dolly, a hand truck. Do you find yourself having to having to buy and keep all three units available for daily work or as needed?
Thermal insulation holds a prominent place in our modern world, providing a way to reduce energy consumption and promote a healthier lifestyle. Unlike traditional insulation materials, which tend to be bulky, thick, and heavy, a new generation of superthermal insulation materials or fillers is emerging.
The primary reason is the advancing rotor blade tips airspeed must not exceed about 1,000 feet per second (Mach .
Global energy will shift predominantly to hydrogen and electric over the next 50 years with vital decarbonization benefits for our global environment. Advancing aviation’s future-state hydrogen and electric technologies is crucial to its sustainable future. NOVAdev’s mission is bringing those Earth Friendly Flight™ solutions to life.
This is a research project in the field of Radio-Frequency Electronics (RF Electronics) which, first of all, analyzes all topologies,
Create a returnable plastics lottery system where reverse vending machines are used as "slot machines" and where any (authorized) plastic item could be deposited and where only very occasionally would the depositor win a (relatively) large dollar amount prize.
Reverse vending machines have already been invented.
A large amount of plastic is used in day-to-day life but near to half is recycled. Recycled plastic goes through many processes until it becomes pellets for sale which are used for plastic molding and making new products.
Worldwide, over 40 million tons of plastic packaging is produced annually. Most of it is put to one time use and discarded. These include food packaging films, which constitute about 37%, or 14.8 million tons.
Their disposal has become a major issue in terms of waste management, environmental degradation,
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