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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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Operating a laptop on your lap is not comfortable in summer, an old slow laptop drives you crazy. Cooling down will increase speed significantly. Two key factors impact the performance: endless software updating and limited air circulation space. A tiny space resist air flow and heat dispel,
I propose a locomotion device for personal mobility which can move in all directions efficiently, with high speed and maneuverability, and over various surface conditions and small obstacles. The device is also portable, with reduced size and weight through the use of clever solutions and lightweight composite materials.
A helmet for a super bike rider that has built-in headphones and a small see-through screen over the right eye. With a navigation system software built-in and connected to the satellite.
I propose to produce low cost unmanned moon rockets for schools and universities.
There are not many examples of this new design in the residential field. Dennis Miller, one of the best actors in the USA, built a 6,000 sq ft home with a green roof top in Colorado.
No Fault Found test results in electronic boxes, primarily driven by intermittent faults, have become a significant concern and huge maintenance and life-cycle cost driver, and an operational readiness degrader within the Department of Defense (DoD).
Can a compact solar USB charger charge a phone and an external battery at the same time in about 3 hours? Yes! This is an Open Source Hardware instruction manual on how to build the Solarpad Kit solar USB charger,
SentryHound™ cell phone detection security portal is triggered when cell phones (or other ferromagnetic material) pass by its sensors.
A self-inflating tourniquet that combines a pneumatic cuff with a life jacket inflator.
The inflator has an integral pressure regulator reducing CO2 bottle pressure to a constant 7psi.
Once wrapped around the bleeding limb the toggle is pulled and the cuff automatically inflates,
Custom, compact, high performance air-cooled heat sinks, designed to meet the most demanding electronics cooling requirements in both commercial and military applications. This product is the result of the DARPA Research & Development program, entitled Micro- technologies for Air-Cooled Exchangers (MACE),
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