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.
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 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.
Read About Past Winners’ Success Stories
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.
Click here to read moreA ‘Create the Future’ Winner Featured on ‘Here’s an Idea’
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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— Bernt Nilsson, Senior Vice President of Marketing, COMSOL, Inc.
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To the worldwide aviation community,
The VTOL JetCar is a new personal jet-powered aircraft concept. It will perform a function that currently no other aircraft can accomplish. When incorporated as standard safety procedure,
"10/15+ FLOWCHOICE SHOWERHEAD"™
NEW VERSION OF THE 10-MINUTE SHOWER THAT SAVES 15+ GALLONS OF WATER.
Patented - Albert L. Schmidt - Inventor
A majority of showerheads Sold & Used today Dispense 2.5 Gallons of Water Per/Minute.
A 10-Minute Shower = 25 Gallons of Freshly Treated, Filtered, Purified,
"SEAT / SAFETY BELT ALERT LIGHTS"™
Patent Pending - Albert L. Schmidt - Co-Inventor
A majority of the United States have strict Seat Belt Laws.
A large number of Motorists IGNORE those Seat Belt Laws.
Insurance Companies have Statistical Proof that Seat Belts SAVE LIVES !
The concept of the "extendable vehicle" is based on the needs of families. Currently if families have children involved in sports and other activities they typically need a mini-van type of vehicle.
"10/15+ FLOWCHOICE SHOWERHEAD"™
NEW VERSION OF THE 10-MINUTE SHOWER THAT SAVES 15+ GALLONS OF WATER.
Patented - Albert L. Schmidt - Inventor
A majority of showerheads Sold & Used today Dispense 2.5 Gallons of Water Per/Minute.
A 10-Minute Shower = 25 Gallons of Freshly Treated, Filtered, Purified,
Radio therapy is a practical means to destroy carcinogenic tissues, but at the expense of concurrently damaging the surrounding tissues. In images diagnostics the technique known as Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) (politically correctly known as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)) has been used for many years with singular efficiency,
COLLAPSO-TRANSFORM
Bicycles have capitalized an important place in the transportation industry since its inception. They are the cheapest, light weight and the most eco-friendly mode of transport till date using only manpower for the transit.
Introduction
Imagine that a light goes along with you, and that is always on the place where you really need it. This principle not only reduces power consumption, but also gives the impression of interactivity. Moreover, during the night,
A tractor-trailer coupling mechanism for a powered tow vehicle and unpowered trailer vehicle which eliminates jack-knifing. The coupling includes at least one extension or more between the tractor and the trailer which slides into a receptor channel in the powered vehicle,
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