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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.
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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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The system shown here is miniature Gas Micro Turbines with target peak output of 10 KW, employing an unusual CPC tubular Collector as the heat source and Sodium Nitrate as the heat sink which is used later as heat recovery during no radiation condition to provide consistent electric flow.
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"Synergistic Magnetic Drive System"
Inventor: Dr. Thomas P. Walker, Jr of Bogosh Walker Technologies
Electronics Engineer: Francis Flexer, Jr
Fabrication Engineer: Brian Dougherty
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The EZ Vac Sander is the next generation of drywall sander. This sander features advanced 3-D design to be completely dust free and have a base that IS abrasive so you never need to buy sanding meshes. The base has an extreme life Silicon Carbide Pelletized Industrial SuperAbrasive in 400 grit to eliminate meshes completely.
This invention is a portable magnetic strip writer and reader. This device allows the user to "swipe" a magnetic card manually for both writing and reading magnetic information to or from a card with a magnet strip and a series of closely spaced printed optical bars. The optical strip may be printed in standard ink, UV ink,
In the future, whole fields of solar systems will become increasingly important for electrical power generation. The question is where best to build such solar systems. Ideally, where there is plenty of sunlight. In development and test are solar plants in deserts. There are two challenges, however. On the one hand,
AIRi: Bluetooth Video and Picture Camera for Mobile Security
The AIRi (air-eye) is a Bluetooth® video and picture camera. It allows streaming of MJPEG videos through a standard Bluetooth connection to cell phones and PCs and it can record images on its internal SD card storage without the need of complicated infrastructure setup, such as Wifi or cabling.
An intelligent building is a building that is able to monitor and control its own functionalities, according to the building structure, indoor and outdoor environment. The functionalities and their characteristics are directly related to building scope (the activities accomplished by the occupants), but usually are the same. Most of the necessary functionalities have been already determined,
Nanotechnology deals with the study of nano sized particles. With the study of nano size particles, devices, and composites, we will find ways to make stronger materials, detect diseases in the bloodstream, build extremely tiny machines, generate light and energy and purify water. The most fascinating application of Nanotechnology is to make Nano sized switches to store information.
Dynamic graphics with SPIN™ 3D
In biology, chemistry and medicine, the applications and complexity of 3D graphics are continuing to expand to new frontiers. Dynamic 3D graphics are used to simulate or interact with processes that involve both surface and volumetric transformations, such as chemical reactions, processes within a cell, development of a plant, and DNA studies.
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