Congratulations to Our 2025 Grand Prize and First Place Winners!
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.
Read About All the 2024 Winning Inventions
Special Report spotlights the eight amazing winners in 2024 as well as honorable mentions in each category, plus the top ten most popular entries as voted by our community.
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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| Konstantinos Antonakopoulos R&D Senior Engineer/Researcher Aker Subsea AS Oslo, Norway |
Martin Apa Chief Engineer Exelis Inc. Clifton, NJ, USA |
Malath Arar Staff Engineer General Electric – Aviation Clifton Park, NY, USA |
| Yunus Balogun Materials Engineer Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, IN, USA |
Dean Barker Senior Engineering Specialist Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Auckland, New Zealand |
Ganesh Kumar Baskaran Principal Engineer Samsung SDS Seoul, South Korea |
| Nate Bernklau Senior Drivetrain Engineer John Deere Davenport, IA, USA |
Stuart Brown Managing Principal Veryst Engineering Needham, MA, USA |
Sabin Carpiuc R&D Engineer Continental Automotive Romania Iasi, Romania |
| Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH, USA |
Dennis Doane Distinguished Member Technical Staff Texas Instruments Plano, TX, USA |
Mitch Finne Engineering Manager Medtronic Fridley, MN, USA |
| Vishnu Gandhi Senior Design Engineer Onatrio Power Generation Courtice, Ontario, Canada |
Paul Goossens Vice President, Engineering Solutions Maplesoft Waterloo, Ontario, Canada |
Christoph Hamann Dr.-Ing Continental Automotive GmbH Regensburg, Germany |
| Roger Harmon Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff Motorola Mobility LLC Chicago, IL, USA |
Jim Hathaway Manager, Production Programs Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Redondo Beach, CA, USA |
Robert Holzhauer Senior Development Engineer Chrysler Group, LLC Northville, MI, USA |
| David Jorde Owner Jorde Development, Design & Consulting Fallbrook, CA, USA |
Pankaj Kalore Engineer Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Appleton, WI, USA |
Preston Kemp Principal Engineer GE Power & Water Greenville, SC, USA |
| Gary Kemp Mechanical Engineer Staff Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Euless, TX, USA |
James Lauer Master Black Belt Caterpillar Inc. Morton, IL, USA |
Dzung Le Reliability and V&V Manager Schlumberger Jurong, Singapore |
| Yu-Tai Lee Senior Scientist Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division West Bethesda, MD, USA |
Yong Chin Lim RDD Manager Dyson Malaysia Senai, Malaysia |
Edward Miesak Scientist Lockheed Martin Orlando, FL, USA |
| Scott Moore Chief Engineer Alliant Techsystems (ATK) Anoka, MN, USA |
Paul Moren Projects Quality Manager Valeo Cergy Pontoise, France |
Stephen Osborne Senior Project Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Towson, MD, USA |
| David Ouellette Lead Designer General Electric Plainville, CT, USA |
Anil Pandit Consulting Engineer GE Industrial Solutions Bangalore, India |
Terry Partridge Technical Advisor Cummins Inc. Columbus, IN, USA |
| Richard Paw Strategic Alliance Manager Synopsys Mountain View, CA, USA |
Humberto Pretti Senior Structural Engineer General Motors San Paulo, Brazil |
Jeffery Puschell Principal Engineering Fellow Raytheon El Segundo, CA, USA |
| Antonio Quintieri Senior Engineer Procter & Gamble Waterloo, Belgium |
Niat Rahman Project Engineer General Motors Pontiac, MI, USA |
Muriel Saccoccio Engineer & Project Manager CNES (French Space Agency) Toulouse, France |
| Wolfgang-Michael Schulz Dr. rer. nat. SEMIKRON Zirndorf, Germany |
Alex Selvarathinam Aeronautical Engineer Senior Staff Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Fort Worth, TX, USA |
Susan Stanton Principal SBCi Ltd. Sunbury, OH, USA |
| Michael Stokes Design Engineer Ethicon Endo–Surgery Cincinnati, OH, USA |
