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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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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: Day by day automobiles are becoming more accessible, but they also increase the problems like shortage of fuel and pollution. Multiple companies are working on it and trying to solve this problem.
PHENOMENA: This is a type of electrical car,
Presently most of the transportation systems run on petroleum which is responsible for pollution. Electric vehicles are good replacement for such vehicles but they require energy storage devices like batteries. We want some best possible solution for transportation system which will provide very efficient service.
"El Huaico+" is a solar-powered water distiller that can be made from simple, inexpensive and readily available materials.
“El Huaico+” is essentially a solar distiller that evaporate water and separates it from other elements and delivers clean and pure drinking water. It operates without filters or electricity,
Background: Over tightening of screws is common and results in damage to the screw’s thread.
I have developed a method which determines the optimal point in time to stop tightening the screw. The advantage over existing methods is that my method doesn’
A surveillance device comprises a nest holding a secondary camera, and a drone holding a primary camera. Both cameras provide the operator with real time video or photos. While the secondary camera surveys the local field in which the nest is installed,
TAIZ is a non-intrusive load monitoring and energy disaggregation platform that is attached to normal household energy meters, measuring real-time appliance-level data on energy consumption patterns. It goes beyond what most electricity meters today provide,
Energy transmission without any cord in between to the appliances.
Electricity is transmitted via electromagnetic methods in certain limits. For equipments used in a room, for example in a kitchen or a barber shop etc. which people are living in it's better to use a softer means.
Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika viruses are transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and causes considerable morbidity and mortality. Currently there is no vaccine to protect people from virus infection and vector control plays a significant role in integrated prevention and control programs.
“Mosquito Killer”
Vehicular traffic in cities has a significant impact on environment, economy and life of many people. Thus, it is important to manage and organize it optimally and AI and new technologies may bring significant progress in this field. However,
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