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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MACEDONAS—Momentum Absorption Catcher for Express Deliveries on Non-Atmospheric Somata—is a breakthrough mechanical system designed to land high-speed payloads on the Moon and other airless celestial bodies without using fuel, rockets, or generating harmful ejecta. The innovation marks a paradigm shift in extraterrestrial logistics, enabling reusable, passive,
PROBLEM:
Salt and other chemicals rust undercarriage components. Car-bottom rust is dangerous and expensive. The undercarriage is vulnerable to damage due to lack of care. Salt and mud damage is a safety issue -- many undercarriage components cannot be rustproofed. The greatest need for non-collision car repair results from preventable undercarriage rust.
What is the the RDI Onyx and why is it worth your time? The RDI Onyx is a detector that will be used for quality assurance testing in proton therapy.
It is important because it acheives these goals: improving quality of life, preventing or reducing injuries, saving lives, saving time and money, improving productivity.
Some diabetics have great difficulty controlling there glucose levels. "Brittle Diabetics." Most doctor guidance is not active enough or detailed enough to provide control. (One dose fits all.) I developed a statistical process control algorithm that accurately predicts insulin doses based on past statistical analysis of responses to insulin doses vs glucose readings and the current glucose reading.
Overview
NFTG is developing a simple, low cost, ultra-quiet, personal air vehicle, capable of rapid door-to-door mobility without requiring any operator license. [See my PersonalJet© submission]
It will be powered by one of our simple, low cost, maximally-efficient, zero-pollution rotary engine.
Background
Current modes of transportation are slow, tedious and costly, using failing infrastructures.
Modern portable devices such as computers, monitors, come with power adapters that work between 100V and 240V, 50Hz or 60Hz. However,
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XTB™ expected benefits are light weight, superior strength, and ease of fabrication for products requiring a frame or support structure.
The XTB™ is a fabricated or extruded X section of carbon fiber crisscross wrapped in a high tensile Kevlar thread.
The HexaRev from VI-grade is a next-generation Driver-in-the-Loop (DiL) motion simulator that addresses a critical bottleneck in automotive development: the ability to accurately and safely evaluate vehicle behavior in highly dynamic scenarios—without reliance on physical prototypes. Traditional simulation platforms often struggle with realism, limited motion envelopes, and mechanical inefficiencies.
Dual-Robot Space Debris Collector System (Updated with Embedded Magnetic Net)
A Robotic, Magnetic-Adhesive Capture Network Designed for High-Efficiency Debris Retrieval in Orbit
Concept Summary
The Space Debris Collector system consists of two autonomous or semi-autonomous robotic satellites working in tandem to deploy and manipulate a specialized multi-layered capture net.
Inspiration: The idea for this project was inspired by research conducted by several universities, which focused on tracking finger misalignments using physical systems. These systems, while effective, are typically large, rigid, and require customization for each user. This limits their flexibility and practicality, especially for widespread testing across different age groups, from children to adults.
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