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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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The design presented is based on the continued need for providing structural elements in space at optimum cost, appropriate utilization and reutilization. This concept describes a simple flanged beam with interlocking edges. When placed together, the geometry results in a cylindrical structure that, as shown in the drawings,
The underwater tunnels is the large and expensive idea that can change the way of living for the millions of people on the planet.
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CER has conceptualized and designed the ultimate miniaturized electric energy storage cell for cell phone charging. When fully charged, it will store approximately 75,000 mAh. Through the 5.0 V micro USB outlet port it will charge an Android™ type cell phone (with a 3,200 mAh battery) approximately 23 times.
Zellige is a traditional Moroccan art for decorating walls and floors of mosques, houses and public buildings. There are three steps to manufacture zellige: firstly manufacturing the tiles, then cut them, and finally turned them upside. To secure them better,
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In snowy conditions, Regular tire snow chains were attached to tires to provide maximum traction when driving through snow and ice.
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Satellite imagery has proved invaluable in the defense and intelligence sectors. Furthermore, it has been an equally potent resource in such important commercial areas as land and water asset management, weather prediction, and geological and agricultural prospecting.
This invention consists of machine embedded PMMA optical fibers in a matrix pattern throughout the plush interior of an automotive vehicle that eliminates the need for installing or running any metallic wires or thousands of LEDs which can serve several purposes.
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