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.
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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.
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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.
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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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Cell phones can be designed for use off the cellular grid. Phone cloud cellular phones act as Internet routers connected using an ad hoc and dynamic networking protocol. The Internet cloud for these phones exists in large part outside the wired Internet. Instead,
Twice the specific power of regular engines, half the cost, half the weight, 30% more fuel efficient.
With hundreds of millions of small internal combustion engines produced yearly, there is a need for simple and cheap to produce 4-stroke engines.
The project consists of a solar adsorption ice maker for vaccines storage in remote areas of Third World countries. The use of these machines does not need any human presence and electricity. The system is completely independent and meets the standards set by the World Health Organization.
For large farms, current irrigation technologies are limited to two options: large sprinklers or drip irrigation systems. Each option comes with a set of problems. Drip irrigation requires tubes to be spread on or under the ground. The tubes can get plugged, become damaged by, plant roots,
The idea to develop a sport that can be played in space comes as an answer to several questions, most related to the differentiation between game/play/sport and exercise, the second is mentioned very often in space related documentary, articles and books.
Then,
Most home owners have a ladder. When they need to use it, it is typically difficult to access; when not needed it is usually in the way. In either case, it often poses a safety hazard. LadderBack was invented to solve a ladder storage problem. With a LadderBack system,
Many hot countries suffer from the absence of water, and the amount of dew in the atmosphere can be considerable. Condensation of moisture to dew has been present for a long time,
The "Wearable Mobile" concept will revolutionise the world of mobile entertainment for its ease of usability, power cosumption, ergonomic design, environment friendliness and hands-free usage.
Can we develop a "WEARABLE MOBILE", wherein different components are embedded in our shirt/wind-cheater ergonomically.
Like speakers near to ears,
TECHNICAL ABSTRACT CATERGORY: SAFETY AND SECURITY
SafeSense RescueBot
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BACKGROUND: In many emergency response situations, it is often desirable to use automated devices with artificial intelligence to attempt a successful rescue and to ensure the safety and security of rescuers, victims and property.
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