Announcing Our 2024 Finalists
Congratulations to the seven finalists who will be competing for the Grand Prize during a live presentation round in November:
AstroAnt: A Miniature Symbiotic Robotic Serving on the Outside Surfaces of Spacecraft, Rovers, and Landers for Inspection and Diagnostic Tasks
Cosmetic Silica Upcycled from Rice Husk as Natural Alternative to Microplastic Powders
Laser-Generated Anti-Icing and Anti-Fogging Transparent Materials
Multi-Modal Traffic Detection System
NETrolyze: A Novel Immunotherapy for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
RHOBARR Barrier Dispersions Platform
Thin-Film Thermoelectric Cooling Device
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This design idea is a speed change mechanism that mainly brings the possibility of high efficiency, avoiding power losses, usual characteristic of mechanical transmissions. For example in the car industry,
Inflatable Lightning-Resistant Umbrella
The danger of electrocution by lightning strike is a problem seen by golfers, boaters, and other outdoor groups of people that may be subjected to sudden electrical storms. This invention aims to provide a compact, portable, quickly-deployed shield from such strikes.
Inflatable-Rotor Windmills
The inflatable-rotor windmill was initially conceived as a combination of the child’s toy pinwheel with an inflated lightweight sphere such as a beach ball. The sphere performs two main functions: as support for the pinwheel's blades or sails, and as a wind augmenter,
In this invention, we will develop a type of linear induction motor in which powerful electromagnets will be able to drive the blood itself within the human body, thus providing a new means of life support without surgery or dependence on the beating of the heart.
For decades, budget conscious police departments have depended on the police motorcycle as effective motorized transport at low cost. However, while more economical, the police motorcycle is exposed to the weather, offers no crash protection and with only 2-wheels - is inherently unstable.
It has been estimated that major amputations occur in one out of 300 individuals in the United States [1]. There were more than 1.7 million amputees in the US in the year 2000 [2]; that number is expected to increase to nearly 2.4 million amputees by 2020 [2].
Swift Tram is an emerging rapid transit system that will get people from their starting points to their destinations more enjoyably than any other transit alternative available today. Swift’s automated (driverless) system is elevated, completely avoiding pedestrians, bicyclists, automobiles, and stoplights, and offering views of the world below.
Bladeless Wind Turbine
Every year windmills kill 573,000 birds in the US according to the Associated Press. By some estimates the total number of birds and bats killed worldwide every year runs into several millions.
In college, I decided to get creative on a class project. We were asked to invent a technology for hybrid cars that had not been established. So,
Two-dimensional detector arrays of thermal infrared imagers are expensive, especially at medium and high resolutions. A 10,000 pixel imager costs about $1,600. An 80,000 pixel device costs about $5,500, and an imager with near 3x105 pixels costs about $20,000. Now assume that,
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