Edwin Tan Electrical Design Engineer KLA-Tencor Milpitas, CA, USA |
Petrica Tudosa R&D NDT Alstom CH Rieden, Germany |
| Rich White R&D Mechanical Engineer Agilent Technologies Wilmington, DE |
Bruce Woollard Engineering Fellow Raytheon Tucson, AZ, USA |
Puck Yan Principal Professional Staff Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory Laurel, MD, USA |
| Dean Barker R&D Manager Fisher and Paykel Healthcare Auckland, New Zealand |
Pierluigi Benedini Senior Process and Manufacturing Engineer Aptuit Verona, Italy |
Nate Bernklau Design Engineer John Deere Davenport, IA, USA |
| Douglas Bradley Product Development Engineering Manager Plasan Carbon Composites Wixom, MI, US |
Sabin Carpiuc Continental Automotive Romania Lasi, Romania |
Jeff Crompton Principal AltaSim Technologies Columbus, OH, USA |
| Joseph Curro Principal Engineer CDM Smith Boston, MA, USA |
Eric Day Engineering Manager Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America Saline, MI, USA |
Barry Dieser Director of Information Technology Signicast LLC Hartford, WI, USA |
| Alan Druschitz Associate Professor Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA, USA |
Mitch Finne Principal Engineer Medtronic Plymouth, MN, USA |
Venkat Gaddam Senior Electrical Engineer Medtronic Neurological Minneapolis, MN, USA |
| Vishnu Gandhi Senior Design Engineer Onatrio Power Generation Courtice, ON, Canada |
Sanjeev Gothekar Automotive Engineer The Automotive Research Association of India Pune, Maharashtra, India |
Charles Hall Director, Electronic Systems Engineering Exide Technologies Milton, GA, USA |
| Roger Harmon Distinguished Member of the Technical Staff Motorola Mobility LLC Chicago, IL, USA |
Jim Hathaway Manager, Production Programs Northrop Grumman Aerospace Redondo Beach, CA, USA |
Robert Holzhauer Electrical Cost Engineer FCA Northville, MI, USA |
| Dave Hosey Engineering Manager Midmark Corp. Versailles, OH, USA |
John Hoyle Lead Engineer Johnson Controls, Inc. Plymouth, MI, USA |
David Jorde Development Consultant Jorde Development Fallbrook, CA, USA |
| Joseph Jungbluth Staff Engineer Fairchild Controls Corp. Frederick, MD, USA |
Pankaj Kalore Engineer Miller Electric Mfg. Co. Appleton, WI, USA |
Ewen Kellar Principal Project Leader TWI Ltd Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, UK |
| Gary Kemp Mechanical Engineer Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control Euless, TX, USA |
Vijayakumar Krishnamurthy Senior Principal Satellite Systems Engineer Intelsat McLean, VA, USA |
Yu-Tai Lee Naval Architect Naval Surface Warfare Center West Bethesda, MD, USA |
| Joseph Lipman Director of Device Development Hospital for Special Surgery New York, NY, USA |
Luis Maldonado Lead Designer Lear Corp. El Paso, TX, USA |
Pascal Martinez Extremely Large Telescope Dome and Main Structure Deputy European Southern Observatory Bavaria, Germany |
| Tom Miller Founder Black Magic Missile Works Jonestown, TX, USA |
Kevin Moore Senior Principal Engineer Barrios Technology Houston, TX, USA |
Scott Moore Chief Engineer Vista Outdoor Anoka, MN, USA |
| Christa Myers Chemical Process Engineer CRB Consulting Engineers Cary, NC, USA |
Paul Nussbaum Assistant Dean College of Engineering Tech ECPI University Richmond, VA, USA |
Stacy Orr Manager of Mechanical Engineering Scriptpro LLC Mission, KS, USA |
| Stephen Osborne Senior Project Engineer Stanley Black & Decker Towson, MD, USA |
David Ouellette Lead Designer General Electric Plainville, CT, USA |
Fred Peterson Director, Engineering Osram Sylvania Hillsboro, NH, USA |
| Tudosa Petrica R&D Eng /IRT & NDT Specialist Alstom CH Rieden, Aargau, Switzerland |
Samuel Phillips Consulting Engineer Grass Valley, CA, USA |
Marek Piechocinski MEMS Design Engineer Cirrus Logic Edinburgh, UK |
| Ron Pietrowski Technical Expert Con Edison New York, NY USA |
