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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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INTRODUCTION: TruFlavorWare is a revolutionary, new tabletop flatware that “Simply makes Food taste Better!” It is totally non-metallic, highly organic, Eco-friendly and made of a proprietary composite material that has the substantial weight, feel, strength and durability of quality stainless steel flatware.
I have the pleasure to present a system that I developed and named "Mobile Terminal Ultrasonic Remote Control."
The mobile phone is used as remote management of devices (lights, doors) and access facilities through ultrasound waves.
TGDA stands for Ting Gadget with Different Applications. It is a multi-purpose ciruit. It can be used for a wide variety of applications varying from domestic to workbench applications. You can use this in a number of ways depending on your innovation, imagination and creativity.
Thermal Charge Pump (Energy Conversion via Second-Order Quantum Coupling)
One of my primary interests has always been the conversion of low-grade or waste heat, and heat from lightly concentrated solar flux (i.e., temperatures between 100-500 degrees C),
The Challenge
To develop a system for detecting the presence of weevil in mango trees in order to protect them from weevil infestation as well as to medicate them at the earliest.
Introduction
This is a presentation of new Railway Greasing devices for noise reduction and prolonging material Time – Life – Cycle as well as train wheel & track.
Stress is a popular topic these days. There is rarely a week that passes without hearing or reading about stress and its deleterious effect on health. The word stress is defined by the Oxford Dictionary as "state of affair involving demand on physical or mental energy.
A simpler version of the telescope mounting shown here was first conceived as a father/daughter/son project at a local museum. The components were pre-cut and then later assembled in a class of about 8-10 scopes.
This system, completely innovative and original, is the normal evolution of a series of machines that, using the principle of interference of static magnetic fields, including the paternity claim, can be used to produce mechanical energy.
In the Major Auto Hemo Therapy (MAHT) an amount of blood is drawn from the patient and put in contact with a therapeutic dose of ozone (O3). Ozone is a gas with a high blood solubility and dissolves quickly into blood,
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