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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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Water is an essential commodity for life on Earth. Drinking water is supplied to people living in urban areas from the major and minor water supply schemes. Most of those living in rural areas pump water into the overhead tanks from their own wells of at least 1m in diameter.
A major problem with mobile phones and other portable multimedia devices (MP3, Media players) is that these devices need some standby time during the charging process. Obviously the user has to plug the device into a power socket to charge it. During this charging time the device's portability is lost and ultimately its usability suffers.
HIV is known to be a virus that is very sensitive in both temperature changes or pH changes in the host environment or when exposed to atmospheric conditions.
According to the present invention (INDIAN PATENT FILED: 2227/DEL/2006) we use energy, conveniently in the form of laser or other energy rays to increase the thermal energy or to decrease the density of a common medium. The energy could be configured so that the movement of a moving object through that medium is either eased or enhanced or
both.
The practice of dentistry exposes dental professionals to a variety of work-related hazards.
These include:
• Working long hours at a high level of concentration
• Working in a sedentary state
• Working with anxious patients
The proposed design will prevent and reduce injuries and destruction in road accidents in specific locations and settings. It will also help in improving public safety and security in road accidents. It may also lead to other product development if ICT and advanced materials are incorporated.
Judging the speed of an approaching car can be tricky, even for an experienced driver. This important skill is used frequently in daily driving situations such as pulling into a busy street, merging into fewer lanes, entering on-ramps, passing into oncoming traffic on a single lane road, or switching lanes after a quick glance in the rearview mirror.
Major drawback of the electric vehicles are the batteries which only offer limited range, add weight, consume space and are a major cost component of the vehicle.
This entry proposes that this problem is alleviated by having a system which can input auxiliary electrical energy into the vehicle while it is on the road.
(Also, “VIP,” “Vacuum Lifting System,” “VLS”)
The system illustrated in the accompanying diagrams is intended as a supplement to the basic design of current VSTOL systems, specifically intending the practical implementation of such systems for use in consumer aircraft. The supplement is simple,
A personal transportation system designed to move 2 people locally with power stored in batteries, produced from pedal generators and on-board solar panels. The ElectriLite weighs 300 pounds and is designed to be produced in communities and facilitated by internet connection where advances in design and component purchases can be coordinated.
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