Constantin Puiu Project Engineer General Motors Pontiac, MI, USA |
Jeffery Puschell Principal Engineering Fellow Raytheon El Segundo, CA, USA |
| Antonio Quintieri Principal Engineer Procter & Gamble Waterloo, Belgium |
Niat Rahman Senior CAE Engineer General Motors Milford, MI, USA |
Mario Rogers Product Engineer Sears Seating Mfg. Davenport, IA, USA |
| Joe Salerno Electrical Designer ENengineering Warrenville, IL, USA |
Chris Scott Design Group Manager EMD Millipore Corp. Danvers, MA, USA |
Gary Sera CEO and Director Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) College Station, TX, USA |
| Philip Spampinato Program Manager ILC Dover Frederica, DE, USA |
Susan Stanton Principal SBCi Ltd. Sunbury, OH, USA |
Mike Stokes Design Engineer Ethicon Endo-Surgery Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Edwin Tan Electrical Design Engineer KLA-Tencor Corp. Milpitas, CA, USA |
Vladimir Theodorof Engineer Specialist Caterpillar Dunlap, IL, USA |
Adnan Turkey Senior Professor,,College of Engineering and Information DeVry College of New York New York, NY USA |
| William Vetterling Research Fellow ZINK Imaging Billerica, MA, USA |
Rich Wells Assistant Engineer Harding University Searcy, AR, USA |
Rich White Mechanical R&D Engineer Agilent Technologies Wilmington, DE, USA |
| Bruce Woollard Engineering Fellow Raytheon Tucson, AZ, USA |
Puck Yan Principal Professional Staff Johns Hopkins University Laurel, MD, USA |
George Yeung Mechanical Engineer Dymax Corp Torrington, CT, USA |
| Ron Zeng Director of Systems Engineering Silicon Image Sunnyvale, CA, USA |
TRIPLE ACTING PUMP it is named because compression is accomplished at the three sides of the pistons. By using this Triple acting pump we can achieve every high delivery with very high pressure comparing with the exiting one.This TA-pump reduce the Electrical efficiency, mechanical efficiency. As it gives twice the amount of double acting pump’s delivery and pressure,
Trade Marked as the All American Fitness Bar, this handheld full body muscle building exercise barbell is the greatest advancement, in 200 years, for the free weight exercise community. Unlike conventional straight barbells, this bar is curved around the body, to maintain uniform balance.
Ever since I was a kid I remember my friends talking about the cars in the future, “soon the cars will not touch the ground and they will displace like floating a few inches over the ground"… Many years have passed now and I have some kids of my own and the cars are still the same.
The child security band and app offers parents of children a simple way to monitor their child's location without having them have to carry a mobile phone. The band provides parents a measure of security as the band is discrete, looks like a fun accessory to wear, and doesnt look like a monitoring device.
The built in smartphone projector eliminates the need for additional devices to be purchased or attached to the smartphone.
The benefits allow a smartphone owner to have easy access to projecting video, pictures, presentations, movies, various "on-the-go" moments that typically are not available for the majority of smartphone owners.
Ducted Fans have been used in a wide range of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerospace vehicles, including manned and unmanned systems. This paper focuses on performance improvement of ducted fans in forward flight applied to VTOL UAV and Tiltrotor aerial vehicles.
The concept proposed is called Ring Wing Ducted Fan (RW-DF).
Antegrade Cannulae
Antegrade cannulae are designed to deliver cardioplegia solution to the heart via the aortic. Normal procedures using an aortic cannula, a needle which has the same length as this (10 to 30 cms). The tip of this needle remains exposed all the time, which increases the risk of an accident for the medical team,
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