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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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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Purpose: reliable (flexible) car for work and other tasks.
A reliable car that can be repaired quickly after an accident or breakdown is needed, without unnecessary waiting for untypical car parts.
1.Applying standardized elements and sub-assemblies causes possibility of immediate repair in case of a breakdown.
Objective is to improve burning, reduce pollution and extract more power from 4 stroke IC engine which follows Carnot cycle. Following suggestions have been made.
• Currently entire Carnot cycle consisting of 4 strokes is executed in a single cylinder- may be the automobiles may have many such cylinders.
Overview
Gonioreflectometer is a device that measures bi-directional reflectance distribution function (BRDF). Large Goniometer encompasses three actuated axes to position its two payload platforms independently around the sample to perform that task.
An ordinary Edison base LED replacement bulb emulates an incandescent lamp in that it provides omnidirectional light. These are used in table lamps, desk lamps and ceiling fixtures. Purpose made LED lighting, such as strip lamps,
Oz is a new mobility concept, designed to answer our new urban needs.
What are these problems?
We know that people are moving to the suburbs for comfort or costs reasons, and that the companies are also moving to outside-town areas where they can have more space,
The Solo high performance, single seat vehicle exists to explore new ideas in personal transportation. The product of many years experience in the high-performance automotive, aircraft and composite materials industries, the Solo is ultra-light, highly fuel efficient and offers performance,
MouthSpace is an input device for mobile and assistive computing. It replaces the Mouse and the Keyboard when convenience, mobility or security constraints prevent their use.
Other input methods cannot match the Keyboard-and-Mouse combination for accuracy, speed or potential for productivity,
The idea is to generate clean energy.
Is based on the principle of mechanical energy transformation associated with magnetic energy into electrical energy.
The system consists in the integration of "already existing technologies and concepts",
Trap grease is a mixture of water, solids, fat, oil and grease (FOG) that accumulate in grease traps/interceptors and sewer pipes. The FOG content in the trap grease is the major cause of the clogging and corrosion of municipal sewer pipes.
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