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Imersiv, a breakthrough technology that improves audio performance by 100X compared to today’s very best audio equipment for applications ranging from sound engineering to space missions to medical imaging, was named the $25,000 grand prize winner at a live finalist round held November 7 in New York. Click here for the full list of winners. Also see the Top 100 highest scoring entries. Special thanks to our esteemed panel of judges.
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Since Tech Briefs magazine launched the Create the Future Design contest in 2002 to recognize and reward engineering innovation, over 16,000 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 in our 2026 contest opening March 1.
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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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It has been 50 to 70 years and still no entrepreneurial genius human minds have successfully solved the problem of overly packed, crawling freeways. Everyday millions of people accept this huge waste of their time as a normal part of life and just complain, INSTEAD of doing something about it.
Today's public transportation systems are obsolete, expensive jokes. Worse,
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The proposed AI-powered drone application for agriculture addresses key challenges in precision farming, crop monitoring, and resource management. Traditional methods rely on manual labor and periodic inspections, which can be inefficient, costly, and error-prone. The existing technological gap in agriculture hinders productivity while increasing resource consumption and environmental impact.
Our company, IEMT, has developed and patented technology for a portable, low cost, medical imaging system that, for the first time, can be placed in the hands of first responders and professional practitioners.
This innovative and new approach has the potential to revolutionize the medical imaging market by incorporating technology advances previously untapped for such applications.
Quick Response System for Trees (QRST) is proposed here for identifying tree name, its family and medicinal values, etc. It is observed that many people do not know the names of very common trees around them.
This idea is developed to reduce internal combustion engines' mechanical friction loss by distinctive crankshaft oil hole layout. In order to ensure adequate oil transport, from main bearing shell oil groove to connecting rod bearing via oil holes made inside crankshaft, some certain oil pressure is required to cope with centrifugal force acting on oil inside crankshaft.
The aim of the land mine sensing or detecting robot is to see and cover the most area feasible, display the landmines, and map the remaining region with millimeter accuracy on a visual map. This study offers a prototype land mine detection robot that is easy to manage, powerful yet affordable,
Description and OperationPetritek's Controlled Environment Transport Containers (CETCs) are advanced shipping solutions designed to maintain precise environmental conditions, ensuring the safe transportation of sensitive materials. These containers use cutting-edge technology to regulate temperature, humidity, and atmospheric composition, serving industries such as pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, and high-value electronics.
Transform your bathroom into a sanctuary of hygiene and style with our Towel Holder featuring UV-C Disinfection. This cutting-edge product uses advanced UV-C technology to kill 99.9% of bacteria and germs, ensuring your towels stay fresh and safe for every use.
Cleansy is a product that combines two products that are essential for personal health: toothbrush and toothpaste. With Cleansy, washing your teeth in your work, university of outside of home won`t be a problem, it`s design makes it compact and simple, perfect for all ages. Clenasy is as simply as it works, you have 3 importante parts, first,
CPTA family of aircraft has two branches: conventional take-off and landing (CTOL) and eXtreme short take-off and landing (XSTOL). The XSTOL variant has two sub-variants: the two-engine medium-lift, 100,000lb GTOW (featured on website), and a four-engine heavy-lift, 200,000lb GTOW (not featured on website).
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